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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2688780" data-attributes="member: 372717">I've had some bad hypos, particularly before cgms were available, and I definitely feel worse the lower I go. Below 3 my judgement is definitely affected, which is one reason why I try to treat so I don't go below 3. But my cgm (dexcom) isn't desperately accurate once in hypo territory so it might say 3.0 while my glucometer says 3.6.Yes I have been taken to hospital for hypos 2 or 3 times in my life (hypos during pregnancy  pre cgm were not a fun experience).I try to always carry glucose (or equivalent) with me so that I'm not struggling to find hypo treatment while hypo. (I remember being in a shopping centre once and struggling to work out what I needed to to in order to get some carbs - the human brain does not work well when starved of sugar). Likewise I have a jar of glucose tablets by my bed so should I wake at night (confused and wanting to go back to sleep) getting some glucose is as easy as possible.And as regards worrying about complications, the prognosis for newly diagnosed T1s is far better now than when I was diagnosed in 1970 (pre glucometer).  It is much easier for T1s to maintain normalish blood sugars than it used to be, and complications typically happen after many many years of not so great blood sugar control.  (Not that you can't get complications earlier, there genuinely seems to be a certain amount of luck in the process, and some people have metabolisms that are easier to balance with insulin than others, but modern treatments for T1 continue to improve.)</blockquote>

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