[HeatherP]

Angie - it may be a personal thing, but I've always felt that juice ups my b/s faster than the tabs, with less rebound highs.

I've never lost consciousness, but I've had 6-7 severe hypos: confused, unresponsive, seizures/convulsions. It's very scary stuff. When I was on NPH (for 11 years) was when I had them (last year). All except for one was completely out of the blue, with no seeming reason. I'm now on Lantus, and except for one time when I wasn't paying attention ant took Humalog instead (10u) I haven't had any more lows like that. If your teacher fed you the glucose and then took your b/s after, the 51 may have been on the way up. I remember the first time it happened to me, I ck'd my b/s @ 10 a.m. is was 66 - low, but certainly not life threatening. So I drank some juice and somehow got real bad real fast. My husband called 911 and by the time the EMT's got there I was back up to 68.

Since you're new to diabetes, others are right when they say that your body is so used to being high, that even a reading considered "normal" will make your body think it's low. When I was first diagnosed I was in the 400's, so consequently when my sugars dropped down below 200 I felt low.

I think it's fair to expect and ambulance ride at least once w/ diabetes - yours just came pretty early - mine took 11 years. I don't know much about the U insulin, but ck on when/if it peaks - and even if the literature says it doesn't it might just for you personally. Lantus supposedly has no peaks, but I sometimes get lows @ 5 a.m. Try to keep careful watch over your b/s, maybe get up in the middle of the nite a few nites a week to see what it's doing.

It shouldn't become a regular thing - just be a little more careful and I'm sure you'll get the hang of it!

Take Care,
HeatherP

P.S. Kudos to your b/f - he did great!