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Hypos in exams?!

emmabai1ey11

emmabai1ey11

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I have a two hour exam on Friday, and a three hour exam on Saturday... I'm scared I'm going to have a hypo.
The university have been really helpful and given me mitigating circumstances... i am sitting my exam in a room with few people, I'm allowed food and drink. Also allowed to keep my medication with me. I can have a 10 minute break every hour. This is where im getting a little worried. Usually when i have a hypo it takes me about half an hour to get back to feeling ok. I am newly diagnosed so my blood sugar is still very erratic. I seem to have hypos when im stressed or worried and tend to faint if its very low.
Does anyone have any tips? what should i take into the exam?

Thank you
Emma


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Hi Emma,

Lucozade works best for me, and seems to get my sugars up fairly quickly. Try not to worry too much. If you can take your medication with you, I assume that means your BM too? Check when you need to, and if they are starting to fall have a little snack. Hat way you will, hopefully, avoid a full on hypo.

Worst case scenario, if you do have a bad hypo, speak to somebody after your exam and see if there is anything they can do.

Best of luck with the exams!

Em x
 
Test, test, test! It's only a couple of hours so if you test every 15 mins for peace of mind you'll lose less time than if you had a hypo and just have a couple of sore fingers instead!

Bring orange Lucozade or similar, it's liquid glucose and acts very fast. Just don't have loads or you'll end up sky high! A mouthful or two is usually enough for me!

Good luck with the exam - you'll be fine :)
 
As you're newly diagnosed it's not easy to keep in balance in those early days. Test every half hour up to the exam, if you do feel on the low side have a few mint polos as you sit through your papers.

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Yes sorry, I read that part after i had a rant, my bad. I deleted the original post as it was un called for then reposted some better advice above.

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catapillar said:
Thank you @1abRat & thank you @PseudoBob77 for amending your post - I was just about to report it tbh! But it's really nice to see that reflecting on it with further info it was amended.

& the advice to eat a sarnie pre exam - some long lasting complex carbs to see you through - is really sensible.

PS @1abRat if you though op didn't need to see the uncalled for bit of the post you could edit your post to delete the quote?
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Just deleted the whole thing, hate trying to edit stuff on my phone!

I agree that it's good Pseudobob77 has retracted their statement but I'm not sure that's entirely the point.

Judging Emma so harshly whether she's new to the diabetes game or has been doing it years is utterly anathema to this forum - we should be supporting our peers, not scolding them.

The sarnie is a good idea as long as you're not already verging on high; concentrating when high is almost as hard as when low!
 
1abRat said:
Just deleted the whole thing, hate trying to edit stuff on my phone!

I agree that it's good Pseudobob77 has retracted their statement but I'm not sure that's entirely the point.

Judging Emma so harshly whether she's new to the diabetes game or has been doing it years is utterly anathema to this forum - we should be supporting our peers, not scolding them.

The sarnie is a good idea as long as you're not already verging on high; concentrating when high is almost as hard as when low!
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It was supportive, just not tip toeing around on egg shells because we can't cast an opinion, a little out of turn I agree as it wasn't in context with the OP request.

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