Re: Hello hypo!
- From: shoppa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 17 Jul 2006 15:59:24 -0700
Julie Bove wrote:
Last night was worse. I was sitting in my computer chair about to pick up
my weights to workout. My husband started hollering that he needed to get
on the computer to do something for work before he went to bed. So I went
into the bedroom and laid down on the bed with the cat for about 10 minutes
while he was on here. Meanwhile, my muscle were giving me that feeling that
they wanted exercise. But that never happened!
When I sat back down here, I was trying to decide what to have for a snack
(it was getting close to that time) when my mind was suddenly flooded with
images of food. That was all I could think of. And yet I felt rooted to my
chair. Then the dizziness began. I looked down to see my hands shaking. I
was actually typing something at the time, chatting with a friend who has
reactive hypoglycemia. Her dad (no longer with us) had type 2. She
immediately knew something was wrong because my typing got worse and worse.
I was struggling and making typos but seemed to be unable to correct them.
Luckily, my meter was beside me. I tested at 66.
Different people have different symptoms but you seem to have gone
through almost all of the early hypo symptoms there :-). Yeah, I've
been hit by immobility-confusion-don't-know-what-to-do too but not
until lower bg's.
I didn't feel that I had
the strength to make it to the kitchen. Husband and daughter were both
asleep. My daughter's food is just around the corner from where I was
sitting. Because of all her food allergies, we keep some bins of food and a
card table set up with snacks and things just for her. Luckily she had some
Swedish Fish (a jelly type candy) in a jar on the table. I managed to make
it in there, grab three of them and eat them. Sat for 10 minutes and
watched pretty colors swirl around me as my lips went numb. Headache came,
then nausea. I struggled to think. My friend kept urging me to go to the
hospital. I didn't think I needed to. Managed to test my BP while I was
sitting here. That was a tad low, 97/70 and pulse 80. Tested again after
10 minutes and BG was up to 86. Was still feeling horrid.
Those were actually not too bad of a way to treat hypo, but you
SERIOUSLY might want to consider getting some glucose tablets for a
calibrated way to recover. And besides, your daughter might miss her
Swedish Fish the next day!
Managed to make it into the kitchen and fixed two bean tacos. Ate them and
finally felt a little better but it was at least an hour before I felt like
I could get up and walk around without fainting. Was compelled to eat and
eat. Even though I shouldn't have, I grabbed a bag of Sahale snacks. These
are a mix of nuts and dried fruits. They do have sugar in them but not a
lot. The bag I had has 15g of carbs for the whole thing. Wolfed them right
down and finally felt better.
Got up this morning expecting BG to be through the roof! It wasn't. It was
137. This is actually lower than what I've been seeing for the past few
days. I've been waking up around 160 or 170 but my numbers have been
dropping rapidly as soon as I eat. I've also gotten into the bad habit of
sleeping in late. I've found if I get up earlier, my numbers are better.
So... I went to the store today for another bag of Swedish Fish (my
daughter has very little candy left) and some Starlight Mints to keep in my
purse. I have a few jelly candies in my van but they're ancient and need to
be replaced.
Again, think about glucose tablets.
I just have no clue how this hypo could have occurred. I had mashed
potatoes and hamburger gravy for dinner, along with some raw veggies. Total
of about 45g of carb, not counting the veggies. I actually tested before
dinner (I don't usually do this) and was at 106 then.
Sometimes without any apparent reason bg's go up/insulin needs go up
for a few days or a week and then they go down again.
Tim.
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