Managing Diabetes in the Heat

My sugar is not always controlled the way it should be. I do tend to drink a lot of anything I can get into my mouth to be honest, fizzy water, anything that keeps me cool. I don't tend to eat a lot of food but there are days when I just grab snacks and that's probably not very good for my diabetes and that's mainly when it's really hot. And how do you try and manage these challenges? I have to sit and think about what I eat every day if I can be bothered to be honest because as long as I don't have side effects to my diabetes I continue doing what I do. It's only when my mouth becomes too dry I know that I need to be doing something about my sugar levels because they've gone up. And how do you manage the long days and the shorter nights, especially in relation to the diabetes? I eat as normal in those days. I still, I'll have a breakfast. I'll probably skip lunch and have a dinner and that'll be it. And maybe eat little snacks towards the end of the evening. I'm quite bad at that. And how do you manage with the shorter nights? shorter nights. I don't really have a problem with shorter nights. I just sleep. I really don't have a problem. And what about the- I'm trying to repeat the question in your answer if you don't mind. Sorry? Just try and mention the question in your answer. Oh, okay. Okay. That's okay. And in the summer months, what about the changes in your food and activity levels. Do these affect your diabetes? Do you do anything different? Well, in the summer months, my food is very all over the place. I don't have a diet that's mainly for the summer. I will eat whatever's available. Somebody cooks, I will eat, but not much of it because during the summer you eat less, but I don't change it. I eat what's available at that time, if that makes sense, without thinking, oh sugar levels, diabetes, if I'm hungry I eat. Wrong way, but it's what I do. And in terms of your activity levels during the summer, do you do anything differently in relation to your diabetes? My activity levels remain the same, I still go out, I still walk, I still join in with family members, doing all kinds of activities outside of the home, going to the parks with the children, grandchildren. So no, that doesn't change regardless of the season. And talking about the previous behaviours and characteristics on that list, which ones do you feel are, maybe one or two, are most relevant to you and your diabetes in the summer and any strategies for how to manage those? Well physical activities I tend to do daily. I go for long walks. I have a mindful walking strategy so that I can get my steps in and try and keep myself healthy as and when. The There are days when I can't do it at all, but I do try to get out. Um, management, sorry, sufficiency. I do get sufficient sleep, but I do suffer from a condition where my skin gets so dry that I scratch myself throughout the night. And so there are days when I can't sleep as long because I spend more of the the time itching my lower part of my body than sleeping, if that makes sense. I have been given stuff by my GP to treat it but it's a long process.