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- Type of diabetes
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An eventful lunchtime at home today.
Whilst cutting open a crusty recently-baked baguette, I forgot to stop cutting before the bread knife sliced my finger
. Ran bleeding digit under cold water, grabbed a wad of paper towel and got first aid box. Applied steristips and a plaster which wasn't quick due to copious bleeding. Stood trying to cram contents back into first aid box when I was suddenly swamped by waves of nausea, heat and jellyness of legs.
My memory of what happened next is hazy. As was my vision - I had the kind of heat haze effect I sometimes get when hypo. Sat on a nearby stool. Wondered if blood sugar was low (was 4.7 just before all this), or low blood pressure. Thought in case of low bs I should stand up, reach for the baguette, sit down and eat it. It was the nearest source of carbs. Next I became aware of something rough against the side of my face, which I’m pretty sure was friction from the mat on the floor when I hit it. At some point the mild heat haze changed to grey and really fuzzy vision, can't remember if that was before hitting the floor or as I got up. Don’t know if I passed out and fell off the stool, or maybe stood up and then collapsed. Don’t know if I lost consciousness for a moment (I think so) or if things just got so grey and fuzzy that I didn’t see the floor coming up to hit me.
Somehow found the stool again and sat on it. Thinks... BP monitor is in another room...to test sugar I’d have to cross the room,wash hands then do test. I was home alone. Various family members have had accidental head trauma resulting in a) temporary blindness, b) coma and hours of neurosurgery, and c) being found deceased. Didn’t actually think about those events, but instinctively knew trying to stand up and walk around could be dangerous. So I sat on the stool a few minutes until it felt safe to transfer to a comfy chair, picking up lucozade on the way, to sit with my feet up and drink a little lucozade and I'd be near the phone. Sat with my feet up for 15 minutes, then felt able to have my interrupted lunch. Felt washed out and decided testing bs or bp wouldn’t tell me much at that stage, still not really focussed, in retrospect wish I'd tested both bs and bp at that point.
I’m curious about how the collapse happened. I know stress can raise bs quickly but could it also make it drop suddenly? At the start felt as though I was about to do something nerve-racking but when sitting on the stool I had that unfocussed feeling of being hypo or slightly drunk. Sugar was 7 before dinner, up a bit but suggestive of extra lucozade rather than big liver dump.
Glad I hadn’t injected lunch bolus!
Sue
Edited to say it had been a good day up to that point.... what a wooss
Whilst cutting open a crusty recently-baked baguette, I forgot to stop cutting before the bread knife sliced my finger
. Ran bleeding digit under cold water, grabbed a wad of paper towel and got first aid box. Applied steristips and a plaster which wasn't quick due to copious bleeding. Stood trying to cram contents back into first aid box when I was suddenly swamped by waves of nausea, heat and jellyness of legs.My memory of what happened next is hazy. As was my vision - I had the kind of heat haze effect I sometimes get when hypo. Sat on a nearby stool. Wondered if blood sugar was low (was 4.7 just before all this), or low blood pressure. Thought in case of low bs I should stand up, reach for the baguette, sit down and eat it. It was the nearest source of carbs. Next I became aware of something rough against the side of my face, which I’m pretty sure was friction from the mat on the floor when I hit it. At some point the mild heat haze changed to grey and really fuzzy vision, can't remember if that was before hitting the floor or as I got up. Don’t know if I passed out and fell off the stool, or maybe stood up and then collapsed. Don’t know if I lost consciousness for a moment (I think so) or if things just got so grey and fuzzy that I didn’t see the floor coming up to hit me.
Somehow found the stool again and sat on it. Thinks... BP monitor is in another room...to test sugar I’d have to cross the room,wash hands then do test. I was home alone. Various family members have had accidental head trauma resulting in a) temporary blindness, b) coma and hours of neurosurgery, and c) being found deceased. Didn’t actually think about those events, but instinctively knew trying to stand up and walk around could be dangerous. So I sat on the stool a few minutes until it felt safe to transfer to a comfy chair, picking up lucozade on the way, to sit with my feet up and drink a little lucozade and I'd be near the phone. Sat with my feet up for 15 minutes, then felt able to have my interrupted lunch. Felt washed out and decided testing bs or bp wouldn’t tell me much at that stage, still not really focussed, in retrospect wish I'd tested both bs and bp at that point.
I’m curious about how the collapse happened. I know stress can raise bs quickly but could it also make it drop suddenly? At the start felt as though I was about to do something nerve-racking but when sitting on the stool I had that unfocussed feeling of being hypo or slightly drunk. Sugar was 7 before dinner, up a bit but suggestive of extra lucozade rather than big liver dump.
Glad I hadn’t injected lunch bolus!
Sue
Edited to say it had been a good day up to that point.... what a wooss
