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<blockquote data-quote="JMK1954" data-source="post: 2491250" data-attributes="member: 352098"><p>You must be shell-shocked with all that has changed for you in the past few days. I think you owe your colleagues serious amounts of thanks. Some people end up in a state of collapse before being diagnosed. You were lucky - if anybody diagnosed with diabetes can be described in this way. </p><p></p><p>You mentioned your sugar/glucose levels dropping during the night. I would suggest you keep your 'fast-acting carbs for fixing hypos' somewhere easily grab-able from your bed, so you can find it easily if you have a hypo during the night.</p><p>I use 'Lift' (previously called 'Glucotabs') to correct hypos. I used to use Lucozade until they cut the carb content. Everyone has their own favourite. Also keep your blood-testing stuff easy to reach during the night. It is very easy to correct too much when you hit a hypo, thus ending up with levels sky-high. </p><p></p><p>Good luck. I've had this extremely annoying and upredictable condition for 58 years so far. Hope this is helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMK1954, post: 2491250, member: 352098"] You must be shell-shocked with all that has changed for you in the past few days. I think you owe your colleagues serious amounts of thanks. Some people end up in a state of collapse before being diagnosed. You were lucky - if anybody diagnosed with diabetes can be described in this way. You mentioned your sugar/glucose levels dropping during the night. I would suggest you keep your 'fast-acting carbs for fixing hypos' somewhere easily grab-able from your bed, so you can find it easily if you have a hypo during the night. I use 'Lift' (previously called 'Glucotabs') to correct hypos. I used to use Lucozade until they cut the carb content. Everyone has their own favourite. Also keep your blood-testing stuff easy to reach during the night. It is very easy to correct too much when you hit a hypo, thus ending up with levels sky-high. Good luck. I've had this extremely annoying and upredictable condition for 58 years so far. Hope this is helpful. [/QUOTE]
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