At 10 p.m. I lie in bed wondering if I was ever going to fall asleep. The Mr. had gone to bed an hour ago after a long day. His breathing was soft and soothing. I thought about turning on the news or reading on the computer.
At 12:10 a.m. I woke up in a fog. I couldn't tell if I was dreaming. I was lethargic and nauseated. I was so sweaty that I was sticking to the sheets. Luna, a tea cup chihuahua, was tangled in my feet as I tried to get out from under the sheets.
Panic began to set in. I knew I was low, but what seemed like hours passed before I had enough energy and mental powers to pull myself up to test.
I turned on my light and reached delicately for my meter. I was shaking badly and still horribly hot. Something woke The Mr.
"Are you OK?" he asked.
"I'm low."
"Do you need me to get you a juice," he asked, rather awake now.
"No, I have Sweetarts," I said as my meter popped back with 53 mg/dL.
"I can get you a juice. Let me know if you want me to get you a juice," he insisted.
I felt much worse than 53. I must have been dropping. I grabbed the Sweetarts and fell back onto my pillow. They spilled on the bed next to me and I devoured them one at a time.
"Did you eat ice cream tonight?" The Mr. wanted to know.
"Yes, just a couple spoonfuls."
"Did you bolus?"
"Yes." I wondered how this made a difference. The Mr. must have been falling back to sleep.
Did I test before bed, I wondered. I couldn't remember.
Sleep came quickly. My foggy brain doesn't remember eating many Sweetarts. When I woke briefly and put the candy back in my bedside table, it startled The Mr. who jolted back awake and muttered something about still being low.
This morning, I realize how lucky I am that my lows still wake me up.
Michelle,
I've been though similar nights. I've even seemed to almost freeze from the sweat--like being in a pool. My Dr. gave me some good advice that applies whether night or day: If you think (feel, guess) you're low, take a glucose tablet or two even before testing. The amount taken in isn't that much. If wrong, it's easy to correct (pump user). I'm such a stubborn person, I still rarely do this but wish I would. The times I have I seem to be ahead of the game (bad word choice?).
Also, I do use glucose tablets rather than other choices. They are faster acting than most anything else and seem to get into my system faster. It's also easy to know that 4 equals 16 carbs. I've also learned to let my wife help me. I used to fight her (and still do if I get bad low) but try to believe & trust her more and more. Often very hard when I'm really low and not at all myself. She is very seldom wrong. She hides the glucogon injection and if I get really hard to handle, she has instructions to sneak up on me (if I see her I fight--as a matter of fact, once I grabbed it out of her hand and chased her with it and then shot it down the sink.) Get the Mr. involved in your care. He really wants to be. Take care of yourself. --Richard
after having surgery my sugar levels are in the high 200's and sometimes 300's. I am on levimer and my doctor only says, increase it. I have heard you can split it into 2 doses. once in the morning and once at night. He said to only use at night but it isn't controling daytime. he refuses to refer me th an endro saying he knows how to controle. my a1c was just taken and it is 9. I have 2 heart conditions and recently had a 3rd pacemaker inplanted. I am 100 percent pacer. any sugestions
Michelle, I'm working on a story and would love to ask you a few questions about hypos and type 2 diabetes if you are able....please let me know!
thanks in advance.