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- Type of diabetes
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Blimey. I wish I hadn't asked now! Thank you Brunneria and Spiker. I can't imagine how horrible it must be. I know Type 1's carry glucose round with them wherever they go. Do you think Type 2's should also do this, whether on meds or not?
Bless you. Remember, we both described 'bad ones'. I nip most of mine in the bud at a very early stage.
In my case, the best prevention is not to eat carbs - and that includes emergency glucose.
Because I still produce insulin and am insulin resistant (partly cos I'm fat, and partly cos I have PCOS, and partly cos I am on cabergoline, and partly cos I have a weird pituitary gland output), eating carbs tends to result in largish splashes of insulin that are either inadequate or excessive. If I eat carbs, sooner or later, a hypo will happen. If I then add glucose, the seesaw swings violently in the other direction, then back, and so on. A self perpetuating vicious cycle.
Best to hop off the merry go round and live a happy chirpy life in ketosis!
I just wish I stuck with it...