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I spent Christmas with relatives but stayed in a local hotel.
I'd done reasonably well BG wise but around 2:00 am Friday morning woke with a BG of 2.5!
I was very shaky & sweaty but took a couple of glucose tablets & ate some biscuits and drifted back to sleep.
Some time later I woke up to find myself curled up in a ball under the duvet, shivering uncontrollably.
I felt very weak & cold & just didn't want to move. This went on for about 10 minutes or so, hard to judge, then I must have drifted off.
I woke again feeling weak but did a blood test - 7.8. It wasn't particularly cold.
The next morning I was tired but otherwise fine.
The shivering has happened before, three times in perhaps 8 years. I'd never had the hypo before or perhaps I'd slept through one.
On both previous occasions I tested a short while afterwards & was 5 or 6ish.
I've been doing this diabetes thing for nearly 20 years (Type 1) but I can't work it out.
Has anyone experienced this? Rather unnerving especially as I live alone.
Regards,
Robert
I'd done reasonably well BG wise but around 2:00 am Friday morning woke with a BG of 2.5!
I was very shaky & sweaty but took a couple of glucose tablets & ate some biscuits and drifted back to sleep.
Some time later I woke up to find myself curled up in a ball under the duvet, shivering uncontrollably.
I felt very weak & cold & just didn't want to move. This went on for about 10 minutes or so, hard to judge, then I must have drifted off.
I woke again feeling weak but did a blood test - 7.8. It wasn't particularly cold.
The next morning I was tired but otherwise fine.
The shivering has happened before, three times in perhaps 8 years. I'd never had the hypo before or perhaps I'd slept through one.
On both previous occasions I tested a short while afterwards & was 5 or 6ish.
I've been doing this diabetes thing for nearly 20 years (Type 1) but I can't work it out.
Has anyone experienced this? Rather unnerving especially as I live alone.
Regards,
Robert