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Permalink Reply by Desdemona on March 13, 2010 at 1:07pm

ohh I can see that being a slight issue with the insulin heating up and with your spot possibly peeling off. I would love to know how it works out for you. Sadly, we don't have any Bikram yoga in our area.

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Permalink Reply by Emily F on March 16, 2010 at 1:32pm

I do use a pump, and have done Bikram a few times. I ended up taking the pump off for the time of it (I was due for a site change), but did keep the monitor on and the pump at my side just in case, I find that yoga can really make my BG drop! I haven't had TOO many issues with the Tegaderm over the Sensor coming off, but the sweat could be an issue. Good luck, I think you should power forward with it, its so great!

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Permalink Reply by jodiiiii on November 21, 2011 at 7:02am

It's a little late - but I have recently been doing Hot Yoga (same as bikram but not one of his teachers) and my bgs are going through the roof. I need to be more consistent in the analysis; however, I will wake at 115 and after class 250. I have tried to bolus a bit before and remove it - thinking it might cook up the insulin. but not really having too much luck. looking for anyone else that's tried / had success.

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Permalink Reply by swedishfish on November 22, 2011 at 10:25am

I am not on a pump but have had the same experience with BG surging during hot yoga. I often go up 50-60 points from the workout, but the only times I have tried to take insulin before class I have crashed. No winning there!

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Permalink Reply by Stuart on January 21, 2012 at 1:13pm

Unlikely the insulin is being defacto "boiled", if so your readings would be high everywhere, as the chemical bonds would get broken by the high heat caused by heating the insulin even once.

Far more likely would be adrenaline caused by the adrenaline response caused by the dynamic asana being done that vigorously. Used to get high readings doing certain asana, head stand, etc., figured out i was using too much strength, effort and was getting adrenaline from doing them way too hard...

Controlled the effort lost the spike hours afterwards...
Stuart

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Permalink Reply by yumbittersugar on October 29, 2012 at 8:16am

I do Bikram yoga regularly and use CGM. IV-3000 is good to keep the sensor on my tummy. It's pretty good (however, after having false-hypo, I decided to not to bring the transmitter to a classroom since it keeps buzzing)

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Permalink Reply by Donna on March 29, 2013 at 12:59pm

I have used a CGM while doing hot house yoga and have had no difficulty with keeping it on. If you do notice that the tape starts to curl, you might want to slap a new tape over the old one after first trying the area. I also remove my pump completely because I find I do not need an hour of insulin when I am doing hot house yoga. I sweat so much that I don't need the insulin for an hour. Have fun yoga-ing with your devices.

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