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How many of you suffer convulsions when undergoing a hypo?

I was picked up by the ambulance service last week after cycling home: I thought everything was OK, close to my home... They said I'd started suffering convulsions i.e. fitting and took me in (after delivering my bike back home :)). I do believe this to be the case due to my injuries. Sometimes in the past, before getting sugar I can only describe 'flashing lights' and kind of spazzing out: involuntary muscle contractions ... I know when this happens I am undergoing a hypo!
 
Never got that close to a convulsion myself, but have felt hypo while cycling. At first feeling of hypoglyclaemia, I always stop, get bike off road and get off bike, sometimes even sit down if it's possible without blocking pavement for everyone else, then get swallow sweets and / or muesli bar(s) from my jacket or rucksack pocket. I have been knocked off bike once by car door, nothing to do with diabetes, just an unobservant car driver, lack of space to swing wider of his door - neighbour came out with a clean teatowel, ambulance staff took me to A&E; swapped details, driver & his family took my bike to repair shop. I have picked up drink cyclists a couple of times, one with non-functioning brakes, which probably had more effect than inebriation, looked after then until ambulance arrived and took them & bikes to A&E.
So, STOP & EAT SOONER!
 
Marcdomonic
Sounds terrifying, but I can't help thinking thank God you weren't in a car! It's not just you in danger, even on a bike. You should follow the same advice as type-1 drivers, always check your BG before your journey, and as the physical exertion of cycling will result in lowering of BG, always have a snack before your journey and carry glucose tablets or lucozade and have a swig occasionally. I was a cyclist for many years while type-1 till recently, often with my youngest in a child-seat and never been in such a situation. You must realise if you have a hypo and crash,which results in others being injured or worse, you will still be held responsible, hypo or not.
Have you lost your hypo-awareness?
Jus
 
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