Here's Your Excuse

[rzrbks]

Here's your excuse to CHEAT, CHEAT, CHEAT:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Straight from: http://www.morehead.org/wellconnected/000009.html




Hypoglycemia unawareness. This is a condition in which people become insensitive to hypoglycemic symptoms, usually after experiencing severe episodes. It affects about 25% of those who use insulin. Even a single recent episode of hypoglycemia may make it more difficult to detect the next episode. With vigilant monitoring and by rigorously avoiding low blood glucose levels, such patients can often regain the ability to sense the symptoms. One 2001 study found that by temporarily letting up on glucose control and then tightening it again, diabetics could "reset" their awareness of hypoglycemic symptoms .

[Andrea]

I am living proof of this one. Before i was on the pump i had constant very severe lows. I used to joke that my meter's new favourite number was 1.9 mmol/L (35 mg/dl)! I was often surprized to see this kind of number on the screen too, since i didn't feel any symptoms of the low.

Then i went on the pump and literally stopped having lows. Then when i had the ocasional 3.8 mmol/L (68 mg/dl), i would feel it right away.

Of course, where i would disagree with you, Rzrbks, is that there was no cheating involved. I was improving my glycemic control. We tend to thing that higher glucose is bad and lower glucose is good, but that is not always the case, especially when you are experiencing hypoglycemia unawareness.

Andrea

[snydermom]

Andrea from Paris - Are you the same one who replied to me in the Celiac forum??? Beth.

[lgvincent]

I have had trouble identifying low blood sugar since I developed the disease. I used to check my blood sugar a lot because of this but can no longer afford to.

[Andrea]

Originally posted by snydermom
Andrea from Paris - Are you the same one who replied to me in the Celiac forum??? Beth.

Yep, that's me!
I didn't realise it was you!!

Andrea

[snakeye]

I've had it before...
One summer night at home sitting with 28mgdl... and I felt NOTHING until in a second I went skydiving!

I was always low like 80's 70's so I just came aware once when I raised the bs in general and dropped it again...I thought it was something like 10 cause it felt pretty bad than I was 28...but it wasn't... it was something around 60...

I would like to watch myself if I was taped watching that meter and storming the kitchen in the same second :rolleyes:

[rzrbks]

It concerns me that I can no longer detect that I'm low until I hit 70s. So, I'm going to try and change. My current 14 Day is 103 and my 30 Day is 107. I'm gonna try and take these up to 14 Day= 115 and 30 day =120. Mostly because I really feel much better when I'm between 95 and 120.

Also, I seem to function much better at the higher range. It's really a struggle to stay focused when I'm below 80.

[snakeye]

Tickling on 70's are reasonable...Feeling a hypo above that sounds wierd

[rzrbks]

snakeye

Tickling on 70's are reasonable...Feeling a hypo above that sounds wierd

Hah, I remember the first time I "Dropped all the way down to 92." I thought I was going to pass out, felt woozy and wobbly.

[Jon]

Actually, you should be ok if you are above 70. Normal BG for a non-diabetic is 70-120. Feeling low at 90 probably means your bg runs too high most of the time.

[rzrbks]

Jon

Actually, you should be ok if you are above 70. Normal BG for a non-diabetic is 70-120. Feeling low at 90 probably means your bg runs too high most of the time.

yep, that's what was happening, I was talking about back when I was first bringing B/S under control--I had been running 400 even after 12 hours fasting and the 1st time I got all the way down to 90 it was a shock to my system

lately, I was keeping it between 68 and 85, that's when I started getting worried that I couldn't tell B/S were getting that low. I could barely tell it when I'd dropped to 42--scary. So now I'm working on trying to keep it in the 90-120 range