[HelenM]

I really think I need a minium level of carbs. At the moment I'm staying with my parents and because they eat less (they're elderly and inactive) I find it difficult to eat my normal meals since they eat so much less.( I feel greedy as my plate has so much compared to them.) Yesterday I ate about 110 carbs compared with my normal 160 or more. I thought I'd bolused correctly and BS was OK. I ran a couple of miles and did some gardening but not really any more exercise than usual.
Today my BS has not been above 80 all day. My exercise was shopping ( admitedly I go over the top since I get withdrawal symptoms in rural France). I got completely disoriented at one point (luckily in Boots, a chemists) and was going round in circles looking for the glucose tablets in spite of having smarties in my handbag. Eventually I asked the pharmacist, who thankfully understood and got some for me. When I tested outside the shop, after eating threee tablets ( I normally only take 1), the meter said said 'lo'.
I had a good lunch but was back in the 50s before dinner, since dinner I've reduced the basal by 50% but was still only 68 at the two hour point.
I often have what I think are minor hypos but not like today. I'm convinced that I simply didn't store enough carbs yesterday and had nothing in the tank... no stored glucose.