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<blockquote data-quote="amberzak" data-source="post: 591790" data-attributes="member: 24261"><p>They don't cause any last damage but I was told by my diabetic nurse that she would rather I have highs than lows. This this because a high can be corrected easily but with a low we all can have a habit of over eating to compensate, and the body gives out more sugar stores from the liver to compensate, often resulting in a high after and forming a vicious circle.</p><p></p><p>After I changed my thinking (i used to go low all the time because I was so scared of highs) I don't often go too high because I don't often go low. </p><p></p><p>Also you got to watch out for hypo unawareness. I was so bad (went low daily) last summer that I didn't even know I was low. I remember one day saying to my friend I was hungry so we went to McDonald. I should have known, I only ever crave mcdonalds milkshakes when I'm low. </p><p></p><p>Any way, while in the line I suddenly felt ill. Next thing I knew I was on the floor, and my friend was testing my sugars while a mcdonalds employee was getting me a normal coke. My sugars were 1.1 (40 in US talk), and I hadn't felt a thing other than light headed and hungry. (He told me I was incredibly irritable). So too many lows means you lose the sensation of it (hypo unawareness) and that's when it can get dangerous (and embarrassing). </p><p></p><p>But we all do go low. That's a fact of diabetes. Unexpected exercise, miscalculating carbs, anything like that. So don't beat yourself up if you do go low. I would say probably about once a week I will hit a 3 (54 in US language) but that's because I'm trying very hard to keep my sugars down (trying for a baby), and I check my sugars every 2 hours to catch them. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="amberzak, post: 591790, member: 24261"] They don't cause any last damage but I was told by my diabetic nurse that she would rather I have highs than lows. This this because a high can be corrected easily but with a low we all can have a habit of over eating to compensate, and the body gives out more sugar stores from the liver to compensate, often resulting in a high after and forming a vicious circle. After I changed my thinking (i used to go low all the time because I was so scared of highs) I don't often go too high because I don't often go low. Also you got to watch out for hypo unawareness. I was so bad (went low daily) last summer that I didn't even know I was low. I remember one day saying to my friend I was hungry so we went to McDonald. I should have known, I only ever crave mcdonalds milkshakes when I'm low. Any way, while in the line I suddenly felt ill. Next thing I knew I was on the floor, and my friend was testing my sugars while a mcdonalds employee was getting me a normal coke. My sugars were 1.1 (40 in US talk), and I hadn't felt a thing other than light headed and hungry. (He told me I was incredibly irritable). So too many lows means you lose the sensation of it (hypo unawareness) and that's when it can get dangerous (and embarrassing). But we all do go low. That's a fact of diabetes. Unexpected exercise, miscalculating carbs, anything like that. So don't beat yourself up if you do go low. I would say probably about once a week I will hit a 3 (54 in US language) but that's because I'm trying very hard to keep my sugars down (trying for a baby), and I check my sugars every 2 hours to catch them. Sent from the [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig]Diabetes Forum App[/url] [/QUOTE]
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