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<blockquote data-quote="LittleSue" data-source="post: 82413" data-attributes="member: 6295"><p>Sorry, I thought I'd picked up from previous posts that you were female. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> </p><p>Think yourself lucky you don't have menstrual hormones!</p><p></p><p>Obviously one has to beware of getting obsessed, but if a few extra tests reassure you or helps you identify hypo symptoms (and doesn' t make you even more anxious) that seems a valid reason for testing, as long as it doesn't get ridiculous. </p><p></p><p>I understand your anxiety. GP put me on some tablets recently which resulted in needing 3x usual insulin with food, high bs for several hours after eating, then an alarming drop. I could drop by 10 between leaving work and getting home, without feeling the drop. (Fortunately I don't drive!) Also had a hypo whilst shopping alone. Symptoms were out of proportion to the bs level, I really felt drunk and unsafe. Went to a cafe and deliberately asked staff to help me get something sweet, mentioning I was diabetic - in the hope that if I collapsed they'd remember me mentioning diabetes.... That scared me, even after all these years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleSue, post: 82413, member: 6295"] Sorry, I thought I'd picked up from previous posts that you were female. :oops: Think yourself lucky you don't have menstrual hormones! Obviously one has to beware of getting obsessed, but if a few extra tests reassure you or helps you identify hypo symptoms (and doesn' t make you even more anxious) that seems a valid reason for testing, as long as it doesn't get ridiculous. I understand your anxiety. GP put me on some tablets recently which resulted in needing 3x usual insulin with food, high bs for several hours after eating, then an alarming drop. I could drop by 10 between leaving work and getting home, without feeling the drop. (Fortunately I don't drive!) Also had a hypo whilst shopping alone. Symptoms were out of proportion to the bs level, I really felt drunk and unsafe. Went to a cafe and deliberately asked staff to help me get something sweet, mentioning I was diabetic - in the hope that if I collapsed they'd remember me mentioning diabetes.... That scared me, even after all these years. [/QUOTE]
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