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<blockquote data-quote="Auckland Canary" data-source="post: 1058501" data-attributes="member: 70613"><p>I don't think I will ever get my hypo awareness back completely as I have been diabetic for a long time and have often had low sugars, sometimes through choice and sometimes through poor control. I will often go into the 3's most days (I am very active and often cycle over 20 miles a day) but I just don't really get concerned by them anymore as they are just a part of my life. I tried to regain the awareness a few times by running them high for a few weeks but frankly it never really seemed to happen.</p><p>My consultant moans at me because she says that all the new research suggests that people who have low blood sugars are much more at risk from heart attacks and strokes. I'm sure this is true but then having high blood sugar is also a massive risk for blindness, amputations etc. Face it in another 20 years you'll be told something else about how you'd been doing it wrong.</p><p> </p><p>I do worry about getting confusion etc when low but since I've been on a pump (about 9 months now) my debilitating night time hypo's have all but ceased. I just seem to plod along and function at fairly low levels. A few weeks ago I had a long meeting at work about complex accounting and budget issues with my boss and after it I tested and I knew I was low but had a reading of 2.6. In no way was I feeling impaired and no one in the meeting noticed. I just took some glucose and carried on at work. I don't do it deliberately but I do try and maintain tight control which is hard and ultimately I would prefer my levels to be lower than higher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Auckland Canary, post: 1058501, member: 70613"] I don't think I will ever get my hypo awareness back completely as I have been diabetic for a long time and have often had low sugars, sometimes through choice and sometimes through poor control. I will often go into the 3's most days (I am very active and often cycle over 20 miles a day) but I just don't really get concerned by them anymore as they are just a part of my life. I tried to regain the awareness a few times by running them high for a few weeks but frankly it never really seemed to happen. My consultant moans at me because she says that all the new research suggests that people who have low blood sugars are much more at risk from heart attacks and strokes. I'm sure this is true but then having high blood sugar is also a massive risk for blindness, amputations etc. Face it in another 20 years you'll be told something else about how you'd been doing it wrong. I do worry about getting confusion etc when low but since I've been on a pump (about 9 months now) my debilitating night time hypo's have all but ceased. I just seem to plod along and function at fairly low levels. A few weeks ago I had a long meeting at work about complex accounting and budget issues with my boss and after it I tested and I knew I was low but had a reading of 2.6. In no way was I feeling impaired and no one in the meeting noticed. I just took some glucose and carried on at work. I don't do it deliberately but I do try and maintain tight control which is hard and ultimately I would prefer my levels to be lower than higher. [/QUOTE]
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