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revnice

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When your blood sugar has gone too low, the corrective measure is to consume some sugar - but how much? I know how much a gram is from my drug taking days (a spoonful of medicine helps the sugar go down) would a gram do it? That's assuming I'm 40 points below normal and about to have an 'episode.'

Thanks - rev
 
Start with 3 glucose tablets or 3-5 jelly babies, try to then relax (!) and re-test your blood sugar. If blood sugar is still falling, have one more glucose tablet and a sandwich to avoid an episode. If I'm hypoing I will do this. However, I'm happy to do lots of blood tests in this situation, if I'm not already doolally, and will take one glucose tablet (3-4 grams carbohydrate) if I think that will be enough. I follow a low-carb diet so personally I won't want to eat a sandwich unless it's a hypo emergency.
 
Thanks! I couldn't wait for a reply so I had a cup of coffee with one spoon of sugar, that did it for me this time. I guess that's about the same as 3 -5 jelly babies or about a gram of sugar per 20 points. Then I needed about 20 minutes to recover.

It's been over a year since I found out I was T2 and despite all the recommended diet changes and a consistent lifestyle, I still can't make rhyme or reason for the rising and falling sugar level. I didn't do anything differently or eat anything different yesterday so why am I a ragdoll one day and not the next?
 
I'm a Type 2 and even though I am off my medication now I still have the odd hypo. Do you keep a food diary at all, I know that this has helped me to avoid the highs and lows as at a quick glance I can see what I have eaten. I also jot down any exercise I have done and my BS readings so it is all in front of me and if I have a hypo I find I can look back over my food diary and work out where I may have gone wrong.
 
revnice said:
Thanks! I couldn't wait for a reply so I had a cup of coffee with one spoon of sugar, that did it for me this time. I guess that's about the same as 3 -5 jelly babies or about a gram of sugar per 20 points. Then I needed about 20 minutes to recover.

It's been over a year since I found out I was T2 and despite all the recommended diet changes and a consistent lifestyle, I still can't make rhyme or reason for the rising and falling sugar level. I didn't do anything differently or eat anything different yesterday so why am I a ragdoll one day and not the next?
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That's how this condition works.
My answer to you is if you are feeling if you are going into hypo range, is sit down, have a cuppa (no sugar!) with a plain biscuit. This will raise your blood glucose levels slowly.
Make sure you eat (low carb) shortly after.
Always test and record.

If you have too much trying to correct the hypo, you will hyper or bounce around up and down.
After a couple of months you will get used to what corrects it for you.

In an emergency, always drink or take glucose!

You will have to find out why you are going hypo!
What meds are you on?
 
Rat:
I hadn't thought of recording everything, good idea.

Nosh:
>You will have to find out why you are going hypo!
I think it's activity. I'm normally very sedentary because I have bad feet and trouble walking but if I have to walk that's when the trouble could begin. I'm probably burning sugar with the exertion and thus dropping the level.

I'm on a combo of Metformina mixed with a tad of Glibenclomeda. The combo results in a more stable BS than the Metformina alone (I'm in Mexico so those are the Spanish spellings).
 
revnice said:
Rat:
I hadn't thought of recording everything, good idea.

Nosh:
>You will have to find out why you are going hypo!
I think it's activity. I'm normally very sedentary because I have bad feet and trouble walking but if I have to walk that's when the trouble could begin. I'm probably burning sugar with the exertion and thus dropping the level.

I'm on a combo of Metformina mixed with a tad of Glibenclomeda. The combo results in a more stable BS than the Metformina alone (I'm in Mexico so those are the Spanish spellings).
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Usually, walking lowers blood glucose levels. But not to hypo levels!
Having had a read up about glibenclomeda. I believe it is the meds that are affecting your blood glucose levels. Do tell your doctor about your lower blood levels.
 
revnice said:
Rat:
I hadn't thought of recording everything, good idea.

Nosh:
>You will have to find out why you are going hypo!
I think it's activity. I'm normally very sedentary because I have bad feet and trouble walking but if I have to walk that's when the trouble could begin. I'm probably burning sugar with the exertion and thus dropping the level.

I'm on a combo of Metformina mixed with a tad of Glibenclomeda. The combo results in a more stable BS than the Metformina alone (I'm in Mexico so those are the Spanish spellings).
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Glibenclomeda, can and does cause hypoglycaemia.
Walking will lower your blood glucose levels buy not to hypo levels.
Have a talk to your doctor about what you are experiencing.

Buenos nochos!
 
>Walking will lower your blood glucose levels
Can't really walk, nerve damage in my feet (I can hide but I can't run). Perhaps I don't need the dose I'm taking.
 
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