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<blockquote data-quote="minidvr" data-source="post: 947436" data-attributes="member: 103335"><p>I have been on LCF for about 18 months now. My BG averages between 4.2 to 5.8, with an occasional 6. When it started going below 4.8, I started to get some of the symptoms you describe, and I now that I need a boost. I carry Fruit Pastiles around with me, and use them.</p><p></p><p>These occasions are rare, I can count about three in the last six months, and I think that early warnings are if I start to feel a bit 'strange' meaning not my normal self. I will do a quick check to see whether BG might be the issue. Portable kit is handy to have around. I don't have high blood pressure or similar ailments which might cause such symptoms, so normally attribute them to low BG and respond accordingly.</p><p></p><p>I have had one episode in the period since diagnosis, which seriously worried me. Early this year, I was away for a weekend training, and traveled by road. When I arrived I felt quite 'strange' faint, sick and dizzy. I quickly checked my blood and found it down at 2.5. I was able to take some sweet drink and a snack and 1 hours later it was back over 4.5, and I felt better.</p><p></p><p>The worry of course was driving in that condition? Now, I am more careful and check BG before travel, ensure that I have eaten and have plenty of fluid available and an emergency pack of chocolate of similar just in case. Fortunately, it hasn't repeated itself and when I spoke to the DNS and GP, both said that it was probably because I hadn't eaten before travelling and not to worry too much about it.</p><p></p><p>For me, I hadn't felt the affects of low BG coming on, perhaps because I was driving, but that has made me much more alert to the problems of missing meals etc. And I ensure that I follow my routine of eating 3 regular meals a day no matter what else is going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="minidvr, post: 947436, member: 103335"] I have been on LCF for about 18 months now. My BG averages between 4.2 to 5.8, with an occasional 6. When it started going below 4.8, I started to get some of the symptoms you describe, and I now that I need a boost. I carry Fruit Pastiles around with me, and use them. These occasions are rare, I can count about three in the last six months, and I think that early warnings are if I start to feel a bit 'strange' meaning not my normal self. I will do a quick check to see whether BG might be the issue. Portable kit is handy to have around. I don't have high blood pressure or similar ailments which might cause such symptoms, so normally attribute them to low BG and respond accordingly. I have had one episode in the period since diagnosis, which seriously worried me. Early this year, I was away for a weekend training, and traveled by road. When I arrived I felt quite 'strange' faint, sick and dizzy. I quickly checked my blood and found it down at 2.5. I was able to take some sweet drink and a snack and 1 hours later it was back over 4.5, and I felt better. The worry of course was driving in that condition? Now, I am more careful and check BG before travel, ensure that I have eaten and have plenty of fluid available and an emergency pack of chocolate of similar just in case. Fortunately, it hasn't repeated itself and when I spoke to the DNS and GP, both said that it was probably because I hadn't eaten before travelling and not to worry too much about it. For me, I hadn't felt the affects of low BG coming on, perhaps because I was driving, but that has made me much more alert to the problems of missing meals etc. And I ensure that I follow my routine of eating 3 regular meals a day no matter what else is going on. [/QUOTE]
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