| I haven't suffered another hypo since yesterday afternoon thankfully, yet I still feel totally wiped out. I'm sure the fact that I didn't sleep well last night isn't helping any. When I did finally fall asleep shortly afterward my boyfriend woke me up by checking my carotid pulse. He claims he doesn't remember doing it. I feel bad that I have a boyfriend who in his sleep feels the need to check whether or not I'm still living. Unappropriately I joked about this with him this morning. I tend to use humor as a means for coping. It's my best defense at the moment.
Andrea~ I've only been on the Humalog/HumulinU combo for the past week. My doc first started me out on Humalog and Humulin70/30 and after I requested Lantus as a replacement he put me on the U. I was doing ok on the combo until I had those hypos. Other than being very tired, thus far I seem to be back on track.
Dues~ I deconstructed my hypos as you suggested, and for the life of me I still can't figure out what I did differently other than go to bed a few hours later than I usually do. I chose to stay up pretty late because my bf had fallen asleep on the sofa after I let our ferrets out to romp. One of our ferrets crawled into the sofa for a snooze and I needed my bf to get up in order for me to remove the ferret. (Didn't want to wake up bf because he'd had a long day.) My late night snack was the same... breakfast was the same... the only real difference was the ferret delay.
am1977~ I'm not sure if I have hypo unawareness because usually when I get a bit low, I get sleepy and a little cranky and those are a couple of signs that tell me I need to get something to eat. What frightened me is that the hypo I experienced in the afternoon hit me so fast and hard that all I could do was sit staring off into space and sweat. Felt like my body was tied to the chair and I couldn't move. The hypo during the night I pretty much slept through and didn't experience any warning signs. My doc prescribed glucagon in case of emergency... I'm really glad he did. (He said anyone taking insulin should carry a kit with them.)
Best wishes to everyone today, and thanks again from the newbie for your support.
Angie  | 
