How often do you have hypos?

MarkMunday · #1 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 02:47 PM

I have been looking at my BG test result chart for the last 30 days. And the graph goes beneath the Hypo line, which is at 2.8mmol/l(50mg/dl) 12 times. I was wondering how that compares with the norm.

On average, how often do you go hypo weekly or monthly?

Cheers,

Mark

nantomsuethom · #2 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 03:10 PM

Thomas has hypos at least once a week. When he is out playing with his friends he usually takes his pump off and he will still go low and depending on what they are playing he will drink a juice and still go low.
He was having lows around 10am almost everyday. We made a change in the morning basal and it has helped some.

sparkle9 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 03:33 PM

I must say I'm not as good a record keeper as you are, Mark, but I would say I have hypos at least 12 times per month - probably more. Usually it's because I'm more active than usual, often unexpectedly. You'd think after 34 years I would have learned exactly how to handle it, but I guess that I sometimes miss the mark! On the other hand, I've been told that going low is common when you are trying to achieve tight control.

I went to a new endo last week and was asked to keep better records. I've had 4 lows since then, but I was counting anything below 70.

Sparkle

PepsiLvr · #4 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 03:36 PM

At least once a week here, usually twice.

Eri's mom · #5 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 03:44 PM

I think it's actually been a week and a half since I've seen Eri low....her wake up readings have been 238 and up lately....stress of moving and she's got congestion in her chest....UGH!!! We're moving in about a week...so she HAS to stay healthy(well, I'd want her to stay healthy anyway...)...ok, I'm rambling...I'm so discombobulated right now w/ my home all torn apart and being packed....argh...and w/ Christmas ....what, ummm....4 days away??? This is a CRAZY year I tell ya...lol....I HAVE to laugh....b/c my mind is almost totally gone already...lol. Humor, faith, the best medicine.

koblenz · #6 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 03:58 PM

Maybe 4 times a month I go below 70. Lowest I have ever been is 54, and that was scary for me.

duck · #7 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 04:58 PM

My meter has told me I was 29 once, when I landed in the UK a couple/few years ago. I guess I was literally dead for a little while.

Anyway, 12 hypos a month sounds about right for me too. But for me nowadays I seem to be in "safe" situations when I have them, which is good.

Eri's mom · #8 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 05:37 PM

Oh gosh...Eri registered at 19mg/dL on the paramedic's glucometer(I didn't think they could go below 20 w/o reading LO, which she had done b/f)...but she was 21mg/dL on my meter. ....one time, she was walking around normal as could be at 27 or something like that in the 20's....really weird. That was a few years ago.

Dewey · #9 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 10:38 PM

The last bad hypo I had was a little while ago (ask Shy or Carwy..lol). Things got a little confusing, and I started seeing (what I call) Picasso. Everything looked like it was put together funny (hence the Picasso reference). That was a bad one. Other than that, I've had a few readings in the 40's or 50's per week or every two weeks, but nothing really bad. (I've also recently lowered my basals and total daily intake, so that's another reason for the fewer lows and better levels).

Brent44a · #10 (**permalink**) 12-22-2004, 03:23 AM

I've had 8 readings below 70 in my first month on the pump, None below 60. I am testing at least seven times per day. I've had a similar number above 130, all but one because I did not bolus. The one apparently due to flu like symptoms after taking the flu shot.

KrisinNM · #11 (**permalink**) 12-22-2004, 04:59 AM

How often do I go low? About once a day. Which is about how many times I go above 250. I am trying to get some sort of control back after lots of major changes in the last year, hopefully my new Cozmore will help.

am1977 · #12 (**permalink**) 12-22-2004, 06:40 AM

The main time when I go low is after exercise...I have had times where I finish my cardio and immediately know that I am having a hypoglycemic episode. I feel like a walking zombie

My blood sugar has gone as low as in the 30 range...which is scary. I have never passed out, thank god, but when it goes that low I understand how it is possible. Other than exercise, I don't typically go low...if my blood sugar level tends to go to one extreme more...it would be high

.

HeatherP · #13 (**permalink**) 12-22-2004, 08:42 AM

Back while I was on NPH, I had a least one mild reaction every day.

On Lantus for 2 years. I recently started walking again, so I'm currently working on adjusting my insulin dose so I'm getting maybe 1-2 a week. Before this, 1-2 per month (on Lantus).

gettingby · #14 (**permalink**) 12-22-2004, 08:47 AM

I've had alot of morning lows in the past 2 months. CDE changed Lantus to morning. We'll see how that goes.

I had a very bad one about a week ago. Almost passed out but luckily I didn't. Treated first, then checked. 38 when I checked

.

gettingby · #15 (**permalink**) 12-22-2004, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eri's mom

Oh gosh...Eri registered at 19mg/dL on the paramedic's glucometer(I didn't think they could go below 20 w/o reading LO, which she had done b/f)...but she was 21mg/dL on my meter. ....one time, she was walking around normal as could be at 27 or something like that in the 20's....really weird. That was a few years ago.

Been there, done that Robin. My low last week, I was talking but couldn't get the right words out.