fleming2015
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Last night, my husband and I went to visit his brother with our 15 year old daughter for the evening. I ended up having an out of the blue hypo, bg went from a respectable 7 down to 2 in about half an hour. It was treated with oj and chocolates. Unfortunately, some of this time is a bit of a blur and I cannot remember clearly what happened. So it was a shock that when we got home my husband told me that I was an embarrassment, that he couldn't trust me to be out in public with him. He told me that I had said something to his brother's girlfriend and that I should be ashamed of myself. The girlfriend is a nursing sister who apparently offered me some orange juice because that's what she gave to her patients, I apparently said that I was not one of her patients. I think I was trying to lighten the mood because I preferred the Thorntons chocolates I was consuming and who wanted OJ but it did not come out that way. My daughter reassured me that I did nothing wrong and she was not ashamed of me and that she loved to me to bits. It has really hit my confidence, I have had type 1 for 44 years and I know that sometimes when I am hypo I can act silly or say inappropriate childish things but I have never been told I am an embarrassment.
My husband is a type 1 diabetic. Early this year, had an simular situation. We were out with our friends for dinner one evening. It was quite late, and we had to wait over an 1 hour for our food. I knew something was right with my husband, he was having a hypo very bad one. All in front of our friends. All our friends were great, they knew what was happening. He was acting confusion, very argue at me. I was encouraging him to have some cola. But he won't as he knew his dinner would arrive. It did. But it wasnt quick enough. I had to step it and try to get to drink fast acting sugar (cola) just enough to get him back. I'm not sure how low he was but he had to drink half pint on cola, and bowl of pasta. When we got home to check he was a 2. He said quite alot of bad things about me during the hypo to all our friend. I never told him what it was bad enough to for him anyway.
Our friend were great tho, completely understanding. Panic slightly as there order about 16 glass of cola. At first, I had to admit I was upset with him. He knew we were eating late. He should took provision before. Take him sugar before we went out but he didn't. Then I realised that it's not about me it's my husband. How embarrassing he must of feel that he has this condition which is always going to be up and down. I don't blame him at all. Sometime I can be hard on him. But it's only cos I care so much about him that I don't wanna see the hypo side of him. He can be hard to deal with at time. We take one day at a time. Of course he doesn't remember a thing what he says.
Your husband needs to realise that these things will happen. Your weren't your self, and whatever you said you can't be responsible for. That's how I look at it, between me and my husband.
I would talk to him about it and I sure he come around
All best lots of hugs xx