View Single Post Old 11-23-2003, 06:15 PM   #24 Dojo: Jiki Shin
Kan, Utrecht, Netherlands Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1 Hi Holmes
and others,  I saw your post asking for strategies for aikido
training longer than 1-2 hours. I read the replies with
interest.  I have diabetes type I since 8 years and I train in
aikido since 2 years.  Diabetes is an individual disease. What
works for one person may not work for another. Everyone will
have to learn by trial and error.  I am a bit different case
compared to other people with type I, because I am a LADA type
(Latent Auto-immune Diabetes in Adults) and my body still
produces some insulin of its own. So what works for me may not
work for other people with type I.  I take 4 insulin injections
a day. I discussed the insulin pump with my specialist, but he
was of the same opinion as your doctor was (If you manage a
tight control of your blood sugar level by injections and your
HbA1C is small enough then you don't gain much by an insulin
pump).  Different individuals have