[Funnygrl]

And no symptoms. I thought the hypo unawareness phase of my life was behind me. There's nothing worse than testing just for the sake of testing and being surprised by the result.

[Eddy]

Hopefully it's just a short-term thing.

At about the same time, I had a 37 with plenty of symptoms. (I stupidly took a shower with IOB... should have waited another hour, but thought I'd be quick enough. Nope.) Matter o' fact, I had enough symptoms for two or three people.

/me shares some of his hypo symptoms with Funnygrl.

[owlyn]

It can happen. I usually start to feel symptoms at 60, but every once in a great, great while, I'll be in the low 50s and not feel it. Could just be a meter variance, too. 56 is the same as 67.

[morrisma]

Meter variance can certainly play a part but it could also be the rate of drop. A level or slowly dropping 60 feels way different than a rapidly dropping 60...

[Jan B]

Originally Posted by Funnygrl

And no symptoms. I thought the hypo unawareness phase of my life was behind me. There's nothing worse than testing just for the sake of testing and being surprised by the result.

I'm over twice your age, and my unawareness just began recently. What do you mean you thought you were over that phase?! I'm not being a smart ___, I am serious!

Supposedly you let yourself run a little higher than you like for a month or so, and the unawareness is supposed to go away.

[Emm]

I think it can happen to anyone sometimes - not necessarily the start of hypo unawareness. Some hypos just sneak in there.

My friend and I both get the odd ones like that. I'd normally feel low before I'm even low. Sometimes I'm just a little low, some days I don't feel a thing until some horrifying number that I would expect to feel utterly atrocious at! In those situations I tend to feel icky just a few moments *after* I've tested.

Perhaps the urge to test was actually a message from your body that it thought something was up?

I think the cause of the low makes a difference - and the situation. A slow drop tends to sneak up on me, but feel absolutely horrible once it hits. And if I'm concentrating hard on something I'm less likely to notice a low too. If I'm exercising I'll be watching for lows and I'll feel them early... if I'm reading or something and don't expect a low, I probably wont notice it until it hits properly.

So far (touch wood!) I haven't had hypo unawareness. If I think I see it coming I just test more and try not to go under 5(90) for as long as possible, that way my body freaks out any time I hit the 4s! I'm very careful about avoiding hypo unawareness as its something my Dad struggles with and the scares the whatnots outta me!

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by Emm

Perhaps the urge to test was actually a message from your body that it thought something was up?

I'm inclined to believe that. I've had that happen several times.

Originally Posted by Emm

I think the cause of the low makes a difference - and the situation. A slow drop tends to sneak up on me, but feel absolutely horrible once it hits. And if I'm concentrating hard on something I'm less likely to notice a low too.

Originally Posted by Emm

If I'm exercising I'll be watching for lows and I'll feel them early...

While exercising -- which I certainly need to practice more! -- I typically have dropped to the 50s or even 40s by the time I test. It's like I crash right through the 80s and 70s, start feeling it in the 60s, and then have dropped more by the time I actually test. (That's just speculation. A CGMS I have not.)

[Funnygrl]

Originally Posted by Jan B

I'm over twice your age, and my unawareness just began recently. What do you mean you thought you were over that phase?! I'm not being a smart ___, I am serious!

Supposedly you let yourself run a little higher than you like for a month or so, and the unawareness is supposed to go away.

I had a lot of hypoglycemia before I was diabetic- starting at like age 10. My frequet hypoglycemia then meant I was already unaware by the time I was even diabetic. I did the whole blood sugars running high thing for a bit and got most of my awareness back. Now I've been feeling in the low 70s. But that one I didn't feel at all.

[Funnygrl]

Originally Posted by Emm

Perhaps the urge to test was actually a message from your body that it thought something was up?

Nah. I hadn't tested in like 6 hours and it was bedtime so it was time.

[Gangrel]

Iv'e found over the years that I've had to switch the "signals" to look for. My body used to tell me way before anything else, now I need to rely on my mind. When I start having many quick, rambling things running through my brain, i know it's time to check!

[Penny]

Today, I felt really low, but had just test and was 138. I was at the grocery, and felt terrible.....tested and was 91. It had been less than 15 minutes since I tested at 138. I think it is the rapaid drop that made me feel low, this has happened before. What caused the rapid drop??????

[Scrabblechick]

Maybe your meter read a little high. 20 percent from 138 equals 112, so if your meter was a bit high, you might have dropped to 91 fairly rapidly --and if your meter was reading high to start with, well 91 minus 18 is 73, for the 20 percent variation.

[RobiJo]

Surprise! That's why testing is so important, if you don't test you don't know.
The slower ones sneak up on me pretty easily. I've caught a few lately that I only noticed because things were getting blurry, I wasn't shaky at all.
Glad you found it!

[terryok123]

balance is key but is not easy... testing is key with thoughtful approach to management.. but YOU have LIVE TOOOOOOOOOOO..

[MollyM15]

I had that happen to me the other day I was 62 and I didn't even feel low which is weird because I usually start to feel low when i'm in the 90's.