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How many Hypos

mountaintom said:
Just interested to see on average how many hypos per week people are having?
Thanks
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At the moment, FAR too many. Consultant put me on Tresiba 5 months ago and I've been having 2 hypos a day on average. Most mild.

Moved back to Levemir a few days ago so hopefully I'll be able to fix that soon after a bit of basal testing.
 
Recently i've probably been having around 5-6 a week, normally i'd hit around 3-4, it's the warmer weather and increased activity which is dropping me :banghead:

How are you getting on Tom ?
 
3 to 5 on average, but not 'bad' ones where I'd miss the start and notice once when I'd start losing the plot but I thank the Libre for that and the awareness coming back.

I've concluded that swimming,exercise and work can trigger them, but without swimming and exercise I'm a right miserable rude word and without the part time self employment I'm an employers nightmare with my timekeeping so I just carry on with carrying on regardless :)

I prefer living where I need to eat to raise my blood if needed as opposed to correction jabs for a rising one, but that's a personal choice and not one my DSN particularly agrees with, but she's not me nor a T1.......
 
kev-w said:
I prefer living where I need to eat to raise my blood if needed as opposed to correction jabs for a rising one, but that's a personal choice and not one my DSN particularly agrees with, but she's not me nor a T1.......
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It's interesting you say that because I said the same thing to my husband yesterday. If I eat something I don't know I would rather err on the side of taking slightly too much and have a few jelly babies after, than having to correct a high after.
 
It depends what I am doing.
If I am doing lots of exercise (and forget to adjust my pump early enough) I will hypo most times.
If I am busy at work and travelling, my BG runs much higher.
 
I see! That’s how you get a good HBA1C then. Have daily hypos.
I’ve not had one for weeks now and feel much better for it. I’d rather correct if I have to than take too much insulin and feel like I’m going to die. I’m adjusting to this diagnosis slowly now instead of getting bogged down in it and having hypos all over the place like I did in the first few months. It’s a miserable existence for me otherwise.
Another point: hypos cannot be good for you. Any info on this?
 
At the minute, maybe 1 - 2.......

just the usual kind for me, just as I am about to sit down for dinner......meaning my lunch dose was perfect and the walk from work to the train has pushed me a wee bit over the edge....;)
 
F**kin Loads about 2-3 mild ones a day 3.5 - 3.0. I am correcting them prety quick though, tbh I think many of those might be due to me watling too long after bolus and eating as I usually eat very low GI carbs. In fact i'm 3.4 now....pass me the dextros
 
5-6 a week at the mo (mostly during the night). Warm weather and trying to get my basal correct is doing my nut in at the moment. Libre is helping me to spot trends. Tresiba is being reduced tonight
 
In my 48 years of T1 I've gone through periods of minimal hypos and periods of lots of hypos. During my 2 pregnancies I had awesome HbA1Cs but my hypos were at dangerous find wandering on the street levels. (During my second pregnancy I had friends come round so I was never alone with my 3 year old in the afternoons.)

Hypos just suck. They make you fell like sh*t and force you to eat when you're not hungry. Bad ones make you feel bad for a whole day.

In the last couple of years my HbA1Cs have gone below 7 (thanks freestyle libre) but the number of hypos increased. 6 months ago I had a bad (my husband rescued me) hypo at night followed by a careless (not enough carb when I knew I was hypo) in the day when I had a seizure and an ambulance trip.

As a result my diabetic specialist ordered me to keep my bs's between 6 and 12 for the duration. Although initially unenthusiastic, my HbA1C has stayed the same at 52 = 6.9 (less swings up after hypos?), my hypos are less than 1 a week and I've only had one under 3.5 (3.3 at night and I woke for it).

I know that it would be better for my heart etc if I kept my blood sugars slightly lower but honestly I'd rather keep my bs a little higher and not have the hypos.

Hypos just suck. (And having seizures is definitely not good for your brain.)
 
After breakfast I scanned and the Libre said LO so i did a blood test and it was 1.1, zoomed to the fridge had 330mls OJ and 30 mins later I was 3.0 drank some coke and it hovered around 3.4 - 4.5 until just now where it's rebounded to 9 and sky rocketing so just gave myself 2u before it goes out of range.

Already feeling like s*** and I have mammoth arms sessions tonight!!!!:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
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I think around 1-2 a day unless I'm ill - but normally these are just before eating if I've been slightly delayed in cooking or something after pre-bolusing. One's that I have to specifically treat, maybe 2-3 a week. I rarely get wiped out by hypos unless they are extended overnight ones or really dramatic which rarely happen thankfully
 
Maybe twice a week between 3.6 and 4.0 (which are normal numbers for a non-diabetic, by the way. Only counted as hypo in diabetics because too close to the danger-zone). Maybe once a month between 3.0 and 3.6. The last one below 3 must have been four months ago or so, when I thought I could go swimming without eating beforehand.
 
O_DP_T1 said:
Ha you can just not with more then 0.1u of insulin on board!!!!
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Haha, I'm on Tresiba, which works for at least 36 hours. I don't think I fancy skipping my basal for two days every time I want to go swimming :P. Besides, I usually like eating a 'free' slice of bread before swimming :)
 
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