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<blockquote data-quote="SimonP78" data-source="post: 2625448" data-attributes="member: 556474"><p>I always woke up too and normally I'd just pop awake, realise I was low and eat something then go back to sleep, however sometimes I would be really quite low, especially when younger - I vividly recall one time at school waking up and only one side of my body obeying instructions to move. I crawled out of bed using one arm and one leg and managed to find something sweet to eat on the desk next to my bed at which point all was well again. On another occasion while living alone while studying at uni, I recall having to crawl across my flat to the kitchen, then drag myself up the work surface to get to a pot of sugar (usually for coffee) as my legs weren't wanting to support me. After sitting on the floor for a while after having spooned in a fair quantity of sugar I was feeling generally much better so did a blood test and got a result of 1.2 mmol/l. I ate some more food at that point. I've no idea why I didn't have food on the bedside table.</p><p></p><p>In the days pre-CGM I do recall that I was significantly more relaxed going to bed with a gf there knowing that there was someone else (beside myself) to hopefully notice if I went low. After getting married and being used to someone else being around all the time, I found the concern about going low at night was significant if I was away for work, etc. (not helped by travel, unusual eating and normally drinks)</p><p></p><p>CGM with alarms (so XDrip+ from libre1 days onwards) removed almost all of this concern (which I should add wasn't a really massive thing, but it was enough that I do recall thinking that I was much more relaxed with someone around).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonP78, post: 2625448, member: 556474"] I always woke up too and normally I'd just pop awake, realise I was low and eat something then go back to sleep, however sometimes I would be really quite low, especially when younger - I vividly recall one time at school waking up and only one side of my body obeying instructions to move. I crawled out of bed using one arm and one leg and managed to find something sweet to eat on the desk next to my bed at which point all was well again. On another occasion while living alone while studying at uni, I recall having to crawl across my flat to the kitchen, then drag myself up the work surface to get to a pot of sugar (usually for coffee) as my legs weren't wanting to support me. After sitting on the floor for a while after having spooned in a fair quantity of sugar I was feeling generally much better so did a blood test and got a result of 1.2 mmol/l. I ate some more food at that point. I've no idea why I didn't have food on the bedside table. In the days pre-CGM I do recall that I was significantly more relaxed going to bed with a gf there knowing that there was someone else (beside myself) to hopefully notice if I went low. After getting married and being used to someone else being around all the time, I found the concern about going low at night was significant if I was away for work, etc. (not helped by travel, unusual eating and normally drinks) CGM with alarms (so XDrip+ from libre1 days onwards) removed almost all of this concern (which I should add wasn't a really massive thing, but it was enough that I do recall thinking that I was much more relaxed with someone around). [/QUOTE]
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