[HeatherP]

Sorry to hear you went through that Orion. Scary stuff, eh? I've never passed out, but I have quite a few episodes a couple of years ago. The first time it happened, it was a normal day. I felt a little low so I ck'd my b/s level. It read 66. Okay, so it needs to be treated but it's certainly not an emergency. I was standing at the kitchen counter drinking some juice when my husband came into the room. I guess he must have seen something that looked odd because he came over to see if I was okay. I wasn't. I'd crashed. I couldn't answer his question, I couldn't think of anything, I didn't recognize where I was, I couldn't focus my vision, I had all this background noise and I couldn't make sense of any of it. He sat me down and started pouring juice in me - apparently I was babbling all kinds of nonsence. He called 911 - by the time the ambulance got there I was doing better. They looked me over and gave me some sort of dextrose drink. My reading on my meter was 68 at that point. We didn't test my sugar during the incident as we were busy getting juice in me.

Be very careful. You could try testing more often, and remember that if you feel low, but can't ck for sure, treat it and ck as soon as you can afterwards. It'll be easier to get your b/s down later than for you to pass out. Keep a glucagon kit with you too, just in case.

Hope it doesn't happen again,
HeatherP