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Twisterr

Twisterr

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi I was wondering what is lowest you guys have been and have you been hospitalised
 
1.1 and I was a mess but not hospitalised, was hospitalised when I passed out from low blood glucose about 10 years ago but no idea what the figure was.
 
It was somewhere in the 1's, possibly I.8mm but I don't remember the exact number as it was a long time ago. I've never been hospitalised due to low bg or had any third party assistance, more through luck than anything else.
 
The lowest reading I have ever seen on my meter is 1.9. That's a flat out emergency.

However I've never been hospitalised for a hypo unless I've actually lost consciousness, and I wouldn't see any need for hospitalisation otherwise.

Edit: actually I have once or twice also seen "LO" on a meter. But that may in part have been a sample size error.
 
I've had a LO on the meter once. 15 minutes later I had raised it to 1.9

Thankfully I wasn't hospitalised. In fact I was completely "fine". I was walking the dog and I managed to get some lucozade and calmly make my way home.

I phoned a friend while it was happening so that some one knew where I was if things went downhill. Just in case!


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I think I've posted pictures of a 1.7 or 1.8 on twitter before now.
Didn't need hospital treatment, just glucose tabs. I did feel awful at the time and for quite a while afterwards.

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