do you ever feel like you can't do ANYTHING?

[grace girl]

I'm sitting here recovering from a stupid low and I'm just so angry I can't see straight. I've been doing some house cleaning this morning....I was 150 two hours after breakfast and I knew I needed to keep a close eye on things. I stopped and had a little debbie cake and I thought that would handle any potential problems and I'd probably be high at lunch. 15 minutes later my heart started pounding, I went to check and my hands were shaking so bad I went through 3 strips trying to test. It was 60. I had some juice and some crackers (and I feel like a freaking pre-schooler!) and it's 93 now, but I am just so p***** off! I took less insulin at breakfast because I knew what I wanted to do today! I can't seem to do anything without having to hover over myself...some days I really HATE diabetes! Sorry to rant...I just needed to blow some steam.

[notme]

Go ahead and blow off steam!!! It helps.

Some days I get mad at diabetes and it is usually when I have a low and things to do. For some reason I go low ALWAYS if I am out shopping. I think I get busy and forget to eat. Christmas is a nightmare for me.

Hang in there!!!

[MJM]

I'm sitting here recovering from a stupid low and I'm just so angry I can't see straight. I've been doing some house cleaning this morning....I was 150 two hours after breakfast and I knew I needed to keep a close eye on things. I stopped and had a little debbie cake and I thought that would handle any potential problems and I'd probably be high at lunch. 15 minutes later my heart started pounding, I went to check and my hands were shaking so bad I went through 3 strips trying to test. It was 60. I had some juice and some crackers (and I feel like a freaking pre-schooler!) and it's 93 now, but I am just so p***** off! I took less insulin at breakfast because I knew what I wanted to do today! I can't seem to do anything without having to hover over myself...some days I really HATE diabetes! Sorry to rant...I just needed to blow some steam.

The next day grace take a little less insulin and eat a little more debbie cake or possibly a good bit more. Only don't start this as an excuse to eat more cake, he!he! Yeah! Grace it is difficult but keep the battle cry going and all we can really do is our best. :biggrin:

[FrankDr]

I remember a few days after Dx talking to T1 friend and saying that things shouldn't be too bad - 'just do the math and it will all work out - easy' . . and he laughed pretty hard.

Well, I've learned a few things since then - and we *both* have a good laugh about it now.

So, just know that rough things are going to happen sometimes.

Oh yeah, I've also learned to not share my opinions during hpyo's - I've just about ruined many a good thing by opening my big mouth at the wrong time.

Hang in there . .

[johgn]

I'm sitting here recovering from a stupid low and I'm just so angry I can't see straight. I've been doing some house cleaning this morning....

I find cleaning can often surprise me in how it can dip my blood sugar.

[Injecto]

some days I really HATE diabetes! Sorry to rant...I just needed to blow some steam.

Well understood. You are not alone. Just let out the frustration. Hope you get over the hypo soon.

[belyro]

I find cleaning can often surprise me in how it can dip my blood sugar.

Me too! In fact, I probably should let my husband do all the cleaning from now on...... :hypocrite

[Dewey]

I stopped and had a little debbie cake...

The next day grace take a little less insulin and eat a little more debbie cake or possibly a good bit more...

Ok, Sorry to laugh, but LMAO! Little Debbie Cakes are the name of some sweet treats in the states. Here's a pic: :D
http://www.littledebbie.com/images/products/zebra1.gif
Sorry to laugh, but that was just too cute! :D Here's hoping that the day goes better as it goes along. Hang in there and always feel free to blow off steam. We may (or may not) be able to help, but we'll listen & do what we can.

[grace girl]

thanks for lending an ear. I'm calm now. It took me about an hour to get it to stay stable...I don't know what's up with it today. I decided that it must mean I need a long weekend, so I'm taking the rest of the day off!

[Emm]

House work stuff often gets me. It's more exercise than I previously thought! These days my plan of attack is to have a bite of something (choc, or something else I normally avoid or have to plan carefully for) roughly every half hour, or every hour for more relaxed cleaning.
Lawn mowing is a whole other thing. For that I need to eat like a pig before I start! I don't like that, so I tend to wait til I've had a meal, don't jab for it, and then go mow lawns. It's always nice to be able to skip an injection!

[sviskan]

Sometimes a low makes me so frustrated, it makes me want to quit everything and just lie in bed for the rest of my days. Of course that feeling blows over after a few hours, but still. Sometimes when low I cant gather my mind, I get a horrible headache, stomach ache, unusual heartbeatings... Somehow it always seems to happen at really bad times: like when shopping or right before some special event. From time to time I brake down after a low and cry until there are no tears left. Thankfully, my numbers are good these days, and the lows are handled easily without severe side affects.

Anyways, I found it really good for me to relax for an hour or so infront of the tv during and after a low; for me the frustration only gets worse if I pressure myself into doing things when I am tired after a low.

The best prevention of lows is regular messures of blood sugar levels, but they are bound to happen from time to time, so all you can do is to take them as they come.

[Keezheekoni]

Grace, you have kids at home who are homeschooling... HELLO?!? You don't need to be doing the housework, don't you know what valuable math lessons they learn when cleaning and finding all the change in the couches (they learn time management and organizational skills too!)

I hate cleaning my house. I would actually love to have my kids help more. I am lucky with my little three as I just did their room completely, and they have been cleaning it every night before bed (in fact, the 8 year old has come to love vacuuming...)

You know, cooking is bad for me too, since I have to run from one end of the kitchen to the other and now that I'm on Symlin I feel like I can't taste foods while preparing them...so now the kids are going to cook! HA! This thread has really brought on some great ideas!

[grace girl]

Grace, you have kids at home who are homeschooling... HELLO?!? You don't need to be doing the housework, don't you know what valuable math lessons they learn when cleaning and finding all the change in the couches (they learn time management and organizational skills too!)

I hate cleaning my house. I would actually love to have my kids help more. I am lucky with my little three as I just did their room completely, and they have been cleaning it every night before bed (in fact, the 8 year old has come to love vacuuming...)

You know, cooking is bad for me too, since I have to run from one end of the kitchen to the other and now that I'm on Symlin I feel like I can't taste foods while preparing them...so now the kids are going to cook! HA! This thread has really brought on some great ideas!

The funny part about that it, usually they do a good bit of it. This year I've turned more and more chores over to them simply because I am determined NOT to turn young men out into the world who can't manage a vacuum! But I have these days when I just want to do it myself....and today was one of them. It's been a long while since I decided to just clean house for a few hours....and after today I may not ever do it again! LOL!

[xMenace]

Cripes. I've had 4 hypos in the last 24hours. One of them a scary one at 1:30am. And I was following my regular calculations perfectly!!!

So, logic tells me something was rong with my assumptions, and I am sure I found it. I had a very larger dinner: twice my normal. This tells my by bolus rate was too high and my basal was too low. I didn't know because they cancel each other during a normal meal. I'll be testing this theory as soon as possible.

[HelenM]

I don't know what the time is in Utah Grace but its bedtime here so I hope you've made it Ok through the rest of the day.
What is it abour housework? Its only mild exercise yet it seems to lower BS very quickly. My doctor commented on it saying I must be vigorous (well I think that's what she said, I sometimes nod in agreement.) but it seems to be common.

I do sympathise, I've had a similar day with a BS of 61, just before making dinner. I decided to ignore it so chopped, cooked etc with shaking hands and a bad temper (stupid, I know). I've just checked my pre bedtime BS and it was only 71 so I had to eat something when I really didn't want to.

[kel4han]

eww I have that problem with mowing the lawn!

[DanG]

I read about some of you shaking at 60 - sounds like a nice warning.
I can wake at 40 and function quite normally.
Sometimes I notice that at 40 I am really sorta marginal, but usually I can be 40 first thing in the morning and be quite fine - no problems.
Why? Anyone else see no impairment of functioning at bs of 40 in the morning?
Thanks.

[REDLAN]

I think the longer you have diabetes the less warning you get - I've had mine for 24 years

since I've been getting better control my warning threshold has dropped - it used to be under 4mmol (72), but now I don't get anything until I'm under 3.4 mmol (61), and if I get to 2.2mmol (40) I'm in a pretty bad way.

And as far as I can tell I'm absolutely fine with a bg of 3.5 mmol - although I am at this point only a brisk walk away from a hypo

as far as warning goes I get 2 broad types of hypos, and no 2 are ever exactly the same. quick dropping BGs produce a clear warning with that funny hollow feeling and a tremor. Slow dropping ones are virtually silent and I get no warning until I start getting the neurological symptoms - tingling lips, confusion, slurring words, clumsiness, etc.

most of the time I get a mix of the 2 - although the more I delay bringing my bg's back up to normal, the more likely I am to suffer from the neurological symptoms, and the worse they are.

[MJM]

I read about some of you shaking at 60 - sounds like a nice warning.
I can wake at 40 and function quite normally.
Sometimes I notice that at 40 I am really sorta marginal, but usually I can be 40 first thing in the morning and be quite fine - no problems.
Why? Anyone else see no impairment of functioning at bs of 40 in the morning?
Thanks.

Dan a tip from someone who has suffered far too many hypos and even at 2 wouldn't notice. One of the reasons you become hypo unaware is that you have too many and the brain , I think, tends to accept that the lows are normal and doesn't warn you. How to clear this is to avoid hypos for say 1 Month, even if it means staying a bit high for that period. If you can do this your awareness should return. Give it a try and see how it works.

[grace girl]

I read about some of you shaking at 60 - sounds like a nice warning.
I can wake at 40 and function quite normally.
Sometimes I notice that at 40 I am really sorta marginal, but usually I can be 40 first thing in the morning and be quite fine - no problems.
Why? Anyone else see no impairment of functioning at bs of 40 in the morning?
Thanks.

For me it's often different each time. I've been fine at 40 and shaking like crazy at 69. That's one of the reasons I test so often...sometimes I just don't know it any other way.

[blonde kiddo]

some days I really HATE diabetes! Sorry to rant...I just needed to blow some steam.

Hey I really need to blow some steam too! I hate this pump so much at the moment I just want to cry. Its making me miserable. Maybe becos its making my diabetes so real... This disease is just not fair...

[DanG]

Dan a tip from someone who has suffered far too many hypos and even at 2 wouldn't notice. One of the reasons you become hypo unaware is that you have too many and the brain , I think, tends to accept that the lows are normal and doesn't warn you. How to clear this is to avoid hypos for say 1 Month, even if it means staying a bit high for that period. If you can do this your awareness should return. Give it a try and see how it works.

Okay - I like that theory and suggested fix.

The problem is that I hate waking up at 150 or 200, and I have been trying to wake there for a while. I will try a bit harder and see if I can't shake off the fasting 40 count bs.

[HJCollins]

Hi, I agree with what MXM says. When I get hypos I normally have them quite bad for a month or two but then I dont realsie im having them because my bodys used to the levels so you tend to loose ur warning signs. The way I deal with this is by running mt sugars slightly high for 4 to 6 weeks and I soon get the warning signs back!