Awefully bad luck,
@Gigi K !
The trick is turning that experience, as embarrassing and humilating as it was, into a posituve kearning
opportunity.
If nothing else, it shows you and the assessor that hypos are potentially serious and need to be prevented as much as possible.
My routine for sorting out any hypos i may experience, and you may well have your own method,
or find one that works better for you:
At what time did the hypo happen? And did i know or suspect it was starting or not.?
E.g ? just before lunch,, late afternoon and does that match with a particular timing with how strongly my insulin is working?
I looked up 'pictures of insulin profiles' and found when say, my Novorapid's peak action ( ability to lower bsls most strongly),
was. Did that time in with the assessment? Did the assessment start late and it was need a snack or mealtime?
Eg. Was i distracted with worry and missed the early signs or did i not exoerience the sweating, shaking etc)?
Could i have accidentally injected my insulin into muscle rather than the tissue just a fraction if a centimetre under the skin.?
How did that day start and what were my insulin dose and meals like?
Eg did i take extra insulin to allow for the stress i expected in having the assessment? Was i feeling a bit sick and did not eat all my usual breakie? Did i have to walk a distance to get to my new workplace and had not realised the amount of exercise i had done and if that could affect my BSL?
I then would discuss this with my DSN, to work out a plan od how to prevent this happening again.
We live and learn.
And i always, always have gloco-tabs with me. No matter the iccasion or what i am doing i munch several if i feel low and cannot easily check mupy BSL.
You might need to consider reporting your hypo to the motir car licensing authority too but others who are familiar with the requirements in the UK can let yiu kniw far better than I here downunder.
As a parting comment: even on my insulin pump i would get the occasional hypo.
It has only been since going low carb that my hypos are far less often and much milder.