| Well Slippery Elm and Lulika,
The lowest I can remember being was in the 20's and still headed downward. That was after my very first dose of Humalog and I didn't realize how very quickly it can work.
If that's how I feel in my 20's (sweaty, confused. blanking in and out, could barely remember how to eat glucose tabs and afterward, how long since I had eaten them...Yikes!) I never want to go lower than that.
There are people on this board who have ended up hospitalized for low blood sugar. Not a pleasant experience and one I try to avoid.
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This is from the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Page:
f your blood sugar continues to drop (below 40 mg/dL), your brain may receive too little sugar to work properly and your judgment and muscle coordination will be affected. These are symptoms of moderate low blood sugar. You may not realize your blood sugar is too low and you may not be aware that you need to eat food with sugar to raise the level. Someone else may have to help you eat or drink something to raise your blood sugar level. If you do not get help, you could get in an accident if you are driving a car or operating other machinery. If you are pregnant, low blood sugar can harm your baby.
If your blood sugar continues to drop (below 20 mg/dL), you can lose consciousness. If you do not receive prompt emergency care, you may have a stroke and possibly die. These are symptoms of severe low blood sugar. If you are pregnant and taking insulin, very low blood sugar levels are dangerous for your baby.
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So I've never wanted to chance it. Chances are you may have already used up all of the sugar your liver has stored...or not. Not worth the guess if you ask me. Treat it.
For me, 9 grams of carb raises my blood sugar about 50 points. If I were at 50, I'd eat two glucose tabs (8 grams) and see how it was going. If I tested and it was then 45, I'd eat another because my sugar was obviously on the way down. At 15 minutes (takes that long for the glucose to get to your blood) I'd test again. Either way, if I got that low I would probably have what we all fondly call a "liver dump" of glucose into my blood so I would test several times over the next two hours just to keep an eye on things.
MIch  | 
