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Lowest ever 3.3

Glad you're feeling better now, it's really scary when you're going through it!
I had a lot of these while in hospital and unable to eat and the nurses always gave me a glass of milk and biscuits, they said milk was the best thing to have straight away follwed by a sandwich, but I had milk and jelly and ice cream because I couldn't eat solids, worked for me :)
 
Have to concur with the others that have posted regarding choice of recovery food. Digestives (whether chocolate coated or not) are relatively slow and if you are treating the hypo use much purer sugar.

The other point to note is that your first three posts on the thread were each about 2 or three minutes apart. While our bodies are good, even on Dextrosols or Jelly Babies, you really won't see much of an improvement in BG level until a minimum of 5 mins after the ingestion, more often 10-15. Hence why proper high glucose is recommended. The digestive should be used for follow up (i.e. to retain the bg level where you want it when you have over-bolussed)

BTW, the lowest I've recorded and been walking and able was 1.2....
 
Had thousands of hypos over the years. Lots of 0.x and 1.x readings. Normally lose my marbles a bit when this low and start talking rubbish, but over the years I've managed to develop an 'automatic glucose homing response' - I find myself downing Lucozade without realising what I'm doing :) Lucozade is my best friend, much quicker than food :)
 
I get probably two or so hypos a week, and my warning signs are quite good. I can swear by Dextro glucose tablets, they work very quickly and are easy to carry. I always have one on me, they're smaller than a drink can and even a chocolate bar. They've given me much more confidence.
 
JasonKingston85 said:
I get probably two or so hypos a week, and my warning signs are quite good. I can swear by Dextro glucose tablets, they work very quickly and are easy to carry. I always have one on me, they're smaller than a drink can and even a chocolate bar. They've given me much more confidence.
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I've head they're good, but they don't seem to work quickly enough for me. I prefer glucogel, chocolate isn't a good hypo treatment, far too slow.
 
Richard F said:
I've head they're good, but they don't seem to work quickly enough for me. I prefer glucogel, chocolate isn't a good hypo treatment, far too slow.
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Yes. Necking a bit of full fat coke kicks in, but you can easily over medicate.

My typical symptoms are shaking like an alcohol in withdrawal, loss of balance, feeling cold under my skin, sweating, immense short term hunger.

I have only ever knowingly had one chronic one where I fell over, but I knew what was going on, my visual couldn't focus on anything and darted about horribly.

If it is a sign of good control that I get the triggers at around 2-3 I am pleased, but hypos are not pleasant. They do not scare me when they're happening, because I know what to do and how to do it, but I know my girlfriend lives in fear of them at times.
 
The lowest I've been is1.2, I think I'm starting to lose my hypo awareness :(
 
Case in point, my blood is 3.3, and I could just tell, so now I'm eating half a packet of dextros and should be fine in 10 minutes.
 
tim2000s said:
The other point to note is that your first three posts on the thread were each about 2 or three minutes apart. While our bodies are good, even on Dextrosols or Jelly Babies, you really won't see much of an improvement in BG level until a minimum of 5 mins after the ingestion, more often 10-15. Hence why proper high glucose is recommended.
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A glucose rich liquid will be raising your blood sugar in as little as 30 seconds. On the other hand if the adrenalin shuts down the transport between the gut lining and the bloodstream, nothing may go through at all. :-(

But regardless, your meter shows a lagging reading of where your blood sugar was about ~15 minutes ago. So don't expect the meter to show anything much before that. It might even show it getting worse (when actually it's getting better).
 
Spiker said:
A glucose rich liquid will be raising your blood sugar in as little as 30 seconds. On the other hand if the adrenalin shuts down the transport between the gut lining and the bloodstream, nothing may go through at all. :-(

But regardless, your meter shows a lagging reading of where your blood sugar was about ~15 minutes ago. So don't expect the meter to show anything much before that. It might even show it getting worse (when actually it's getting better).
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Wise words Spiker. Hence the reason i treat first & "ask questions later".. Or test when something has hit my stomach. I feel the meter reading given during this time (5 to 10 minutes after detection & treat?) represents the lowest reading though the sugar/carb is now bringing me back up.. :)
 
Here's a new low for me! Felt like my sugar was dropping but felt ok, finished what I was doing in the kitchen then sat on the couch and told my wifey I felt like I was getting low and guessed about 4.1ish.

First check got a 3.0, don't believe it tested again and 3.0...

I honestly didn't feel that bad, nowhere near like the 3.3 previous.

A snickers almond and I was back in the kitchen cookin!
 

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Do any of you get the feeling of extreme tiredness when you get low, it dosn't always happen that way but when it does it can be awful I have fallen asleep and not been able to correct the hypo. Once I was at my sports club in the jacuzzi on my own and I fell asleep, a guy walked past and said hello but i didn't reply he walked to the changing room and thought there's something wrong there and came back by then I was under the water, he and several others pulled me out and gave me treatment [They knew I was diabetic] they called the paramedics but by the time they arrived I was ok. Obviously I am eternally grateful to them guys without them I wouldn't be here today.
 
Extreme tiredness....happens when my blood sugar is dropping like a stone. Only learnt the hard way as when it starts to happen all I want to do is sleep anywhere. Better now as if I feel this way, regardless of when I last tested, I test again and eat something. Small carton of fruit juice works well for me (the kid sized ones).
 
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