Thank you for your reply - I did wash my hands before testing - doctors are not interested, as I am not yet pre-diabetes, but one point (41) away from it, so I decided to try and get my levels down before it becomes pre-diabetes - doctors say my levels are fine and not to self-test or worry etc.I believe this is either ...
a false hypo where you’re body is used to a higher BG, as you suggest.
But this would be a pretty high normal BG: higher than 5.7.
Or ...
you had something on your finger which gave you a wrong reading.
If I ever get an unexpected reading, I wash my hands and try again.
Or ...
it is nothing related to diabetes.
If you keep experiencing these symptoms with a BG above 4.0, I suggest discussing it with your doctor (diabetes team).
Just experienced a horrible episode that felt like a 2.9. Checked twice and it was 4.9. Cold sweats, impending doom etc.
My last hypo was over a week ago. Does this mean I’m riding too high at the moment? Has anyone else experienced this?
Sorry, I meant to write, if this persists, to see your doctor (NOT diabetes team) as it may have nothing to do with diabetes with BG levels you have mentioned.Thank you for your reply - I did wash my hands before testing - doctors are not interested, as I am not yet pre-diabetes, but one point (41) away from it, so I decided to try and get my levels down before it becomes pre-diabetes - doctors say my levels are fine and not to self-test or worry etc.
Thank you - I shall keep an eye on it.Sorry, I meant to write, if this persists, to see your doctor (NOT diabetes team) as it may have nothing to do with diabetes with BG levels you have mentioned.
I have corrected my reply above.
Hi Ziggy my BG does not fall fast as far as I am aware, but then again I am new to this, so havn't tested that often.I feel like this sometimes a few hours after eating sometimes usally after breakfast I’d eat around 8 and then about 10 I check and my BG is for example 8.0 then I start to feel low like 20 minutes later and my BG says for example 4.3 do you feel hypo if your BG goes down fast?
I think it is a case of my body not being used to low 5's - it prefers to run at approx 5.7 to 6's.Hi Ziggy my BG does not fall fast as far as I am aware, but then again I am new to this, so havn't tested that often.
Could be that you've been riding too high, but another thing to consider is that when there's a rapid drop, the body sometimes seems to go into panic mode, even though you're not near 4, adrenalin is pushed out to tell the liver to release glucose, and it's the adrenalin, as a side effect, which causes the sweating.
"Impending doom" - Thanks, I've had a few people at work asking me what a hypo is like, I think I'll chuck that in as part of the description!
Thanks.
I think it was a quick drop. I bolused for affogato a few hours prior. Probably far too much. I’ve been riding low teens a bit more often than I should in the last few weeks so it’s possibly a mix of the two.
I would follow the same approach for Libre (and CGM) as I do for finger pricks: if I don't trust the reading I repeat with a finger prick. Even taking the delay into account, they are far from fail proof.I'd agree with Scott-C, and add when I don't trust a reading I repeat the test, (we are talking finger pricking & not Libre? As the Libre's a little behind
I'd agree with Scott-C, and add when I don't trust a reading I repeat the test, (we are talking finger pricking & not Libre? As the Libre's a little behind)
'Impending doom' is an apt description
Ha brilliant. I thought I was the only one who thought these thoughts. Ive actually described it to one person as “like falling into a K-Hole”. If you know what that is then just nod or wink."impending doom." Probably is a good description.
Though, when i'm asked by a non D, @Scott-C . I normally tell em it's a little like getting "baked".. If they ever had a dodgy "Hendrix experience" back in the misspent youth...
"Measure twice, cut once." (An old tradesman saying, but quite apt.) if your result does not tally up with how you feel..
Ha brilliant. I thought I was the only one who thought these thoughts. Ive actually described it to one person as “like falling into a K-Hole”. If you know what that is then just nod or wink.
Could be that you've been riding too high, but another thing to consider is that when there's a rapid drop, the body sometimes seems to go into panic mode, even though you're not near 4, adrenalin is pushed out to tell the liver to release glucose, and it's the adrenalin, as a side effect, which causes the sweating.
"Impending doom" - Thanks, I've had a few people at work asking me what a hypo is like, I think I'll chuck that in as part of the description!
HiJust experienced a horrible episode that felt like a 2.9. Checked twice and it was 4.9. Cold sweats, impending doom etc.
My last hypo was over a week ago. Does this mean I’m riding too high at the moment? Has anyone else experienced this?
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