Hi all, I’ve had my 1st hypo related seizure last night. Very scary for both my partner and I
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What happened was I had a drink because I had today off work and with the great weather.
I got up for work at 5:30 am got home from work at 5:45pm had my dinner then spent 2 hours 30 mins gardening in the sun/heat. So on the go for 14 hours and 30 minutes.
Everything was grand, my sugars were in range all day so no higher than 10 after meal and no lower than 4.
So, after I got my gardening done I had a log burner lit and had a few drinks, possibly 1 to many. But at around 11:30pm my sugars went from 6.4 to 5.5 so I knew I needed a bite to eat before bed which I had a round 30 grams of carbs.
So I took my night time insulin and by mistake took 16 units instead of my normal 13 units. (I’m quite sensitive to insulin) so I got to bed and took a seizure and have no recollection of and I woke to ambulance ppl in my room.
My sugars were 2.0 when the ambulance ppl checked, I was covered in swet head to toe.
The ambulance crew referred me to the diabetic clinic which no doubt I’ll be attending next week at some stage.
What I’m looking to know is this an automatic license revoke? If my license is revoked I will struggle to get to work and struggle to pay my mortgage. Any advice would be very welcome.
I had very mild seizures in my teens and was put on epilepsy tablets and haven’t had any type of seizure in maybe 15 years. But never had a full blown seizure like last night.