Peterrhoades
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Thanks for the change. No I don't have any eye problems, black text is just easier on the eyeNot a problem at all. Is it a diabetes related eye issue as another member once told me he experiences problems with text in bold. My apologies. X
Yes, when I was diagnosed it was NO sugar apart from if you hypo!I was advised that back in 1976..
Nowa daze, it's anything carby I can get my hands on..! Though most sweets taste like "toilet block" to me!
If gigging though. It needs to be drinkable..
ooo I bet you felt rough!I remember very clearly one of my first hypos - It was a 3.1 and I just ate crazily. 300 ml of lucozade, two slices of toast and some cereal... 28.1 an hour later! :O It certainly was a steep learning curve that first week
ooo I bet you felt rough!
The hospital induced my first hypo, very scary because they just left me so my family could see what to expect.
I was 12 and honestly thought I was dying, it was horrible
Oh I completely agree with you about the taste of glucose tablets! They are like eating chalk and like you said you just want to gulp down water!Lucozade then a small biscuit if necessary If I'm out and about, I'll have glucose tablets but I find the Lucozade works quicker and is more palatable. I've grown to dislike that intense taste from the glucose tablets. It makes me want to gulp down water or swill my mouth out.
I do have sweets too sometimes - jelly babies, jelly beans, fruit pastilles, children's sweets like those that come in the little packets (usually 3 for a £). I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses Nutella : D I thought that was a dreadful indulgence : D
ooo I bet you felt rough!
The hospital induced my first hypo, very scary because they just left me so my family could see what to expect.
I was 12 and honestly thought I was dying, it was horrible
Pure natural honey, Lucozade drink and tablets. A good cup of hot sweet tea and some digestives usually do the trick !
Yes, when I was diagnosed it was NO sugar apart from if you hypo!
I went on for years like that and in a way still do, sweet foods make me feel ill just looking at them most of the time and after a hypo I tend to experience stomach cramps. I think after all these years I may have a slight sugar intolerance.
Yes when I was changed over to Lantus or Solostar now, I was told it lasted 24hours. But day after day around 3pm I became tired and worn out. My Diabetic nurse told me that Lantus was ment to last 24 hours but doesn't for everyone, so I now take half my dose in the morning and the other half at dinner so I am keeping it constant.I Funny enough... Once in a while I have found myself in a hypoglycaemic "holding pattern".
To elaborate. I play in a couple of bands. I don't eat at least 5/6 hours prior to a gig. (I'm a singer. Food restricts the diaphragm. After years of gigging I still get "nerves" too?)
Anyway. I normally do Lantus, around 11pm. On a "school night". (Day job too.) But these gigs happen between 8 & 11pm so I dont basal till between mid night & 2am? (Depending on the gigs geographic location.) Granted. Some say Lantus lasts an 18 hour period? Though the "sales pitch" contradicts & says 24 hours...
So if I drop on the odd ocaision when I roll in after a gig to the mid 4s or around 3.5? I can hover there for ages.. Though, there is no way I'm going to do Lantus at 4mmol then retire to bed at around 3am.. Thought I'd add, get the BS respectable first....
ooo I bet you felt rough!
The hospital induced my first hypo, very scary because they just left me so my family could see what to expect.
I was 12 and honestly thought I was dying, it was horrible
Run up and down the stairs! wow that's an interesting plan to get you to hypoLikewise.. Without the family though. Took the insulin in the morning before due to be relased in the afternoon. I was told to go and run up and down 4 flights of stairs until I felt ill.... The most unsuccessful hypo induced attempt ever I reckon. The nurses gave up as I just did not go hypo.... Went home none the wiser. A week later I had the worst hypo.. Poor hubby had to call ambulance. Had 2 crews in the end and a GP that I hit when he tried to put an intravenous line in me!!
I really feel for T1's that aren't hospitalised and have an induced hypo... My 1st one was absolutely awful. When home from hypo I had to go and apologise to the GP......