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Type 1 Low blood sugar

Dotpim

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
I am 73 years of age and have had diabetes1 for 56 years and thought I knew everything about it. But I have a problem I don’t know the answer to. I have twice experienced a sudden and quick low blood sugar. The other night It read 10 but after having my night time insulin and round of toast within 20 minutes it dropped like a stone to 2.2! I had my usual lucazade and couple of dry biscuits and expected it to rise as usual. But it dropped to LO! I had a sandwich and glycogen then the rest of the bottle of lucazade because it took such a long time to rise to 4.1 - nearly two hours. When it happened the first time I spoke to my diabetic/kidney specialist nurse but she hadn’t got an answer as to why it would drop so suddenly. We are going on holiday over Christmas and I am getting frightened of it happening again when I am away and not having access to enough food to get it back up again. I have ordered the injection off my GP that you can give yourself to bring it up quickly just in case. But I don’t know why it is happening or how to stop it happening. Any advice anyone?
 
Please check the ingredients in the lucozade. Does it contain as much sugar as you think it does. Whilst I am on insulin I am never more of than 2 steps away from a packet of jelly babies.
 
The Lucazade is not low sugar it is the normal one I have always used. I am on Toujeo at night and novorapid in the daytime. I do have jellybabys in my bag if I am out for emergencies. I am packing a few for when we are away.
 
I always carry a tube of Glucogel in case of a Hypo. You just snap the top off and squeeze out the contents. It works quickly x
 
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