Thanks for your replies everyone.
I think it is becoming clear that you can have hypoglycemia without being a diabetic. It just appears that many diabetics seem to associate it as being a symptom of diabetes.
I was interested to read about your son, elljay. With hindsight, I also have...
I was told several years ago that I have hypoglycemia. I have also been tested for diabetes and told I don't have it. Based on that I understand that the two are different, and yet wherever I look for info on hypoglycemia it is talked about as being something that only diabetes sufferers get...