Hi niki. Do you have access to a certified diabetes educator? Or a nutrionist? Those professionals will definitely be able to help you develop a meal plan that would work for you. In the meantime, make sure you are eating complex carbs and protein. That may help with the post-meal crashes. If you are taking any meds, you may want to discuss your crashes with your doctor.

It's all beautiful, Nicole. Your words, the Goddess... all of it. Thank you for this.

Hi mouser. I typically keep skittles in my purse because they are easier to carry around than a juice or a soda. A juice box or a handful of skittles is what i typically use to treat lows. I don't often use soda, but that day I thought a soda would be easier to find than anything else.

Hi Rodger. Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions. I'm not active in the local D community. Which, saying that outloud, is kind of sad. :-( OK wait, let me think for a second... there's a Mayo Clinic here with an endocrinology dept. what about the ADA chapter? what about trying to find a random pediatric endocrinologist? Medtronic's web site has local events; maybe that could be a starting off point for contact information for someone. there's an association for certified diabetes educators, maybe try to find a local one for suggestions. OK that's all I got. Apparently I do have a few suggestions! :-)

Hey Rodger. What can I help you with? I hesitate to put my email address here for the world to see.

I love that last picture!

Thanks Rodger, but I don't think anyone is giving away pump supplies or insulin.

I think it was bug related. Also, likely related to lack of sleep. Sugars are doing just fine, and even are OK today on site-change day! I typically force myself to stay awake in the evenings to work on chores, etc. even when I'm tired. So I think the fact that I allowed myself to sleep at a weird time and actually while in bed and not, say, on the couch, lead to this incapacitated-like state.

Hi, Doris. Perhaps if you reread the entire post you'd see that I was low all day. Hence the title of the post. I did not say I was low for weeks, which would of course warrant a basal adjustment. Sometimes we have off days. Everyone's diabetes is different. Also, I did not overtreat a 70. Again, if you reread the post you'd see that I had been low all day and feeling low at 70 doesn't mean that I'm running high too often. Not feeling a 53 earlier in the day and then feeling a 70 later in the day signals a crash for me. I know my low symptoms, I know my going-low symptoms and I treat accordingly. Those two sleeves of Sweet Tarts brought me up to 79. So clearly I did test later and clearly understand what was happening at that moment. Tired of being low all day I decided to go to bed with slow-digesting carbs (cookies) swirling around in my body to avoid an overnight low.

Hi ashpal. Getting tested for diabetes could be done a number of ways: a finger prick for a fasting blood sugar, a blood test for an A1C, and/or a glucose tolerance test. I don't know about the cost, but if you check around there may be a free clinic in your area that can help.