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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2408214" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome [USER=544135]@traybroth[/USER] </p><p></p><p>You have my utmost sympathy for what you are going through.</p><p>And you have my congratulations for arranging the Libre and finding this new info.</p><p>Once you have got to the bottom of it, it could majorly improve your quality of life.</p><p></p><p>I have a history of night time hypos due to a condition called Reactive Hypoglycaemia. It also results in low blood glucose events at 2.30ish in the morning, and waking feeling v rough with headaches and so on.</p><p></p><p>However, that doesn’t mean that the cause of mine is the same as the cause of yours.</p><p>In my case, my hypos go away when I stop eating carbs.</p><p>I know, it seems counter intuitive. People around here use carbs to get themselves out of a hypo, but in my case what happens is that eating carbs triggers an over production of insulin which then pushes glucose too low, resulting in a hypo.</p><p>My solution is to eat good, nutritious, unprocessed meat, fish, eggs, cheese, butter, mayo, olive oil, non-starchy veg, nuts and seeds (not grains, pasta, potato, rice, root veg, sweet fruit, sugar, or any high carb foods). Doing that keeps my blood glucose on an even keel day and night.</p><p></p><p>With your cancer and your pacemaker, your situation is very different from mine. I have not (to my knowledge) ever had my heart stop. And I’m not sure what medications you may be on? Sometimes blood glucose dysfunction can be caused by medications.</p><p></p><p>So your situation needs proper investigation.</p><p></p><p>having the evidence from the Libre should help you to leverage that, I hope!</p><p></p><p>My only suggestion is that you have a bit of a think, and consider whether your new habit of eating carbs to push blood glucose levels up is helping at all? Or could it be making things worse?</p><p>From the daytime readings you mention, it looks like your body is doing a really good job at keeping your blood glucose levels at a healthy, steady normal during the day. Something clearly happens at night to change that.</p><p>In my case, something like a sweet or fruit snack late evening, or potatoes on my evening meal would be enough to cause the night time hypo, but I think it would be unwise to make any assumptions about your situation.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with finding (and eliminating!) the cause of your hypos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2408214, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome [USER=544135]@traybroth[/USER] You have my utmost sympathy for what you are going through. And you have my congratulations for arranging the Libre and finding this new info. Once you have got to the bottom of it, it could majorly improve your quality of life. I have a history of night time hypos due to a condition called Reactive Hypoglycaemia. It also results in low blood glucose events at 2.30ish in the morning, and waking feeling v rough with headaches and so on. However, that doesn’t mean that the cause of mine is the same as the cause of yours. In my case, my hypos go away when I stop eating carbs. I know, it seems counter intuitive. People around here use carbs to get themselves out of a hypo, but in my case what happens is that eating carbs triggers an over production of insulin which then pushes glucose too low, resulting in a hypo. My solution is to eat good, nutritious, unprocessed meat, fish, eggs, cheese, butter, mayo, olive oil, non-starchy veg, nuts and seeds (not grains, pasta, potato, rice, root veg, sweet fruit, sugar, or any high carb foods). Doing that keeps my blood glucose on an even keel day and night. With your cancer and your pacemaker, your situation is very different from mine. I have not (to my knowledge) ever had my heart stop. And I’m not sure what medications you may be on? Sometimes blood glucose dysfunction can be caused by medications. So your situation needs proper investigation. having the evidence from the Libre should help you to leverage that, I hope! My only suggestion is that you have a bit of a think, and consider whether your new habit of eating carbs to push blood glucose levels up is helping at all? Or could it be making things worse? From the daytime readings you mention, it looks like your body is doing a really good job at keeping your blood glucose levels at a healthy, steady normal during the day. Something clearly happens at night to change that. In my case, something like a sweet or fruit snack late evening, or potatoes on my evening meal would be enough to cause the night time hypo, but I think it would be unwise to make any assumptions about your situation. Good luck with finding (and eliminating!) the cause of your hypos. [/QUOTE]
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