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porl69 said:
What a nightmare night. Woke up at 1.30am dripping in sweat. Libre telling me Lo, Accu check telling me the same. Decided to raid the fridge and the Jelly Babies!! Not the best idea. Woke at 7 with a 28!!! No ketones. BIG correction dose. Now having a 13.3 with a straight down arrow.. Feeling like poo at the mo. Libre graph looks like a mountain range.
*** NOT TO SELF ***
Do NOT eat everything in the fridge while having a hypo
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Its so easily done the hunger is unbelievable when im hypo and ive got no self restraint
 
I woke this morning at 11.9 so decided to go and have a run despite having a dodgy calf muscle, do did a quick 2km and limped home, an hour later I was 3.3 and munching my way through toast, now sitting at 4.3, which is not a bad effort for 3 pieces of toast and a correction to save going high.
 
porl69 said:
What a nightmare night. Woke up at 1.30am dripping in sweat. Libre telling me Lo, Accu check telling me the same. Decided to raid the fridge and the Jelly Babies!! Not the best idea. Woke at 7 with a 28!!! No ketones. BIG correction dose. Now having a 13.3 with a straight down arrow.. Feeling like poo at the mo. Libre graph looks like a mountain range.
*** NOT TO SELF ***
Do NOT eat everything in the fridge while having a hypo
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porl69 said:
What a nightmare night. Woke up at 1.30am dripping in sweat. Libre telling me Lo, Accu check telling me the same. Decided to raid the fridge and the Jelly Babies!! Not the best idea. Woke at 7 with a 28!!! No ketones. BIG correction dose. Now having a 13.3 with a straight down arrow.. Feeling like poo at the mo. Libre graph looks like a mountain range.
*** NOT TO SELF ***
Do NOT eat everything in the fridge while having a hypo
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I'm not sure you should make that note to self. If I have a hypo that just slips down to 3.5 I have the luxury of being able to correct with 10g, and waiting and seeing if it's enough, and if it isn't eat a little bit more.

When it'goes really low you can't do that, you just have to get it back up as quickly as possible. There really is not other option but to eat too many jelly babies.
 
porl69 said:
*** NOT TO SELF ***
Do NOT eat everything in the fridge while having a hypo
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I did read that with a knowing smile I'm afraid :)
Bright side is the arrow will level and an hour after that it'll either drop or raise again you should feel a little better, but it's still draining, I guess the number of decades we've done the same thing don't help but at least the libre is a help.

Good luck with your day.
 
Alison54321 said:
I'm not sure you should make that note to self. If I have a hypo that just slips down to 3.5 I have the luxury of being able to correct with 10g, and waiting and seeing if it's enough, and if it isn't eat a little bit more.

When it'goes really low you can't do that, you just have to get it back up as quickly as possible. There really is not other option but to eat too many jelly babies.
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I’m allergic to jelly babies... :arghh:
 
What's with the obsession over jelly babies anyway? It's always the one used to describe recovering from a hypo here in the UK, when just about any other sweet would do the same job. I tend to have a banana at hand for these things myself.
 
jlarsson said:
What's with the obsession over jelly babies anyway? It's always the one used to describe recovering from a hypo here in the UK, when just about any other sweet would do the same job. I tend to have a banana at hand for these things myself.
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Jelly babies are lovely, they are also loaded with symbolism, representing the sweets that grown ups secretly love, but shouldn't eat, because they are grown up now. So they are the perfect secret pleasure.

I use a banana for a small hypo, but I wouldn't use bananas for a lo reading on the meter, that doesn't even get a figure, then it's serious sugar time.
 
Alison54321 said:
I'm not sure you should make that note to self. If I have a hypo that just slips down to 3.5 I have the luxury of being able to correct with 10g, and waiting and seeing if it's enough, and if it isn't eat a little bit more.

When it'goes really low you can't do that, you just have to get it back up as quickly as possible. There really is not other option but to eat too many jelly babies.
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Usually 4 or 5 jelly babies will get me up above 4. Didn't really know what I was doing, just knew I had to eat. When I got up and seen all the rubbish I had eaten. So next time I will head for the Jelly Babies AND not eat the bag as well lol
 
porl69 said:
Usually 4 or 5 jelly babies will get me up above 4. Didn't really know what I was doing, just knew I had to eat. When I got up and seen all the rubbish I had eaten. So next time I will head for the Jelly Babies AND not eat the bag as well lol
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I think the problem is that when the meter just says "lo" we have no idea what we are dealing with, so people probably go into panic mode.

When we have a number we can make a rough calculation of how much food might be needed to get back to normal range, but without that information it's hard to know.

But not eating the bag, as well, is probably a good idea. Also there is a point, I find, where I go so low,, that I get really hungry, you may have had that too
 
Alison54321 said:
I think the problem is that when the meter just says "lo" we have no idea what we are dealing with, so people probably go into panic mode.

When we have a number we can make a rough calculation of how much food might be needed to get back to normal range, but without that information it's hard to know.

But not eating the bag, as well, is probably a good idea. Also there is a point, I find, where I go so low,, that I get really hungry, you may have had that too
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LO is less than 2.2 I think, or at least that's the lowest number I remember seeing. And regarding bananas, you're not limited to just one if you're particularly low. ;)
 
Might I just wade in with the "don't raid the fridge" or "eat too many jelly babies" debate........

If sugar levels are low, mine or yours, and particularly if you've been asleep and the hypo has woke you up then panic sets in.....
That panic or fear or whatever you want to call it causes us to over eat.
I have been over treating hypos for years and its always worse at night time/just woke up time.
Congratulate yourself that you have woke up and IF you've eaten too much then use your vast experience at this game to get yourself back on the straight and narrow.....

I mean all of this in the nicest possible way but I do cringe at times when people are beating themselves up after over treating a potential life threatening hypo.......

Have the best weekend ever

Tony
 
jlarsson said:
What's with the obsession over jelly babies anyway? It's always the one used to describe recovering from a hypo here in the UK, when just about any other sweet would do the same job. I tend to have a banana at hand for these things myself.
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5 grams of sugar in 1 jelly baby, easy to eat and digest pretty much straight away
OH and they are super nice :) :)
 
jlarsson said:
LO is less than 2.2 I think, or at least that's the lowest number I remember seeing. And regarding bananas, you're not limited to just one if you're particularly low. ;)
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Thing is though, it could be as high as 2.0, but it isn't necessarily, it could be much lower than that. When you know it's low, but not how low, it's not a good idea to make an assumption that it's just hit 2.0, because that might not be the case. I woke up with a 1.6 once with a freestyle optium, so if I saw a lo I wouldn't mess around with bananas, and I didn't then either. There is no value in virtuously eating a banana, instead of sweets, when blood sugar is so low.

I do treat a hypo with bananas when it's not very low, but I do find it takes longer than sweets, not much longer, but enough, when it really matters, to make a difference.
 
Tony337 said:
Might I just wade in with the "don't raid the fridge" or "eat too many jelly babies" debate........

If sugar levels are low, mine or yours, and particularly if you've been asleep and the hypo has woke you up then panic sets in.....
That panic or fear or whatever you want to call it causes us to over eat.
I have been over treating hypos for years and its always worse at night time/just woke up time.
Congratulate yourself that you have woke up and IF you've eaten too much then use your vast experience at this game to get yourself back on the straight and narrow.....

I mean all of this in the nicest possible way but I do cringe at times when people are beating themselves up after over treating a potential life threatening hypo.......

Have the best weekend ever

Tony
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I am hypo unaware @Tony337. It was only the fact I needed a wee that woke me. I totally get your point. And yep years of T1D has enabled me to get back on track. Took ages mind but I am there now. Just hate going that high after such a low. Should have stuck to the Jelly Babies :)
 
porl69 said:
5 grams of sugar in 1 jelly baby, easy to eat and digest pretty much straight away
OH and they are super nice :) :)
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They act faster than other sweets then I take it?

Alison54321 said:
Thing is though, it could be as high as 2.0, but it isn't necessarily, it could be much lower than that. When you know it's low, but not how low, it's not a good idea to make an assumption that it's just hit 2.0, because that might not be the case. I woke up with a 1.6 once with a freestyle optium, so if I saw a lo I wouldn't mess around with bananas, and I didn't then either. There is no value in virtuously eating a banana, instead of sweets, when blood sugar is so low.

I do treat a hypo with bananas when it's not very low, but I do find it takes longer than sweets, not much longer, but enough, when it really matters, to make a difference.
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Personally I wouldn't make any distinction between 2.1 and anything below that when it comes to eating or drinking to recover as the difference is negligible, but each to their own.
 
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