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A seriously bad day!

leslie10152

leslie10152

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I tested this morning, and got a reading of around 7. After a while I felt something was wrong, drowsiness and confusion. So I checked with a backup meter and got a reading of 16.8! I took a dose of insulin which I raised by 8 units to get the BGL back on par. The mistake I made was to not have something to eat before I left home to start on shift.
By the time I reached the shift, I could barely say my own name. I was well into a hypo of 2.3, and I found a place to sit and get myself back on track. Someone gave me a muffin, in the state I was in - I didn't think about it. I must have had more, but my memory fails me here.

I went on shift, weak and disorientated. It took close to 20 minutes to get focased. All was good for 2 hours until I started feeling lethargic again. Tested 17.2.

Another dose 10 units. Within 3 hours I was back to 6.6, but by 4:30pm I was absolutely exhausted. Made it home by 6:30pm. Tested again after 20 minutes, 6.1.

I should have known better about something I refer to as the 'YO YO Effect'. When you peak or drop by large numbers, you can bounce back severely. The body sometimes over compensates or hunger driven by the hypo can provoke an aggressive intake of sugar/carbs. I made this error, even after 11 years of experience. Take care.
 
sorry to hear that happened. :( I'm sure you know how it happened. We do sometimes just get those bad days.... but the main thing is to make sure good days out number the bad.
 
@leslie10152 . 27 yrs and I still manage to do it. You are definitely not alone when it comes to YO YO ing. At least you made it through the day and live to do battle once more.
 
Sounds like quite a yo yo you had - sorry you've had a day and had to go through a shift like that. It certainly makes you feel rubbish when BG is swinging violently. However long our experience it seems there are just days when our diabetes throws curveballs at us. Hope you are feeling better now you've got on top of it this round @leslie10152.
 
db89 said:
Sounds like quite a yo yo you had - sorry you've had a day and had to go through a shift like that. It certainly makes you feel rubbish when BG is swinging violently. However long our experience it seems there are just days when our diabetes throws curveballs at us. Hope you are feeling better now you've got on top of it this round @leslie10152.
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Last reading was 8.1, it should settle by tomorrow.
 
Resting and feeling better. How I got through the shift is a story worth telling. Thank you for your concerns.
 
Hey! We know how bad that was for you Leslie, glad that you're feeling better now :)
 
therower said:
@leslie10152 . 27 yrs and I still manage to do it. You are definitely not alone when it comes to YO YO ing. At least you made it through the day and live to do battle once more.
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It frustrates me, as I see myself as an organised and independent diabetic, yet make silly mistakes like that. I should not be so hard on myself. We all make mistakes.
 
leslie10152 said:
It frustrates me, as I see myself as an organised and independent diabetic, yet make silly mistakes like that. I should not be so hard on myself. We all make mistakes.
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The way I see it is like this. I can't change any number that comes up on my test meter, I can only use that number as information going forward.
If I have a bad day like you've had then I look to see what I can learn from it. But I will only spend a few minutes pondering what's happened any longer and it becomes to negative for me. Realise how the day went the way it did, see what you can do differently next time and prepare for tomorrow because tomorrow is the only day you have control over.
Don't get stressed when tomorrow goes awol. Diabetes has a knack of thriving on negativity in our lives, be positive no matter what and smile.
11yrs is a long time and you sound to me that you're doing good. Try to be more you and not you the diabetic.
 
therower said:
The way I see it is like this. I can't change any number that comes up on my test meter, I can only use that number as information going forward.
If I have a bad day like you've had then I look to see what I can learn from it. But I will only spend a few minutes pondering what's happened any longer and it becomes to negative for me. Realise how the day went the way it did, see what you can do differently next time and prepare for tomorrow because tomorrow is the only day you have control over.
Don't get stressed when tomorrow goes awol. Diabetes has a knack of thriving on negativity in our lives, be positive no matter what and smile.
11yrs is a long time and you sound to me that you're doing good. Try to be more you and not you the diabetic.
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Amen!
 
leslie10152 said:
I tested this morning, and got a reading of around 7. After a while I felt something was wrong, drowsiness and confusion. So I checked with a backup meter and got a reading of 16.8! I took a dose of insulin which I raised by 8 units to get the BGL back on par. The mistake I made was to not have something to eat before I left home to start on shift.
By the time I reached the shift, I could barely say my own name. I was well into a hypo of 2.3, and I found a place to sit and get myself back on track. Someone gave me a muffin, in the state I was in - I didn't think about it. I must have had more, but my memory fails me here.

I went on shift, weak and disorientated. It took close to 20 minutes to get focased. All was good for 2 hours until I started feeling lethargic again. Tested 17.2.

Another dose 10 units. Within 3 hours I was back to 6.6, but by 4:30pm I was absolutely exhausted. Made it home by 6:30pm. Tested again after 20 minutes, 6.1.

I should have known better about something I refer to as the 'YO YO Effect'. When you peak or drop by large numbers, you can bounce back severely. The body sometimes over compensates or hunger driven by the hypo can provoke an aggressive intake of sugar/carbs. I made this error, even after 11 years of experience. Take care.
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Hi @leslie10152
I know how you feel and you have described the yo-yo effect or rebound, welcome to my hypo hell, is how I describe it! Before diagnosis this was me, totally unaware of what was happening and my doctors didn't have a clue either.
The point I'm making, is I would return to those days if I didn't really control my dietary intake. I can't afford to be flippant with anything.
I have been in situations like you, long and unusual hours and found myself without my healthy food with no options. So I do see how you need support.

I'm not going to offer advice, you have to find out yourself how to prevent this reoccurring problem and how to solve it!
You need to learn from these experiences and how to avoid them as I have to.
Of course, it's obviously better not to have them!
And I believe you would find yourself feeling much better if you stay away from the treats and plan your daily routine to your needs to stop the rebound effect and stop you from laying yo-yo with your blood glucose levels.

Best wishes
 
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