When to call an ambulance

[plantae]

I juest reasd what I wrote elsewhere and it makes no sense. I'm 2.7 again. Geez

 

[Antje77]

I juest reasd what I wrote elsewhere and it makes no sense. I'm 2.7 again. Geez

Yikes!
I'd call the ambulance again, now!

 

[Antje77]

And treat the hypo of course.

 

[Antje77]

just a thought, are you taking your fixed doses of mealtime insulin with now lower carb foods?

 

[plantae]

just a thought, are you taking your fixed doses of mealtime insulin with now lower carb foods?

My levels are back up. Had jelly beans. Yeah I'm on a fixed dose of bolus which I don't think suits me

 

[plantae]

Oh, no. Disregard my last message. I'm on a fixed dose but my carb intake has not changed

 

[plantae]

I think it's a false alarm. Countour is 4,7 which is fine. I'm just a bit touchy tonight I thisnk

 

[plantae]

Nah, I'm aclling ambulance. different finger is 3.2. Not good

 

[plantae]

ambulance is on the way but I'm giving up. this is embarrasing

 

[plantae]

finger 3.2

 

[Antje77]

Oh, no. Disregard my last message. I'm on a fixed dose but my carb intake has not changed

Yesterday, you ate very low carb all day, is that your usual way of eating?
You had a recent hospital stay too, where you likely ate high carb fare, needing completely different doses than a day like yesterday.

 

[plantae]

2.6! lol i mishfgt have to sleep now

 

[Antje77]

ambulance is on the way but I'm giving up. this is embarrasing

It's not embarrassing to struggle with diabetes!

Like I said yesterday, feelings of dread and the likes are a common symptom of a hypo, and this can well include feeling embarrassed!

 

[plantae]

Yesterday, you ate very low carb all day, is that your usual way of eating?
You had a recent hospital stay too, where you likely ate high carb fare, needing completely different doses than a day like yesterday.

i was on free fluids in hosptial. No arcbs at all really

 

[plantae]

just soup , orange juice and something in my arm

 

[plantae]

I'm literally crying. I don;t want this! I did everything right

 

[HSSS]

The “something in your arm” likely had glucose in it. It usually does.

don’t be embarrassed. Just stay chatting here til the ambulance arrives

 

[HSSS]

It’s scary. It’s ok to cry. And it doesn’t mean you did anything wrong. It means the right solutions for you are yet to be found.

Do you know how long the ambulance is expected to be?

Are you still able to monitor and take glucose?

 

[Antje77]

i was on free fluids in hosptial. No arcbs at all really

I didn't mean yesterday but I seem to remember you've had a very recent hospital stay as well.
Were you taking your insulin yourself or did you get it through IV?

It’s scary. It’s ok to cry. And it doesn’t mean you did anything wrong. It means the right solutions for you are yet to be found.

Listen to @HSSS . This is very true!

 

[plantae]

Yeah I'm ok. I just find this really frustrating. I;ve had 10 jelly beans and BGL is, at the moment, 3.8. I just feel like a failure