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Old 05-02-2008, 05:19 AM
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Agree 100% that someone with uncontrolled type 2 can have the symptoms of low sugar (hypo) when in fact their blood stream is just swimming with excess sugar (hyper) which can't get into the cells to be used... or maybe the low feeling results from going down from hyper to nearer normal..? In my experience this never gets to the stage where you lose all bodily control or pass out as can happen all too quickly when the body truly is low on sugar... as experienced by many with type 1... but it is pretty overwhelming just the same And yes I have also been in that Wal-Mart, searching for a washroom while speed-eating a Snickers bar
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