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<blockquote data-quote="HelenBW" data-source="post: 2313562" data-attributes="member: 531149"><p>Thank you both for replying.</p><p></p><p>I don't have a BS monitor because I only have hypos 3 or 4 times a year and they are soon put right with 500ml of juice.</p><p></p><p>I had one when a T1 friend was staying at my house and he gave me a blood test. It was 6.9 which he said is normal. We then had a bit of an argument about me using the term "hypo" when the monitor clearly showed I was not having one!</p><p></p><p>That incident put me off buying a blood sugar monitor. What would be the point of testing myself during a hypo just to get a "normal" reading? Please advise.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Today, once I could think straight, I came to realise that I was flooding my body with sugar out of sheer desperation to escape from the horrible, unbearable physical feelings, and was on a roller coaster because they were causing another hypo and so on. So now I have had two big slices of ham with a little bit of pickle and I will eat another couple in an hour or so then some cheese. No way I can face a proper meal as I feel nauseous.</p><p></p><p>I don't call 111 or my GP for a number of reasons, mainly because non diabetic hypoglycaemia does not fit into their cookie cutter mentality ... they only know about diabetes, my (our?) ailment is a mystery to them so they are of no help whatsoever, and secondly because there is absolutely nothing they can do: these crashes are for us to self-medicate by consuming the right things, sadly there is no medication or any other treatment that they can give us. I have (years ago) called a paramedic and was treated as a hysteric/mental case. I consulted 13 different doctors and specialists over 17 years about these hypos and not one of them realised it was a blood sugar issue -- I was treated as a psychiatric patient for all that time.</p><p></p><p>I would truly love to know why I went into a crash yesterday that has lasted now more than 24 hours. I didn't do or eat or drink anything different from any other day. It's a puzzle.</p><p></p><p>I'm still flooded with adrenaline, boiling hot head and ice cold body, still shaking though not as violently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HelenBW, post: 2313562, member: 531149"] Thank you both for replying. I don't have a BS monitor because I only have hypos 3 or 4 times a year and they are soon put right with 500ml of juice. I had one when a T1 friend was staying at my house and he gave me a blood test. It was 6.9 which he said is normal. We then had a bit of an argument about me using the term "hypo" when the monitor clearly showed I was not having one! That incident put me off buying a blood sugar monitor. What would be the point of testing myself during a hypo just to get a "normal" reading? Please advise. Today, once I could think straight, I came to realise that I was flooding my body with sugar out of sheer desperation to escape from the horrible, unbearable physical feelings, and was on a roller coaster because they were causing another hypo and so on. So now I have had two big slices of ham with a little bit of pickle and I will eat another couple in an hour or so then some cheese. No way I can face a proper meal as I feel nauseous. I don't call 111 or my GP for a number of reasons, mainly because non diabetic hypoglycaemia does not fit into their cookie cutter mentality ... they only know about diabetes, my (our?) ailment is a mystery to them so they are of no help whatsoever, and secondly because there is absolutely nothing they can do: these crashes are for us to self-medicate by consuming the right things, sadly there is no medication or any other treatment that they can give us. I have (years ago) called a paramedic and was treated as a hysteric/mental case. I consulted 13 different doctors and specialists over 17 years about these hypos and not one of them realised it was a blood sugar issue -- I was treated as a psychiatric patient for all that time. I would truly love to know why I went into a crash yesterday that has lasted now more than 24 hours. I didn't do or eat or drink anything different from any other day. It's a puzzle. I'm still flooded with adrenaline, boiling hot head and ice cold body, still shaking though not as violently. [/QUOTE]
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