May 17, 2025 • 26 mins
This week on We Are T1D, Mike and Jack dive into one of the hottest topics—literally! We're talking Type 1 diabetes and summer. As temperatures rise, so do the challenges for people living with T1D. From battling unpredictable blood sugars in the heat to finding creative ways to stop insulin from turning into warm soup, this episode is your ultimate summer survival guide.
With real-life stories, tried-and-tested hacks, and plenty of laughs, Mike and Jack explore:
✅ How hot weather affects insulin sensitivity and blood glucose levels
✅ Smart ways to keep insulin cool when you're out in the sun
✅ Tips for preventing sunburn-related spikes and keeping hypo snacks stable
✅ Hilarious summer mishaps from two very real lives with Type 1
Whether you're heading to the beach, firing up the barbecue, or just trying to survive the heatwave, this episode is packed with practical tips, relatable moments, and that classic Mike & Jack banter.
🎧 Listen now and learn how to stay cool, stay safe, and stay in range all summer long!
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(00:00):
Summer, when the sun is shining,the barbecues are burning, and
your Libra alarm is going off because you've got low again in
the sun. Yeah, honestly, it ain't
somewhere until you've gone low mood food shopping in a melted
lift tube from your pocket. Today we're talking about how
(00:23):
type 1 diabetes and sunshine go together like insulin and a heat
wave. Oh wait, they don't.
Nah, we'll be diving into sunburns, that range of blood
sugars, heat that makes your insulin work too well, and why
your hypo snacks turn into a molten goo the second they leave
the house. So grab a cold drink, slap on
(00:44):
some SPF 50 and for the love of Libra, stay out of the midday
sun. This is we are T1D and we're
battle in the sun 1 sweaty hypo at a time.
Welcome to the We Are T1D podcast.
The Realist Type 1 Diabetes podcast online hosted by myself
(01:06):
Mike diagnosed at the age of 10.And myself, Jack diagnosed at
the age of 30. We are just two mates giving you
an insight into life with this chronic condition.
Yes, we are adults and although we try not to swear, it may
happen occasionally. Yeah, as Jack said, we are
adults, but please take what we say as guidance and not medical
(01:29):
advice. No, trust me, we are not
doctors. We are just here to make sure no
type 1 diabetic ever ever feels alone.
So yeah, kicking things off, what actually happens to the
blood sugar in the heat? Well, mine dips constantly.
No, mine does. Unless I get my basil right,
(01:50):
which takes a few weeks, but I hope I've got what I've got it
all right for now. Unless it starts getting hotter,
then I'll have to tweak it a little bit more.
And I say last summer I think I was down to 14 for my basil, but
at the moment it's only spring. I'm on 15 units of Lantus.
My nighttime 1. I don't change.
(02:10):
I'm not adjusting that because Idon't wake up with morning
glory, to my wife's disappointment.
You've got children as the days have gone.
That morning glory, obviously everyone knows it's the dawn
phenomenon and yeah, so that's working out all right and it's
(02:31):
just the daytime. It's literally, I check the
weather for the next day and it's planning my day and
adjusting my insulin to get it right.
Not always going to get it right.
Actually rarely get it right, so.
Yeah, sometimes. See with me, because like
obviously when my job differs from each day-to-day, I tend to
sort of leave my lanterns and mybackground insulin alone and I
(02:54):
would rather tweak my quick acting with my meals obviously.
So just do less insulin when I'mactually eating my lunchtime.
So I haven't got as much active insulin in my system in the heat
whilst I'm working. Find it's it's a lot easier
doing that or just carrying a little extra few snacks.
(03:16):
Yeah, and also staying hydrated.Yeah, that helps a lot.
It's not actually a myth that water makes insulin work better.
It's not a myth. You drink a lot of water, your
insulin is going to work well. Yeah, I I find your body just
works well. And your mind.
More energetic, less fatigued, obviously more hydrated.
(03:39):
Yeah. What was good, that's what I've
actually done recently is, and the hot weather has helped that
out, obviously because it's not cold and I'm not craving hot
drinks every day, so I'm slowly,slowly weaning away from
coffees. Yeah.
Which is. How do you mate?
Well done. Thank you.
Thank you. I still have one here in there.
(04:02):
Oh, everyone likes one here in there.
Come on. I've been on sunbeds as well, I
can't lie. Utah My.
Sensors have been fine. So you can go on a sunbed and
your sensors fine, but you sit in a car for half an hour and it
melts. Make it make sense.
(04:24):
I'm mid, mid, mid talk in there.I'm going low as well.
Don't start this. But so, but yeah, I can go on a
sunbed and it doesn't affect my sensor, my levels, nothing.
But I sit in the sun. It's just so different.
It just effects everything. And it like in winter, you know
(04:46):
when you went outside and you'd suddenly spike when it was cold?
Yeah. Then you come back in and it
level back out. In the summer it's the opposite.
So you walk outside, it will sayyou're low, and then you go back
in the shade or inside and you level back out.
Yeah, I've heard that a few times actually, to be fair.
Make sure you're paying attention to the symptoms.
(05:06):
I would say because I've messed up a few times doing that.
Yeah, I have as well. 100% guilty.
And also, guys, if you get sunburn, prepare for sugar
spikes. It's a stress in the body, and
we know what stress as a hormonenaturally does to sugar levels.
Does it work now? Is it?
(05:26):
Yeah. Listen, I've I've had I've had
sunburn with since I've been diabetic, but not like bad.
Yeah, like, I'm talking about bad sunburn.
Not like, oh, my arm's a bit sore.
I mean like just generally. You look like a lobster.
Yeah. So you get a lot of insulin
resistance and it's but like being, being I'll I guess, OK.
(05:47):
I'm not getting sunburned. No, I know me.
But I don't like cream because Idon't like cream.
I don't like cream. I don't like cream bro.
I don't like any cream. It's greasy and horrible.
It's disgusting. I don't wear sunscreen.
No, it's no. If I do, I'd wear like a oil or
something that I haven't got to rub in because when it's on my
(06:08):
hands I don't like it. You're oil.
You're quite pasty anyway, ain'tyou?
Pasty no I've got a nice tan bro, I'll work outside.
Got what? Strap mark on everything.
Hi, are you Sunbird? Wimp.
Won't find headlines on me. What?
(06:29):
Happened to you, Gazer. But you know, mate, you know
what I'm saying? Like walked in there, flipped
the lid and I was like, get in there, son.
Yeah, I won 60 minutes. But right, yeah, Also, guys, you
need to be very careful with theinsulin in the sea as well,
(06:52):
because if it's above, above say23° and you leave your insulin
laying in the sun, guess what? It's not going to work.
It's no worky, Oh no. No, it's no, it's no worky.
No, no worky, no. I made that mistake before.
I think that was when I was first newly diagnosed.
(07:12):
I actually put a post up about it on my Instagram.
I remember I held my pen up to the light.
I was like what the fuck is that?
I'm looking in it and you could see like little crystals inside
the pen. That's it.
Or it goes really like Milky. Yeah, yeah, like a like a cloudy
almost like it's not see through.
So yeah, that's how I clocked it.
I think I was actually using that for a couple of days and I
(07:34):
was wondering why my levels werebeing so stubborn.
And then obviously you've realised, yeah, that's, that's
the way I've probably left it out in the sun.
So fryer pouches people are pretty good.
Or any sort of insulin cooler that you can get.
You just use a freezer pack. That's what I used when I went
on holiday and that kept my extra pens cool for the whole
(07:58):
journey there and back. Or if you want a little hack
right, say you're out and about,suddenly you don't realize it's
going to be as hot as it is. Buy some cheap little 10P ice
pops popping them in the bag with your insulin.
Oh, there you go, you've got icepacks and hypo treats.
Exactly. Just totally combusted.
(08:20):
Combusted. Bombusted.
I completely don't want nothing to combust when it's hot.
No, I just added one of my brainfarts.
That was a random idea I've justthought of now.
This summer we go for a BBQ. Oh, we'll have a BBQ.
Yeah. Oh, actually, I spent the
weekend in by the seaside in Lincolnshire and it was very,
(08:42):
very hot. Done a hell of a lot of walking
and the only time I really went out of range was when I decided
to eat an entire pizza and half of a garlic pizza bread at about
half nine 9:45 at night. Oh, that was a high night then.
It was a very high night. I think I hit 20s.
(09:04):
That's all right. Yeah, and I think I spent the
1st 45 minutes hypo. So just just typical pizza.
How? Do we go from summer to there?
I don't know. I was just talking about
spending the weekend in the sunshine, wouldn't it?
But I was. Honestly apart from that pizza I
(09:26):
had doughnuts, I had ice cream, I had fish and chips, I had CAF
breakfast full fry UPS every dayI was there so 3 mornings in a
row. Nice.
And as I say, the only time I really went out of range was
that one night I had a pizza. So there you go guys, the sun
makes you less of a diabetic. Yes, and exercise.
(09:48):
Remember that. That's very important.
Sun, walking and water. Yes, SWW.
Yeah, we could just say Weather 3 WS WWW.
Oh my God. I don't know whether Water was
walking. He could have been running.
(10:13):
Oh yeah, Water. Yeah, sorry.
So yeah, the three WS guys remember it's less of a
diabetic. Have you ever had a sense of
fall off because of the heat? No, see I'm one of these people
(10:35):
that have never had a sense of fall off due to sweat or
anything. I've had one come very loose but
once I've saw my skin dried up and I became less sweaty it went
sticky again. Yeah, see, I'm one of these
people. My senses only come off when I
walk into a door frame. That's it.
Yeah, temporary fencing and bushes are my enemy.
(10:57):
I'm all right with doors. Also little shelves.
They've attacked me a few times.Oh yeah, I could imagine that
like. Yeah.
Lift your arm up and bang like all you're.
Trying to have to push Shank to the back of the shelf mate.
Obviously your arm twist when you push, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That catches.
Oh, yeah, of course. Yeah, when you're reaching
things in. Yeah, I'm with you now.
(11:18):
Mate, it's lethal. I've got to be.
Yeah, it's good you know there. You go, you can tell your boss
that I can't do that mate. It's a hazard.
I'm risk assessed and it ain't worth it mate.
But I know, I know a good few people have lost their senses
due to sweat so it is a thing that can happen.
(11:39):
So also there's loads of skin tat companies.
You're not sponsored by an E so just find someone that you like.
There's some pretty designs you can get.
Yeah, they're awesome, pretty ones.
They're very pretty, have a little flower, and have a super
tan line on your arm. Yeah, that's it's a massive tan
line. That's probably half the reason
(12:02):
I don't put them on, because whywould I want that tan line?
To be fair, I wore one when I was in Turkey because it it was
coming slightly loose. It didn't fall off but it was
coming slightly loose and I was getting in the sea because I
went out on a boat. So I put an adhesive patch over
(12:23):
it, but as I said, it was comingloose because I was sweaty.
I took the patch off and managedto keep the sensor intact and it
stayed on my arm for the duration of the holiday.
It was fine. To be fair I have warm patches
before you just triggered. I went to like a water park
holiday. OK.
So I got one of the waterproof ones.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I wore that so I didn't have
(12:44):
to keep getting out worried about my sensor.
Yeah. And it survived, so I'm happy.
Yeah, that's good. It is.
It's really fun. It's really fun.
Yeah, so they are the survival tips for whatever.
(13:06):
We thought this would be a really long, informative
episode, but 20 minutes in, guess what?
We make it sound so simple. So my what say if you was going
out for the day and it's forecast to be between or say
(13:27):
high 20s, maybe pushing 30s. All right.
Yeah, this. Might be the wrong question to
ask you because I probably know the answer already, but what
would you pack? So what I would pack is my swim
short, my insulin. Yes.
I'd put it in a cool pouch 100%.Yeah.
(13:50):
Or I'll do my ice pop hack that I've made-up.
Maybe I didn't know it was goingto be that hot.
You're going to you're going to use that, ain't you?
You're quite proud of that hack and you're.
You know when you just run, Obviously I'm one of them
people. I just randomly think of things
and it comes out. Yeah.
It's one of the moments and it happened live in the recording
of this podcast. Guys, let let let us know if
(14:13):
you've ever done that hack. I'm actually curious.
There's got to be someone out there that's done that before.
To be fair, all I'm going to pack is lift shoes, the insulin
and the cool pouch. And I'm going to dress quite
minimal. Shorts.
T-shirt. No other sort of hypo snacks or
nothing right? Nothing to bit of longevity or
(14:34):
just rely on the choose. I'm going to have to choose,
that's it. Because if I'm going out in the
heat, I'm going to have places to eat.
Neutral. Like even now going out, I'm
wondering people, I just put my insulin in my pocket.
Yeah, see me, I always take stuff with me because I'm a
tight fucker and I'm very impulsive.
(14:55):
So me going into somewhere to buy a hypo snack would mean me
going in there and probably spending about £15 on chocolate.
Yeah, what's wrong with that? That's what I do.
Nasty. Nah, yeah, but then it just
stays in the cupboard. I eat it.
I treat my hypo with sweets and insulin.
(15:17):
No, I like taking my stuff with me.
It's it's a lot more, it's a lotmore convenient for me though.
I have in my pocket little like a little chocolate bar or to cut
the biscuits or something. Can you reword this question
right? So ignore everything I've said
everyone, because I'm reckless. Jack's question to me is how
would I be a good diabetic goingout in the sun when it's about
(15:42):
28°? Yeah, there we go.
So what would you recommend somebody else would take?
Yes. So, right, If I'm taking out a
kid that's type 1 diabetic, there we go.
I would say. OK, yeah.
So I would make sure the insulinstays cool.
Yeah, I would make sure it staysout of direct sunlight, so I
(16:05):
wouldn't have it in an open bag or anything.
So the sun's just beaming down on it all the time.
I'd keep it in a shady place. So say you're sitting by the
beach, I would make sure I've got a big bottle of water like
you know when, then two litre bottles, 1.5 litre, whatever
they are. I'd also make sure hypotrix are
on tap. Big tub of lift shoes, big tub,
(16:28):
you know the tubs you can get because they're the fastest
acting. I would also make sure you've
got carbohydrates to back up thelift shoes.
There may be a packet of crisps,even some rich tea biscuits or
something like that. Saying that isn't going to melt
in the sun. Make sure it's no chocolate.
You don't want chocolate becauseit's going to put chocolate in
your pocket. It's going to look like you
(16:49):
pooed yourself. You don't want to do that.
Do you? Understand so serious man.
If it's a Snickers, it looks really wrong.
Right. So yeah, I'll do all that.
And I'd also take a sun hat and sun cream and stuff like that.
I always I still I still to thisday if I'm going out I will
(17:12):
still take my finger prick with me as well just in case
something goes wrong with my sensor.
I forgot mine existed, sorry guys.
Hey, you've got so used to beingrobotic you forgot your basics.
It's in front of me. I've got all that.
And I'd also take my why is it? Why do I call it BM Blood
(17:34):
monitor? It's actually a glucose monitor.
It should be AGM. Yo, man, I got my GM in my bag.
You know, I'm going to check. I thought it was called a BGM.
It's a blood glucose monitor because then the the sensors are
called a CGM because it's a continuous glucose model.
Well. Growing up it was a BMII.
Don't know if that was because of the older B, MB, M.
(17:57):
I'm sure we've had this exact conversation.
I'm getting so big deja vu. Yeah, so am I.
And like the the VPN theme tune and everything I've we've heard,
I'm sure I've heard that. Yeah, yeah, I think we have.
It's been 2 years now, isn't it guys?
(18:17):
Find the episode number. Let us know.
I find taking at least like a some sort of fizzy drink.
If you're quite partial to a fizzy drink.
I like taking a can of Coke withme because of see when it's hot,
it's nice to treat your hypo with a nice cold drink.
Do you know what I mean? So you're you're getting that
(18:39):
craving of having a sugary nice sugary drink as well as treating
your hypo. I find that quite helps.
And to the adults drink alcohol,it's fine.
It's going to balance so nicely.Hey, yeah, to be fair, I had a
few beers when I was down the seaside on the weekend.
If you don't drink alcohol, justhave 0 alcohol just.
(19:02):
Got a thing for Coronas at the moment mate.
Have you? Yeah, Coronas and a bit of.
Lyme. That's so 20. 9 I know, but I
don't. I don't.
Drink a lot you don't. Drink a lot, all right?
Coronavirus in it. Do you know what?
I'm so slow I didn't even clock that road.
Fuck. He's useless than he guys.
No, I just think you've just come up with the maddest dad
(19:23):
jokes brother. The only people that get him are
dads. Sorry guys, my shit sense of
humour. Yeah, the screen here.
Wait till I have children. I'll be right there with you
bro. It's like having the kids like a
(19:43):
past to be a cheesy bastard. I like cheese.
I like cheese. But yes, surviving the sun is is
quite easy guys, just be aware. That yeah, have to have your
alarm set higher. So you've got plenty of notice.
That's a very good one as well. How did we miss that one, Jack?
(20:06):
Yeah, I'd say around 5:00. Yeah, it's exactly what mine sit
on. Five.
Mine's 4.5 because I like to live on the edge.
So, so daring, aren't you? Oh yeah, I thought my nighttime
1 is. I turn it off.
(20:26):
List your heated blankets out ofseason now.
I'll tell you what night times I've been perfect apart from
last night. Yeah, I'm all right when I don't
snack. But yeah, I'll say night times,
I'm actually quite smooth sailing now.
So it shows you how much was theheated blanket or the Nova
Rapid? Yeah, could be, could be.
(20:50):
It's time for a giggle. What's?
The story. So we got one from Ellie.
Her name is. So she goes, I was on the beach
trying to pretend I'm a normal, functioning adult with a fully
operational pancreas. You know, the usual.
(21:10):
Yeah. It was 29° and my Libra sensor
was hanging on by a sheer willpower.
I just told my friend I'm fine for the 4th time even though I
was 3.2 and sweating like ham. Wow.
Then I passed out gracefully into a sandcastle.
(21:33):
Woke up with a very kind 9 year old trying to feed me Capri Sun
Absolute legend. Thanks Tommy.
Turns out the sun had cooked my insulin.
My backup pen was also fried. I'd forgotten my hypo snacks.
What the fuck. To make it worse, I got the kind
of sunburn that makes people wince when they look at you.
(21:56):
My Libra peeled off with the skin.
Not even joking. Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tell
your story. Oh for God.
So is that it? That's it?
So that. That was the listener.
Story. So basically they had a bad
hypo. Thanks Ellie.
(22:16):
Sorry, sorry. So they had a bad hypo because
their insulin got cooked by the sun.
Yeah. And then they were so sunburned
that when they pulled their Libra sensor off, their skin
come off with it. Yeah.
Oh mate. Oh.
Thank you, Ellie. I've.
Thank you. Yeah, so well done to Tommy.
Tommy, I'm guessing. Oh.
(22:38):
PS Tommy's my brother. Well done, Tommy.
Oh. There we go.
Hold on, there we go. So your little brother trees.
Do you know what to do? Yeah, don't worry, she does this
all the time. Capri Sun to the rescue.
Just face planted the kid next door's fucking sandcastle that
he's worked on for hours. Diana, she just needs a juice.
(23:01):
She's cool. But she's not.
She's hot and sunburned. Well, yeah, that is true.
No, but thank you, Ellie. Thanks for submitting the story.
Yeah. Thank you.
But yeah, you're a sunburned warrior.
Well done. I'd love to see the patch from
the Libra centre. Yeah, halfway down your arm, but
(23:25):
yeah, thank you. Well done Tommy for looking
after your big sister. Yeah, smashed it, man.
Yeah, and so you got sunburned, you spoiled your insulin, had a
mad hypo. You pretty much summed up what
not to do in the Sun work. But yeah.
(23:47):
Oh, thank you, Ellie. That was entertaining, Short,
sweet, dramatic. Anyway guys, I hope you liked
this episode because we tried tobe very informative.
Well, as much as we could. Yeah, it's quite hard, you know,
(24:08):
to talk about one thing. There is, there is.
It's really hard to stay on topic.
Yeah, I, I don't know what it is.
Well, now, now, now, now. The summer months are actually
creeping in me and you might be a little bit more busier instead
of just every weekend. Oh, we went to work.
Yeah, exactly. We might actually meet up.
(24:29):
We went to the Where in World Splash Park.
Oh. Yeah.
I threw my Libra sensor down theslide 1st and tried to catch it.
Is that Jack goes, I didn't justgo to London and do spray
painting. Well, I'm still going to do
that. I actually went somewhere else.
(24:50):
I went swimming in the Thames. Mike was like Jack, slow down.
And then we didn't find Jack again because that place is
polluted. Do not go swimming in the
Thames. What?
I'm so sorry. Oh, let's wrap this up before my
this is cancelled. What?
Else can we do? No, no.
(25:13):
Barbecue live in Hive Park. We'd like to do that.
I don't know. We'll look into it.
If we can, we will. Yeah, 100%.
I'm down for that. I'll cook.
There's probably a liddles in London somewhere.
Yeah, there is Tottenham Court Road.
We'll just go buy 1 tenor. There you go, job done.
All right, so yeah, guys, sorry about the outbursts.
(25:33):
I do apologize again because I get excited when I get excited.
I just come out random waffle. Really appreciate you listening.
Thank you. Yeah, I hope you've enjoyed this
one. We're going to get out of it
before it goes completely South.And as usual, we should see you
back again same time, same placenext week.
(25:54):
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(26:17):
We love you that. Was cute ending.
It was nice, wouldn't it? Let's get out of here and let
everyone crack on with this. What he says and.
Guys, don't forget about the three WS.
Yes, weather walking. What was the other one?
This is how scripted we are guys.
(26:39):
We couldn't even remember what we talked about.
We all see one thing, baby.
Summer, when the sun is shining,the barbecues are burning, and
your Libra alarm is going off because you've got low again in
the sun. Yeah, honestly, it ain't
somewhere until you've gone low mood food shopping in a melted
lift tube from your pocket. Today we're talking about how
(00:23):
type 1 diabetes and sunshine go together like insulin and a heat
wave. Oh wait, they don't.
Nah, we'll be diving into sunburns, that range of blood
sugars, heat that makes your insulin work too well, and why
your hypo snacks turn into a molten goo the second they leave
the house. So grab a cold drink, slap on
(00:44):
some SPF 50 and for the love of Libra, stay out of the midday
sun. This is we are T1D and we're
battle in the sun 1 sweaty hypo at a time.
Welcome to the We Are T1D podcast.
The Realist Type 1 Diabetes podcast online hosted by myself
(01:06):
Mike diagnosed at the age of 10.And myself, Jack diagnosed at
the age of 30. We are just two mates giving you
an insight into life with this chronic condition.
Yes, we are adults and although we try not to swear, it may
happen occasionally. Yeah, as Jack said, we are
adults, but please take what we say as guidance and not medical
(01:29):
advice. No, trust me, we are not
doctors. We are just here to make sure no
type 1 diabetic ever ever feels alone.
So yeah, kicking things off, what actually happens to the
blood sugar in the heat? Well, mine dips constantly.
No, mine does. Unless I get my basil right,
(01:50):
which takes a few weeks, but I hope I've got what I've got it
all right for now. Unless it starts getting hotter,
then I'll have to tweak it a little bit more.
And I say last summer I think I was down to 14 for my basil, but
at the moment it's only spring. I'm on 15 units of Lantus.
My nighttime 1. I don't change.
(02:10):
I'm not adjusting that because Idon't wake up with morning
glory, to my wife's disappointment.
You've got children as the days have gone.
That morning glory, obviously everyone knows it's the dawn
phenomenon and yeah, so that's working out all right and it's
(02:31):
just the daytime. It's literally, I check the
weather for the next day and it's planning my day and
adjusting my insulin to get it right.
Not always going to get it right.
Actually rarely get it right, so.
Yeah, sometimes. See with me, because like
obviously when my job differs from each day-to-day, I tend to
sort of leave my lanterns and mybackground insulin alone and I
(02:54):
would rather tweak my quick acting with my meals obviously.
So just do less insulin when I'mactually eating my lunchtime.
So I haven't got as much active insulin in my system in the heat
whilst I'm working. Find it's it's a lot easier
doing that or just carrying a little extra few snacks.
(03:16):
Yeah, and also staying hydrated.Yeah, that helps a lot.
It's not actually a myth that water makes insulin work better.
It's not a myth. You drink a lot of water, your
insulin is going to work well. Yeah, I I find your body just
works well. And your mind.
More energetic, less fatigued, obviously more hydrated.
(03:39):
Yeah. What was good, that's what I've
actually done recently is, and the hot weather has helped that
out, obviously because it's not cold and I'm not craving hot
drinks every day, so I'm slowly,slowly weaning away from
coffees. Yeah.
Which is. How do you mate?
Well done. Thank you.
Thank you. I still have one here in there.
(04:02):
Oh, everyone likes one here in there.
Come on. I've been on sunbeds as well, I
can't lie. Utah My.
Sensors have been fine. So you can go on a sunbed and
your sensors fine, but you sit in a car for half an hour and it
melts. Make it make sense.
(04:24):
I'm mid, mid, mid talk in there.I'm going low as well.
Don't start this. But so, but yeah, I can go on a
sunbed and it doesn't affect my sensor, my levels, nothing.
But I sit in the sun. It's just so different.
It just effects everything. And it like in winter, you know
(04:46):
when you went outside and you'd suddenly spike when it was cold?
Yeah. Then you come back in and it
level back out. In the summer it's the opposite.
So you walk outside, it will sayyou're low, and then you go back
in the shade or inside and you level back out.
Yeah, I've heard that a few times actually, to be fair.
Make sure you're paying attention to the symptoms.
(05:06):
I would say because I've messed up a few times doing that.
Yeah, I have as well. 100% guilty.
And also, guys, if you get sunburn, prepare for sugar
spikes. It's a stress in the body, and
we know what stress as a hormonenaturally does to sugar levels.
Does it work now? Is it?
(05:26):
Yeah. Listen, I've I've had I've had
sunburn with since I've been diabetic, but not like bad.
Yeah, like, I'm talking about bad sunburn.
Not like, oh, my arm's a bit sore.
I mean like just generally. You look like a lobster.
Yeah. So you get a lot of insulin
resistance and it's but like being, being I'll I guess, OK.
(05:47):
I'm not getting sunburned. No, I know me.
But I don't like cream because Idon't like cream.
I don't like cream. I don't like cream bro.
I don't like any cream. It's greasy and horrible.
It's disgusting. I don't wear sunscreen.
No, it's no. If I do, I'd wear like a oil or
something that I haven't got to rub in because when it's on my
(06:08):
hands I don't like it. You're oil.
You're quite pasty anyway, ain'tyou?
Pasty no I've got a nice tan bro, I'll work outside.
Got what? Strap mark on everything.
Hi, are you Sunbird? Wimp.
Won't find headlines on me. What?
(06:29):
Happened to you, Gazer. But you know, mate, you know
what I'm saying? Like walked in there, flipped
the lid and I was like, get in there, son.
Yeah, I won 60 minutes. But right, yeah, Also, guys, you
need to be very careful with theinsulin in the sea as well,
(06:52):
because if it's above, above say23° and you leave your insulin
laying in the sun, guess what? It's not going to work.
It's no worky, Oh no. No, it's no, it's no worky.
No, no worky, no. I made that mistake before.
I think that was when I was first newly diagnosed.
(07:12):
I actually put a post up about it on my Instagram.
I remember I held my pen up to the light.
I was like what the fuck is that?
I'm looking in it and you could see like little crystals inside
the pen. That's it.
Or it goes really like Milky. Yeah, yeah, like a like a cloudy
almost like it's not see through.
So yeah, that's how I clocked it.
I think I was actually using that for a couple of days and I
(07:34):
was wondering why my levels werebeing so stubborn.
And then obviously you've realised, yeah, that's, that's
the way I've probably left it out in the sun.
So fryer pouches people are pretty good.
Or any sort of insulin cooler that you can get.
You just use a freezer pack. That's what I used when I went
on holiday and that kept my extra pens cool for the whole
(07:58):
journey there and back. Or if you want a little hack
right, say you're out and about,suddenly you don't realize it's
going to be as hot as it is. Buy some cheap little 10P ice
pops popping them in the bag with your insulin.
Oh, there you go, you've got icepacks and hypo treats.
Exactly. Just totally combusted.
(08:20):
Combusted. Bombusted.
I completely don't want nothing to combust when it's hot.
No, I just added one of my brainfarts.
That was a random idea I've justthought of now.
This summer we go for a BBQ. Oh, we'll have a BBQ.
Yeah. Oh, actually, I spent the
weekend in by the seaside in Lincolnshire and it was very,
(08:42):
very hot. Done a hell of a lot of walking
and the only time I really went out of range was when I decided
to eat an entire pizza and half of a garlic pizza bread at about
half nine 9:45 at night. Oh, that was a high night then.
It was a very high night. I think I hit 20s.
(09:04):
That's all right. Yeah, and I think I spent the
1st 45 minutes hypo. So just just typical pizza.
How? Do we go from summer to there?
I don't know. I was just talking about
spending the weekend in the sunshine, wouldn't it?
But I was. Honestly apart from that pizza I
(09:26):
had doughnuts, I had ice cream, I had fish and chips, I had CAF
breakfast full fry UPS every dayI was there so 3 mornings in a
row. Nice.
And as I say, the only time I really went out of range was
that one night I had a pizza. So there you go guys, the sun
makes you less of a diabetic. Yes, and exercise.
(09:48):
Remember that. That's very important.
Sun, walking and water. Yes, SWW.
Yeah, we could just say Weather 3 WS WWW.
Oh my God. I don't know whether Water was
walking. He could have been running.
(10:13):
Oh yeah, Water. Yeah, sorry.
So yeah, the three WS guys remember it's less of a
diabetic. Have you ever had a sense of
fall off because of the heat? No, see I'm one of these people
(10:35):
that have never had a sense of fall off due to sweat or
anything. I've had one come very loose but
once I've saw my skin dried up and I became less sweaty it went
sticky again. Yeah, see, I'm one of these
people. My senses only come off when I
walk into a door frame. That's it.
Yeah, temporary fencing and bushes are my enemy.
(10:57):
I'm all right with doors. Also little shelves.
They've attacked me a few times.Oh yeah, I could imagine that
like. Yeah.
Lift your arm up and bang like all you're.
Trying to have to push Shank to the back of the shelf mate.
Obviously your arm twist when you push, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That catches.
Oh, yeah, of course. Yeah, when you're reaching
things in. Yeah, I'm with you now.
(11:18):
Mate, it's lethal. I've got to be.
Yeah, it's good you know there. You go, you can tell your boss
that I can't do that mate. It's a hazard.
I'm risk assessed and it ain't worth it mate.
But I know, I know a good few people have lost their senses
due to sweat so it is a thing that can happen.
(11:39):
So also there's loads of skin tat companies.
You're not sponsored by an E so just find someone that you like.
There's some pretty designs you can get.
Yeah, they're awesome, pretty ones.
They're very pretty, have a little flower, and have a super
tan line on your arm. Yeah, that's it's a massive tan
line. That's probably half the reason
(12:02):
I don't put them on, because whywould I want that tan line?
To be fair, I wore one when I was in Turkey because it it was
coming slightly loose. It didn't fall off but it was
coming slightly loose and I was getting in the sea because I
went out on a boat. So I put an adhesive patch over
(12:23):
it, but as I said, it was comingloose because I was sweaty.
I took the patch off and managedto keep the sensor intact and it
stayed on my arm for the duration of the holiday.
It was fine. To be fair I have warm patches
before you just triggered. I went to like a water park
holiday. OK.
So I got one of the waterproof ones.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I wore that so I didn't have
(12:44):
to keep getting out worried about my sensor.
Yeah. And it survived, so I'm happy.
Yeah, that's good. It is.
It's really fun. It's really fun.
Yeah, so they are the survival tips for whatever.
(13:06):
We thought this would be a really long, informative
episode, but 20 minutes in, guess what?
We make it sound so simple. So my what say if you was going
out for the day and it's forecast to be between or say
(13:27):
high 20s, maybe pushing 30s. All right.
Yeah, this. Might be the wrong question to
ask you because I probably know the answer already, but what
would you pack? So what I would pack is my swim
short, my insulin. Yes.
I'd put it in a cool pouch 100%.Yeah.
(13:50):
Or I'll do my ice pop hack that I've made-up.
Maybe I didn't know it was goingto be that hot.
You're going to you're going to use that, ain't you?
You're quite proud of that hack and you're.
You know when you just run, Obviously I'm one of them
people. I just randomly think of things
and it comes out. Yeah.
It's one of the moments and it happened live in the recording
of this podcast. Guys, let let let us know if
(14:13):
you've ever done that hack. I'm actually curious.
There's got to be someone out there that's done that before.
To be fair, all I'm going to pack is lift shoes, the insulin
and the cool pouch. And I'm going to dress quite
minimal. Shorts.
T-shirt. No other sort of hypo snacks or
nothing right? Nothing to bit of longevity or
(14:34):
just rely on the choose. I'm going to have to choose,
that's it. Because if I'm going out in the
heat, I'm going to have places to eat.
Neutral. Like even now going out, I'm
wondering people, I just put my insulin in my pocket.
Yeah, see me, I always take stuff with me because I'm a
tight fucker and I'm very impulsive.
(14:55):
So me going into somewhere to buy a hypo snack would mean me
going in there and probably spending about £15 on chocolate.
Yeah, what's wrong with that? That's what I do.
Nasty. Nah, yeah, but then it just
stays in the cupboard. I eat it.
I treat my hypo with sweets and insulin.
(15:17):
No, I like taking my stuff with me.
It's it's a lot more, it's a lotmore convenient for me though.
I have in my pocket little like a little chocolate bar or to cut
the biscuits or something. Can you reword this question
right? So ignore everything I've said
everyone, because I'm reckless. Jack's question to me is how
would I be a good diabetic goingout in the sun when it's about
(15:42):
28°? Yeah, there we go.
So what would you recommend somebody else would take?
Yes. So, right, If I'm taking out a
kid that's type 1 diabetic, there we go.
I would say. OK, yeah.
So I would make sure the insulinstays cool.
Yeah, I would make sure it staysout of direct sunlight, so I
(16:05):
wouldn't have it in an open bag or anything.
So the sun's just beaming down on it all the time.
I'd keep it in a shady place. So say you're sitting by the
beach, I would make sure I've got a big bottle of water like
you know when, then two litre bottles, 1.5 litre, whatever
they are. I'd also make sure hypotrix are
on tap. Big tub of lift shoes, big tub,
(16:28):
you know the tubs you can get because they're the fastest
acting. I would also make sure you've
got carbohydrates to back up thelift shoes.
There may be a packet of crisps,even some rich tea biscuits or
something like that. Saying that isn't going to melt
in the sun. Make sure it's no chocolate.
You don't want chocolate becauseit's going to put chocolate in
your pocket. It's going to look like you
(16:49):
pooed yourself. You don't want to do that.
Do you? Understand so serious man.
If it's a Snickers, it looks really wrong.
Right. So yeah, I'll do all that.
And I'd also take a sun hat and sun cream and stuff like that.
I always I still I still to thisday if I'm going out I will
(17:12):
still take my finger prick with me as well just in case
something goes wrong with my sensor.
I forgot mine existed, sorry guys.
Hey, you've got so used to beingrobotic you forgot your basics.
It's in front of me. I've got all that.
And I'd also take my why is it? Why do I call it BM Blood
(17:34):
monitor? It's actually a glucose monitor.
It should be AGM. Yo, man, I got my GM in my bag.
You know, I'm going to check. I thought it was called a BGM.
It's a blood glucose monitor because then the the sensors are
called a CGM because it's a continuous glucose model.
Well. Growing up it was a BMII.
Don't know if that was because of the older B, MB, M.
(17:57):
I'm sure we've had this exact conversation.
I'm getting so big deja vu. Yeah, so am I.
And like the the VPN theme tune and everything I've we've heard,
I'm sure I've heard that. Yeah, yeah, I think we have.
It's been 2 years now, isn't it guys?
(18:17):
Find the episode number. Let us know.
I find taking at least like a some sort of fizzy drink.
If you're quite partial to a fizzy drink.
I like taking a can of Coke withme because of see when it's hot,
it's nice to treat your hypo with a nice cold drink.
Do you know what I mean? So you're you're getting that
(18:39):
craving of having a sugary nice sugary drink as well as treating
your hypo. I find that quite helps.
And to the adults drink alcohol,it's fine.
It's going to balance so nicely.Hey, yeah, to be fair, I had a
few beers when I was down the seaside on the weekend.
If you don't drink alcohol, justhave 0 alcohol just.
(19:02):
Got a thing for Coronas at the moment mate.
Have you? Yeah, Coronas and a bit of.
Lyme. That's so 20. 9 I know, but I
don't. I don't.
Drink a lot you don't. Drink a lot, all right?
Coronavirus in it. Do you know what?
I'm so slow I didn't even clock that road.
Fuck. He's useless than he guys.
No, I just think you've just come up with the maddest dad
(19:23):
jokes brother. The only people that get him are
dads. Sorry guys, my shit sense of
humour. Yeah, the screen here.
Wait till I have children. I'll be right there with you
bro. It's like having the kids like a
(19:43):
past to be a cheesy bastard. I like cheese.
I like cheese. But yes, surviving the sun is is
quite easy guys, just be aware. That yeah, have to have your
alarm set higher. So you've got plenty of notice.
That's a very good one as well. How did we miss that one, Jack?
(20:06):
Yeah, I'd say around 5:00. Yeah, it's exactly what mine sit
on. Five.
Mine's 4.5 because I like to live on the edge.
So, so daring, aren't you? Oh yeah, I thought my nighttime
1 is. I turn it off.
(20:26):
List your heated blankets out ofseason now.
I'll tell you what night times I've been perfect apart from
last night. Yeah, I'm all right when I don't
snack. But yeah, I'll say night times,
I'm actually quite smooth sailing now.
So it shows you how much was theheated blanket or the Nova
Rapid? Yeah, could be, could be.
(20:50):
It's time for a giggle. What's?
The story. So we got one from Ellie.
Her name is. So she goes, I was on the beach
trying to pretend I'm a normal, functioning adult with a fully
operational pancreas. You know, the usual.
(21:10):
Yeah. It was 29° and my Libra sensor
was hanging on by a sheer willpower.
I just told my friend I'm fine for the 4th time even though I
was 3.2 and sweating like ham. Wow.
Then I passed out gracefully into a sandcastle.
(21:33):
Woke up with a very kind 9 year old trying to feed me Capri Sun
Absolute legend. Thanks Tommy.
Turns out the sun had cooked my insulin.
My backup pen was also fried. I'd forgotten my hypo snacks.
What the fuck. To make it worse, I got the kind
of sunburn that makes people wince when they look at you.
(21:56):
My Libra peeled off with the skin.
Not even joking. Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tell
your story. Oh for God.
So is that it? That's it?
So that. That was the listener.
Story. So basically they had a bad
hypo. Thanks Ellie.
(22:16):
Sorry, sorry. So they had a bad hypo because
their insulin got cooked by the sun.
Yeah. And then they were so sunburned
that when they pulled their Libra sensor off, their skin
come off with it. Yeah.
Oh mate. Oh.
Thank you, Ellie. I've.
Thank you. Yeah, so well done to Tommy.
Tommy, I'm guessing. Oh.
(22:38):
PS Tommy's my brother. Well done, Tommy.
Oh. There we go.
Hold on, there we go. So your little brother trees.
Do you know what to do? Yeah, don't worry, she does this
all the time. Capri Sun to the rescue.
Just face planted the kid next door's fucking sandcastle that
he's worked on for hours. Diana, she just needs a juice.
(23:01):
She's cool. But she's not.
She's hot and sunburned. Well, yeah, that is true.
No, but thank you, Ellie. Thanks for submitting the story.
Yeah. Thank you.
But yeah, you're a sunburned warrior.
Well done. I'd love to see the patch from
the Libra centre. Yeah, halfway down your arm, but
(23:25):
yeah, thank you. Well done Tommy for looking
after your big sister. Yeah, smashed it, man.
Yeah, and so you got sunburned, you spoiled your insulin, had a
mad hypo. You pretty much summed up what
not to do in the Sun work. But yeah.
(23:47):
Oh, thank you, Ellie. That was entertaining, Short,
sweet, dramatic. Anyway guys, I hope you liked
this episode because we tried tobe very informative.
Well, as much as we could. Yeah, it's quite hard, you know,
(24:08):
to talk about one thing. There is, there is.
It's really hard to stay on topic.
Yeah, I, I don't know what it is.
Well, now, now, now, now. The summer months are actually
creeping in me and you might be a little bit more busier instead
of just every weekend. Oh, we went to work.
Yeah, exactly. We might actually meet up.
(24:29):
We went to the Where in World Splash Park.
Oh. Yeah.
I threw my Libra sensor down theslide 1st and tried to catch it.
Is that Jack goes, I didn't justgo to London and do spray
painting. Well, I'm still going to do
that. I actually went somewhere else.
(24:50):
I went swimming in the Thames. Mike was like Jack, slow down.
And then we didn't find Jack again because that place is
polluted. Do not go swimming in the
Thames. What?
I'm so sorry. Oh, let's wrap this up before my
this is cancelled. What?
Else can we do? No, no.
(25:13):
Barbecue live in Hive Park. We'd like to do that.
I don't know. We'll look into it.
If we can, we will. Yeah, 100%.
I'm down for that. I'll cook.
There's probably a liddles in London somewhere.
Yeah, there is Tottenham Court Road.
We'll just go buy 1 tenor. There you go, job done.
All right, so yeah, guys, sorry about the outbursts.
(25:33):
I do apologize again because I get excited when I get excited.
I just come out random waffle. Really appreciate you listening.
Thank you. Yeah, I hope you've enjoyed this
one. We're going to get out of it
before it goes completely South.And as usual, we should see you
back again same time, same placenext week.
(25:54):
And make sure you follow us up on the socials at T1D under
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sure you keep reviewing and leave us a five star rating.
(26:17):
We love you that. Was cute ending.
It was nice, wouldn't it? Let's get out of here and let
everyone crack on with this. What he says and.
Guys, don't forget about the three WS.
Yes, weather walking. What was the other one?
This is how scripted we are guys.
(26:39):
We couldn't even remember what we talked about.
We all see one thing, baby.
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