just a little curious....

[GregGolden]

Im just a little curious, but what was your lowest blood sugar? Mine was 42....

[Cinnabon]

28
according to Dr. Duck, I was not very "lively" :laugh:

[duck]

28
according to Dr. Duck, I was not very "lively" :laugh:

Greg: http://www.diabetesforums.com/showthread.php?t=5487

[Eri's mom]

Eri's lowest was 19.(tested on the paramedics...after a few minutes, she was up to 21)

[am1977]

I believe mine was in the 20's too...though I can't remember the exact number. It's kind of scary :eek:

[camjen1]

22 here :)

[TvBabe]

36 here.......legs sure were wobbley but it was a great excuse to have a can of Pepsi :)

[Belinda]

27 and I felt fine......Scary!!!!!!! :eek:

[lgvincent]

I was told 7 once, in a doctor's office, a long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away). I was really sick at the time. I don't know if I was sick because my blood sugar was so low or if my blood sugar was low because I was so sick. It may have been an error though because this was in the late 60's or early 70's.

[Middle Aged Man]

Our local hospital told us that if you get a reading under 30, and you still feel capable of reading the meter, then you didn't get a big enough blood sample, and the reading is wrong.

I use an Ascensia Breeze (by Bayer) which gives me an E8 message if there isn't enough blood.

Oh, and your answer . . . mine is never terribly low. Only ever goes high. Lowest of all time was 70. Highest of all time was 297. I'm beginning to think, from reading things here, that I may be really lucky.

[camjen1]

Why do DR's think it is impossible to be alert if your BS is lower than 30? :dontknow:

[Middle Aged Man]

Why do DR's think it is impossible to be alert if your BS is lower than 30? :dontknow:


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But seriously . . . I have never been down under 70. Is it possible to be alert below 30 and at the same time for it to be a true reading?

[camjen1]

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But seriously . . . I have never been down under 70. Is it possible to be alert below 30 and at the same time for it to be a true reading?


My DR seems to think that if you have a sugar that low your either dead or your meter is wrong. I told him of the 22 I had before in which I requested a Glucagon kit. He laughed and said you must need a new meter. I complained to him later that week of me suffering with a 24 sugar and a 29. At that time he changed my basals. I hate it when they think they are always right but yet don't even have the disease.

[archimeech]

Lowest was 17 (in the Hospital)

Highest was 1177 (in the Hospital)

something about me and hospitals, I guess... :)

[nantomsuethom]

Thomas' lowest was 30/29 and he was alert. He said "I think I feel low". He checked and it was 30 :eek: I told him he did something wrong to test again. I could not believe he was that low and no symptoms except feeling "a little low". He checked again and yep- 29. :hmmmm: He was using a OneTouch at the time and you know that if you don't have enough blood you have a wasted strip!

[Kady38]

My lowest was 16, I was suprised and checked again.
I had no symptoms, I was fine which almost scared me.
I have had to low to register and low 20's. also with no symptoms.
What symptoms did you have?

[Middle Aged Man]

Lowest was 17 (in the Hospital)

Highest was 1177 (in the Hospital)

something about me and hospitals, I guess... :)


Wow! You may have just received the board's biggest swinger award!!!

Any symptoms at either extreme?

I have to imagine you were shaky or disoriented at one of those times.

[Starlight]

Lowest: 1.2/21.59 mmol
Its funny because i was on the phone at the time and couldnt feel a thing because it had dropped very fast due to not enough dinner. Scary though because i feel disgusting between the 40-60 range as if im going to fall over and die but yet at such a critical point of a low i feel just fine. **** lows!

[Amanda_Jo22]

The lowest I've ever been is 38. The highest (recorded) was 700, although I suspect I've been higher than that (based on an A1c of 15.9).

[HeatherP]

Lowest ever was 25, and I was babbling nonsense & having seizures. Had the same thing happen in the 30's a few times - I've also been "fine" (able to help myself) in the 30's.

Diagnostic b/s was in the upper 400's, which is my highest reading that I'm aware of.

[buzzborne]

Lowest i have been is 2.1mmol/37.8

[gettingby]

Lowest ever........17 but I was unconscious, so I have only the paramedics reading to rely on.
I have been in the low 30's and been very coherent. :dontknow:

[gettingby]

The lowest I've ever been is 38. The highest (recorded) was 700, although I suspect I've been higher than that (based on an A1c of 15.9).
Not trying to be nosy but......was the 15.9 right at diagnosis or recent? (hopefully not recent).

[UCOChick]

21 here...And I dont remember anything after that!!

[Starlight]

Its scary to read how many people were disorientated and having seizures while others (like me) were happy and fine only feeling a little low.

[lgvincent]

Our local hospital told us that if you get a reading under 30, and you still feel capable of reading the meter, then you didn't get a big enough blood sample, and the reading is wrong.



Well, when I had the reading of 7, a nurse took the blood from my arm with one of those big syringes they used in the past. There was plenty of blood for that reading.

[Middle Aged Man]

Well, when I had the reading of 7, a nurse took the blood from my arm with one of those big syringes they used in the past. There was plenty of blood for that reading.

Hmm . . . not sure to thank you for the input or the imagery! Seriously, though, it sounds like people can function below 30 mg/dl.

[mg_2204]

... years ago was put on Diamicron and would faint a lot. Didn't have a meter so can't say how low I was.

Lowest I've been and able to measure it on my meter was 4.8 mmol/L (87 mg/dl) so nothing as low as you guys have experienced in the past. I was light headed, couldn't concentrate, felt silly, found everything funny, and was quite shaky. Even found being shaky funny! Hate lows...

Highest? 22 mmol/L (395 mg/dl) and because of steroids I was taking for a severe allergic reaction. Was ever so siiiiiick!

Best levels for me are between 6 and 7 :)

[soremom]

Lowest I have done on my meter was 22 last night. My husband woke me up to ask a question and realized I didn't feel well, by the time I got downstairs to get something to eat and drink I was feeling it. I did retest and came out the same.

Now not sure about this one because I was in an ambulance and starting to come to. I still could not see, I believe my eyes were open, but heard the paramedic stating I was at 5. I remember thinking that isn't possible and still be alive, so I thought I was dead till I heard my mothers voice (though still thinking maybe I was hearing her in the after life). It may or may not have happened, I never did get to ask the paramedic or the hospital if that was true.

Highest would have to be in the 380s that I know of. I don't think I have ever tested myself and been in the 400s.

Kim

[jdstein11]

I've been down to 35 a couple of times recently (that's really a silly thing to say; I've only been dxd for 1 month!) and felt a little "off", with my hands shaking and feeling a bit weak, but still fully functional otherwise. My highest reading was my initial reading at my endo's office: 381. It's funny; unless my sugar drops below 80, I really have no idea what it is until I test.