Diabetic in your Dreams?

[spring]

Hah, just thought this would be a funny topic.
Does any one else do diabetic things in their dreams?

It usually pops up in mine at the most ridiculous parts of a dream - just as I'm about to run from the abandoned building to escape the werewolf, I realize I've left my 'low bag' by the door, and brave the wolf just to get my **** glucose tabletes. :laugh:

Just two nights ago I had a dream that the world was being overtaken by zombies and talking shoes (yes, I know...) and when our airplane ran out of gas and we were forced to stop on a small island, I started worrying about how long my insulin would last. :rolleyes:

[duck]

All the time...

Though, I haven't had one of those nightmares lately where I am trying to take a shot, and the needle is as round as plumbing pipe. What's even worse is, in the dream(s), I am preparing to stick myself with the thing, like I don't realize I should be saying "WHAT THE ****? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" I always wake up, though, so I guess somewhere in my subconcious my sensibilities are still functioning.

[Nejeda]

Tell the truth, I'm never the diabetic in my dreams... it's usually my boyfriend that is the diabetic. In reality, he isn't, of course, though he is very helpful with my diabetes, and he always wants to learn and support me.

In my dreams, I am always the "normal" one, and he is always dealing and struggling with the daily foe of diabetes, and I am the one whom supports him... it's actually a lovely change...


Then I wake up and it's all back to normal...

maybe that's why they are called dreams?

[Penny]

My dreams aren't as interesting al yours. Last night I dreamed I made a extra good meal, with all my favorites, including sweet potatoes with brown sugar and butter. I was starting to fill my plate, and each time I started to put something on my plate, someone would say "You cannot have that, you are too high!" I got to the sweet potatoes, and almost cried because I was so hungry my stomach was hurting. I had just decided I would eat them anyway, when someone said "you better test first, I think you are high!" I woke up with a terrible stomach ache, very hungry, and you guessed it very high! :(

[aeromarv]

Can't say I've included my daily routine in my dreams. I have dreamt about a co-worker I didn't like much showing up in my house in the middle of the night and me taking a shot at him with a 12 ga as he ran down the hall at me.

The closest I have come is being in a half-awake type state and trying to wrestle a pillow from my mother and trying to keep my eyes closed cause of all the people watching me. Turns out I slipped so low one night I went into convulsions and all the people in my room were firefighters and paramedics, and the pillow thing was my mother trying to get a body pillow away from me so they could work on me when they got there. Luckily my shaking woke up my wife. Otherwise, who knows.....

(Yeah Yeah, I know. After college and marriage I had no job. So we lived with my parents for about a year.)

[Keezheekoni]

Man, I wish I could dream about something other than what I do dream about... ready for all of your heads to itch??? I constantly dream (nightmare) of my kids getting headlice and giving it to me! :puke:

I live in Washington state, it's a way of life here. I hate those bugs!!!!!!! I have a neighbor who never tells us when her kids have it, and she lets them play with all of the other kids in the neighborhood. Gee, I wonder why I have these dreams...ugh!

Rikki

[mg_2204]

I constantly dream (nightmare) of my kids getting headlice and giving it to me! I hate those bugs!!!!!!! I have a neighbor who never tells us when her kids have it, and she lets them play with all of the other kids in the neighborhood.

A few years ago my daughter's hair was down to her waist. Thick and curly. Then I noticed a bug on her head which I flicked... and forgot about it. We just had been outside. I had never seen a head lice before. It's the constant scratching that soon made me wonder. I (very stupidly) thought it was dandruff. Dandruffs don't have legs..........!!!! Not only did she have head lice, she had a full blown colony, complete with a shopping mall, circus, and a pub no kidding!!!! :puke:

It was early December and I was about to start my Christmas cooking. There was no Christmas cooking that year. After a month trying to get rid of those awful disgusting creatures (my life was dedicated to the irradication of those things) I begged my daughter to let me cut her hair at least shoulder lenght.

We got infected many other times. I too dreamed of those bugs and they were BIG and had teeth. Sheesh!

Turned out kids got infected in school by sharing headsets for computers...

Believe it or not but some families REFUSED the free hair products to get rid of their head lice, they REFUSED the help of a nurse with combing and such, the parents checked their children's hair but REFUSED to check theirs... Their children were in school, infecting over and over other children, and there was nothing we could do. Nice. When I confronted the Head Teacher about this endless head lice problem she told me : 'I have very fond childhood memories of my mother combing our hair every single night before bed...' - Well sorry, my fondest memories are not of nit picking!!! What a nutter. And she's a Head Teacher... go figure!

Diabetic dreams - Sometimes I try to check my BG but can't read the numbers or the meter is in an unknown language. It is very rare I have such dreams.

[Keezheekoni]

Free products! Sign me up! Those shampoos are expensive!!! Seriously though, I use olive oil-the cheap restaurant grade kind that you can get in the humongous jugs at Costco...works great and doesn't tangle the hair. :) Combing is key, but really you know, we have those month-long lasting prescriptions to get rid of fleas on our pets, why won't someone come up with a similar thing for kids??? I'd be first in line to try it out on my kids (okay, ready for the flogging about how bad that is for me to say...!)

About your scenario where you can't read the meter because it's in another language... Heh, I accidentally hit the button on mine that switched it from mg/dL to mmol/l. That was interesting! :D

Rikki

[Penny]

Free products! Sign me up! Those shampoos are expensive!!! Seriously though, I use olive oil-the cheap restaurant grade kind that you can get in the humongous jugs at Costco...works great and doesn't tangle the hair. :) Combing is key, but really you know, we have those month-long lasting prescriptions to get rid of fleas on our pets, why won't someone come up with a similar thing for kids??? I'd be first in line to try it out on my kids (okay, ready for the flogging about how bad that is for me to say...!)
Rikki

My granddaughter gave me my first case of headlice, a couple of years ago. I had an obsessive/compulsive mother, so a bug didn't stand a chance in the house I grew up in and I don't know how, but with the 7 kids I raised, we never had it once. The grandchild got it during a visitation with her mother, and every 2 weeks brought it back to us, they thought the bugs would be dead in her room before she came back, so never cleaned it. As much as she hated it, I treated her as soon as she walked in the door, only way we finally got rid of them. Olive oil works great. I bought shower caps from the dollar store...I think 10 to a pack. Soaked her head, put the caps on for 30 minutes, and they combed right out. I did my head at the same time, even though I did not have the nasty things, but it kept her from feeling like she was singled out for this thing she grew to hate. And I don't think it hurt my hair any!

[Keezheekoni]

It's funny Pennhy, because I've become an expert at the nasty little things...this is one thing I found out. Headlice actually *prefer* clean hair. Usually it's the kids who bathe daily and wash their hair with shampoo and no conditioner who get them. Using styling products keeps them at bay too. They really don't like anything that messes up their clean environment. However, having to do a thorough job of cleaning the kid's room is important! The eggs can live on a pillow until they hatch two weeks later...

It's body lice that love people who don't bathe. :) :puke:

Headlice I can deal with, at least my kids are clean!! :D

Rikki

[xMenace]

Nope, nadda once in 31 years that I can remember.

[sbuff28@charter]

Bwfore i was diagnosed and having EXTREME thirst i would constantly have dreams where i was sooo thirsty (and i really was) that i would just sit by a fountain and drink and drink to no avail. The water only making me more thirsty. I would do this unitil i eventually woke up, then rushed to the kitchen for a couple glasses of water. Then repeat this cycle like 3 times a night.



Now


I have scary dreams all the time where im passing out in public because of going low.

[KickStart101]

I can honestly say that I had Never been a Diabetic in
my dreams, nothing having to do with Diabetes at all.
Until a Fowl from Washington(:1eye:), opened a
similar thread some time ago(correct me if I'm wrong).

For 3 days I had nightmares about Diabetes:
1. I was in a foreign country where no one spoke English and
I had discovered I had left all my Diabetes supplies at home.

2. I had given a needle in my thigh and when I pulled the
needle out, the Insulin started pouring out like a facet.

3. There was a break-in at our house and instead of having
the typical weapons/tools, I see used on t.v., he grabbed a
handful of needles off the stand in our entrance(of course I
never have needles there), and started throwing them at me.
And of course, they were bigger than the normal size. He got
me in the head a few times...Ouchy.

I was getting annoyed :motz:and mentioned it to Hubby. He simply
told me to forget about the "said thread" and focus on some
thing important going on in our lives. That was easy. :)

Talk about long-distance bad influences. Now after reading
this thread, I hope I won't be having bad dreams about Diabetes
again. :rolleyes:

[mg_2204]

Headlice actually *prefer* clean hair.
Rikki

That's right! So you either put lots of gel in your kids' hair... or lots of hair spray!!! Prevents those little suckers to hang on to your kids' hair.

Ever heard of Tea Tree Oil? Fantastic for head lices. As a way to prevent catching them of course. There is shampoo, conditionner and a little spray mist you can use too. My daughter NEVER wanted to have her l-l-l-l-long hair tied up or in a plait but long hair should be. Really.

Another good tool against head lices : your dryer! Put the teddies in it for 45 mins at max heat. Check once in a while if the teddies support that kind of heat. I'd stuff our pillows in there too, every single morning.

Vacuum cleaner : Do it every single day. Helps!

Yep! Free hair products and they refused them. They are expensive indeed. Especially if you get infected over and over... Some people are just too lazy and don't care I guess??!

[mg_2204]

About your scenario where you can't read the meter because it's in another language... Heh, I accidentally hit the button on mine that switched it from mg/dL to mmol/l. That was interesting! :D

Rikki


When I was given my brand new meter I could switch it to the French language. Which I did! :) At my next diabetic check the nurse wanted to check my results and SURPRISE! She couldn't. I had to help her out a bit.

[JasonJayhawk]

Sort of unrelated, but still a weird thing to me...

Two years before I was diagnosed with Type 1, in my early 20's, I played a game called Subspace (or Continuum). It's a multiplayer game where you fly your tiny spaceship around, much like an arcade game, and shoot at other ships that aren't on your team.

I decided to change my name to "Diabetic_Eating_Candy". Keep in mind, I didn't have diabetes, and didn't know anything beyond the differences of T1 and T2.

Still shocks me that I made up such a name. Maybe I unconsciously willed my beta cells to fail. :frown:

[Just_Plain_John]

I just had my first. The dream had me out with a bunch of friends and we all started eating these huge sweet ginger cookies suddenly. I was munching along on one when I realized that I shouldn't be eating all that sugar without taking my insulin ! The dream dissolved peacefully shortly after that.

Weird and funny. I guess my brain is accepting things OK if I'm dreaming it like that. :biggrin:

[lgvincent]

I've never dreamed about being a diabetic, that I can recall. Often, my dreams include music. If it's a song I know, it's background music in the dream. If it's an original, I'll be on stage performing it. Just wish all those girls would stop tossing those darn thongs on stage, I get tired of triping on the things.

Recently, I've been dreaming a lot about Brandy. Several times, I've dreamed she had three kittens and I would always pick the third one (she was the third cat that owned me). In the last dream, I was working for the CIA in Arlington and there were two headstones there of agents who had died in the line of duty. To keep with the number three, mine became the third tombstone. Guess that means no need for me to make plans for this weekend?