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05-14-2008, 08:42 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ireland
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| | | What NOT to do to avoid a Hypo
Hmm
I Took my breakfast (basal & bolus) insulin ... but skipped breakfast
I then took mu regular lunch time insulin (bolus only), but my meal^H^H^H^H^Hsnack was very low-carb (c. 100g dry-roasted nuts ... 13.7g carb ...)
just measured my blood at 3mmol (too shakey to convert that into old-school measurements ... but it should be no lower than c. 4.5mmol)  |
05-14-2008, 09:04 AM
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| | | It's 54. Low, but not terribly low. You're lucky it's not way worse. |
05-14-2008, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Funnygrl  It's 54. Low, but not terribly low. You're lucky it's not way worse. | I know ... a few weeks back when I was ill (unrelated - it was a flu or something), something went wrong and I hit 1.5mmol ... |
05-14-2008, 09:25 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Federal Way, Wa
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| | | thats approx 54mg/dl. Bring it up quick. Juice or glucose tabs.
OOps, I see that its already been converted. Thats what happens when I step away to get breakfast. |
05-14-2008, 09:37 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Originally Posted by Cormac_Doyle I know ... a few weeks back when I was ill (unrelated - it was a flu or something), something went wrong and I hit 1.5mmol ... | Cromac,
Not sure if you know, but as you have diabetes you are eligible for the free flu vaccine, I got one last Dec as part of my regular check up. And WOW that was low.
I'm Type 2 and generally treat anything below 3.8, just tested before driving home and I'm 4.2 (75.6) which is still within my comfort zone, I'll check again when I get home and if around 3.8 I'll have small glass of milk to bring it up nice and easy before dinner later.
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05-14-2008, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by davef Cromac,
Not sure if you know, but as you have diabetes you are eligible for the free flu vaccine, I got one last Dec as part of my regular check up. And WOW that was low.
I'm Type 2 and generally treat anything below 3.8, just tested before driving home and I'm 4.2 (75.6) which is still within my comfort zone, I'll check again when I get home and if around 3.8 I'll have small glass of milk to bring it up nice and easy before dinner later. | My employer pays for my flu shot every year ... but having two young kids means that you get exposed to EVERYTHING 
Yeah - when I hit 1.5, I was wandering around work in a Daze. One of my colleagues recognised the symptoms and got me a packet of sweets (200g of "fizzy cola bottles"). Of course, once I started eating them, I was so low that I just kept going ...
man, did i have a headache once I "sobered up"
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05-14-2008, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Cormac_Doyle My employer pays for my flu shot every year ... but having two young kids means that you get exposed to EVERYTHING
Yeah - when I hit 1.5, I was wandering around work in a Daze. One of my colleagues recognised the symptoms and got me a packet of sweets (200g of "fizzy cola bottles"). Of course, once I started eating them, I was so low that I just kept going ...
man, did i have a headache once I "sobered up" | Oh man. I hate those headaches. Grrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see you are doing better now. It's a mistake we all make. Even us "long timers" make this mistake from time to time.
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05-14-2008, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by davef I'm Type 2 and generally treat anything below 3.8, just tested before driving home and I'm 4.2 (75.6) which is still within my comfort zone, I'll check again when I get home and if around 3.8 I'll have small glass of milk to bring it up nice and easy before dinner later. | You better test and check in with us. You know I will worry !!!
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05-14-2008, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Cormac_Doyle I Took my breakfast (basal & bolus) insulin ... but skipped breakfast | I'd be flat on the floor surrounded by whitecoats by around 10am. Obviously you are still fighting with rates and ratios.
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05-14-2008, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by xMenace I'd be flat on the floor surrounded by whitecoats by around 10am. Obviously you are still fighting with rates and ratios. | I would be too. Some type 2s get away with a lot more though. |
05-15-2008, 12:43 AM
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| | | It's amazingly easy to neglect to treat a hypo sometimes. For instance, I've just had a bit of a low because I was trying not to offend my cleaner!! Had just cycled home and felt a bit low and popped two just-in-case jelly beans. But then I got caught up talking to my cleaner, who is Chinese and has very little English. Neither do I speak Chinese. She was evidently distraught because she comes from the province that was devastated by the earthquake. She was trying to tell me her news and I didn't want to interrupt her because what she was saying was so important. So I stood there - within reach of the fridge! - politely feeling my BG drop. By the time she left - probably ten minutes later - I felt wretched. But I got over it! Yet I wish I wouldn't do that and that I could put myself first in those situations cos she'd have been even more distressed had I collapsed in front of her. Anyway, I trust you feel better now, Cormac! |
05-15-2008, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by xMenace I'd be flat on the floor surrounded by whitecoats by around 10am. Obviously you are still fighting with rates and ratios. | Yeah - you have no idea ... my "breakfast" is 1500g Metformin, 150-200units Lantus and 200 units Novorapid ... and if my bg is higher than 7mmol, I can't eat until lunch!
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05-15-2008, 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Cormac_Doyle Yeah - you have no idea ... my "breakfast" is 1500g Metformin, 150-200units Lantus and 200 units Novorapid ... and if my bg is higher than 7mmol, I can't eat until lunch! | wow - thats a LOT of insulin....be careful we dont want you having issues.....if you're not eating breakfast remember to skip the novorapid next time!
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05-15-2008, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Lizzie G wow - thats a LOT of insulin....be careful we dont want you having issues.....if you're not eating breakfast remember to skip the novorapid next time! | Yep
Been struggling to get Humulin R u500 into Ireland ... it should at least reduce the VOLUME of insulin being injected ...
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05-15-2008, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Cormac_Doyle Yep
Been struggling to get Humulin R u500 into Ireland ... it should at least reduce the VOLUME of insulin being injected ... | i see from your signature you're losing weight, is that helping at all with the volumes required? its so weird how different (but fundamentally flawed!!!) we all are. that must be a nightmare to travel carrying so much. and the actual injections - it must take forever to go in, do you do it IV or something? wow.
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