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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
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It woke me up just before 2 a.m.
I was uncomfortable and confused; hot.
The Mr. was sleeping soundly next to me, but I didn't have the strength to shake him awake.
My heart was pounding like a cartoon character in love -- in and out of my chest.
I felt like I was hyperventilating.
Finally awake and aware of what was happening to me, I eyed my meter; it was just an arm's length away but felt so, so far.
I tried to reach for it, but my arms flopped around like the bones and muscles had been removed.
So tired. I just wanted to sleep. I felt like a coma.
The Mr. was still sleeping and I still didn't have the strength to shake him awake.
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Categories: Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: low blood sugar low blood sugar behavior
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There really just is no way to describe the way an extreme low feels. It was surreal, like I was outside of myself; like I was watching myself through a camera mounted on my head--that carnival ride-like feeling you get when you watch a video of someone, say, walking through the woods from their point of view; like part of me was asleep while the conscious part of me fought like mad to make things right.
I saw the 29 and while I almost immediately pulled the strip out of the meter, for just a second I thought the number was the code for the strips. I, obviously, wasn't thinking clearly.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Real Life
Tags: extreme low blood sugar
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It had been more than a week since I had talked to Mom. This is nearly unheard of in our world, but it does occasionally happen. My busy life with three kids and their busy retirement life are the culprits.
So last night when Dad called to see if I knew about my brother's trip to Korea encountering problem after problem that eventually required him to come home to Missouri from Seattle, I was finally able to catch Mom up on what's going on in our lives.
"Did you know No. 2 has a double ear infection," I asked her.
"No, no didn't know that," she said.
"No. 3 is recovering nicely from her upper respiratory nastiness, but The Mr. is still battling a rough cough," I told her.
"OK, OK. And how are things going with the pump?" she wanted to know. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: extreme highs ketones
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I knew that I hadn't checked my blood sugar in hours. Last time I did, I was 100 so I just didn't worry. I enjoyed a small dinner, judging my carbs to perfection. I carried on with my night.
Right before I fell asleep, I thought I should check my blood sugar just to be safe. I was feeling a little funny, minor thirst, minor nausea. I checked at 502. I haven't been above 500 in over a year.
I bolused like normal, wondering if my infusion set was the problem. I had changed it earlier, but I blew it off since I was 100 after lunch (and hours after the set change). I set an alarm to wake me up in two hours to make sure I was heading down.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: high to low living alone
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Thursday night, I decided to stay up a little too late (or early, we shall say). My mother always warned me when I was younger to monitor my blood sugars closely when I threw my sleep cycle off. I never figured out why, because I always seemed to be fine. What does me being a night owl have to do with blood sugars?
But Thursday night was an extreme. I didn't get to bed until just before the sun was rising. I made sure to sleep in as long as possible (and managed 6 hours of sleep) just to make it through the day ahead of me.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Real Life
Tags: School stuff
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Olivia had a pretty decent low on Friday. She was 95 on initial check and dropped to 60 five minutes later. She informed her teacher and immediately asked to go to the nurses office (which is our protocol).
When she relayed the incident to me, I asked if anyone had walked down with her. "No," was the answer. I didn't get mad at her, just said that she needed to have someone walk her the next time she was that low. Dropping 35 points in five minutes concerns me and makes me wonder how much lower she's going to go and how fast.
She wound up dropping to 40 in the nurse's office, but came back up easily and returned to class. She missed her social studies exam because of this low, however. In the car on the way home, she told me that her teacher said it would be ok for her to make up the exam.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions In the News Fitness Women's Issues Men's Issues
Tags: exercise scheduling time of the day to exercise type 1
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What kinds of exercises, hobbies, or activities do you enjoy doing and what kinds of things do you do to navigate around blood sugar issues? This was my random thought of the day so far, so I thought I would share it with you guys and see if you would tell me your stories in return.
Personally, one of my most favorite passions is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I am training about 5 times a week or so, it makes me feel great and I love it. But one thing about Jiu Jitsu is that it's very intense and it's difficult to find the balance between having good sugars and being able to participate fully, say for example, like any non-diabetic person would.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management high blood sugar
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I noticed the bruise within the last day or two. Was it yesterday? It was smallish and below my infusion site. I thought at the time that it was weird to have developed a bruise at the tail end of the set. Could the bruise be related to the disaster I experienced today?
In the shower this morning I developed the chills, though I wasn't cold and didn't really feel sickly. I felt pretty normal, actually.
I don't know why it didn't occur to me sooner to test my sugar. Well, I guess I do know why. Extreme highs will make you foggy. I tested twice because I didn't believe my meter when it flashed 435 mg/dL at me.
"What? Are you low?" The Mr. asked when I gasped at the meter.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Relationships Real Life
Tags: differences prone to lows or highs
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A question was posed to me the other day about diabetics and their highs and lows. The question was from the sibling of a diabetic, who is also a good friend of mine. I had just experienced an unexpected high (I'm now attributing it to my own negligence in keeping my infusion site fresh). He asked, "Why do you bounce from one extreme to the other?"
His sibling has had great success with the pump and is running stable after a period of prolonged highs on MDI's. For me, I do experience extremes. But mostly, I experience lows. I answered his question in a simple statement, "Because we're all different."
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Categories: Type 1
Tags: addictions caffeine diet soda
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For years I was a smoker. I smoked a pack a day at the very least for 15 years. Addiction is powerful.
I finally kicked that habit but realized that nicotine is not the only drug I am addicted to. The other is much easier to get and I am not sure I want to quit it yet.
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