Back up and running - well, almost................

[Dave Ward]

Had a really bad day - just as I had finished my breakfast, I suddenly felt the symptoms of a diabetic hypo beginning - I managed to get my emergency Mars Bar & full strength Coke, before I collapsed onto my bed. At around midday, I crawled to make a sandwich and grab a packet of digestive biscuits, then back to bed! The advice from the specialists is to eat some carb high food like a sandwich straight away, but the hypo comes on so quickly, you don't have time to do much, other than grab your glucose boosters.
I am up and around now, bur feel very shaky & weak - as I get older, it takes me longer to recover from these things. No idea why it happened, my blood sugars were a bit low when I got up, but not that bad, I'll have to increase my monitoring for a few days to check that the sugar levels are stabilising, as they'll be all over the place..
I've now had diabetes for 23 years, and these things do happen, often I can pinpoint where I've slipped up, but on occasion, like today, no discernable cause. I know the symptoms & what to expect & I always have things to hand, to give a quick sugar boost ( glucose tablets etc ). I think I can safely say that today has been a lost day!
Dave

[Neil Merryweather]

glad to hear it Dave

[Jim R]

Good to know that you're feeling better.

[The Smythe Meister]

Nice one Dave. :smiling3:
... Somehow the place ain't the same without you chipping in....
... and your tight arsed Yorkshire ways of course!!

[stillp]

Glad you're up again Dave.
Pete

[Tworrs]

All the best Dave

[yak face]

Glad youre feeling a bit better dave , cheers tony

[scottie3158]

Glad your feeling better now.

[Guest]

Glad your feeling better Dave.

[outrunner]

Nice to hear you are feeling better Dave.

Andy.

[rtfoe]

Glad you're up and better Dave, I get the mini attacks, sweaty with hand shakes...a quick munch of anything sweet stops it. Then ofcourse a good hearty meal of rice after that and all back to normal.
Could your unchecked attacks be loosing all that energy sleepwalking the night before or energetic dreams? Just pulling your leg there.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Tim Marlow]

Glad you are back on the mend Dave. Not trying to intrude or tell you how to manage this. You will know your illness better than anyone…..just wondered if there is any sort of high tech monitoring available for this? I’ve seen a lot of adverts recently for “constant monitoring” diabetic devices and just wondered if they were worth investigating. After all, a spot check tells you where you are, but not where you are going and how fast you are getting there.

[Dave Ward]

Glad you are back on the mend Dave. Not trying to intrude or tell you how to manage this. You will know your illness better than anyone…..just wondered if there is any sort of high tech monitoring available for this? I’ve seen a lot of adverts recently for “constant monitoring” diabetic devices and just wondered if they were worth investigating. After all, a spot check tells you where you are, but not where you are going and how fast you are getting there.

No problem, Tim, the more people know about diabetes, the better, it's become much more common in the last 30-40 years.
The constant monitoring devices & insulin pumps are for unfortunates that suffer with Type I diabetes, where the pancreas doesn't produce any insulin at all. I have Type II, which means I don't produce enough. There are devices that can check your blood sugar levels constantly, but these require some invasive, permanently worn probe. Smaller, smarter hi-tech gadgets will come along, just not yet, but with the speed of tech development, not long.
Dave