[Diabetes-talk] Today...

Tue Jan 27 14:49:10 UTC 2009

i know what u mean by feeling super foolish after an insulin reaction. i 
always tell myself i'll catch it next time but so far i haven't  i think 
after being diabetic over 40 years living alone is not a good idea and 
insulin is a very harsh drug.
Debbie
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From: "The Jacobs' Family" <bandbjacobs at verizon.net>
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Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Today...


> Hi There Ladies:
>
> I feel the same way.  But...Gotta watch it.  I feel wiped out when the 
> sugar is really high too.  When I hit 70ish, I feel tired, cold, and 
> usually by then, I'm dropping.  So it isn't long before I begin to have 
> trouble with my balance--lightheaded.  As I continue to drop, my tongue 
> begins to tingle, my nose, my lips, my throat, and even the roots of my 
> hair.  There was one time I was taken to the hospital--somewhere down in 
> the lower 40's, When Bill came from work to get me at the hospital after 
> I'd been taken in, he was rubbing my hair and I had to tell him to stop 
> because my head was tingly. It was really strange.It's really weird.  When 
> I get real bad, I almost feel like my soul has left my body and it's 
> observing everything that's happening to me from the outside.  That's the 
> only way I can explain it.  When I get much below that, I usually don't 
> remember, or maybe I remember bits and pieces...Nothing clearly... 
> Scary!!!  My husband tells me I usually cry uncontrollably too, although I 
> don't even remember that most of the time.  I feel super foolish and just 
> can't stand it!
>
> Bern
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:58:56 -0700
>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] today
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>> For lunch I had a tuna melt.
>> Was plum good.
>> Went to the grocery store while there, I started feeling funny.
>> Never thinking of it being my sugars, we came home put items away and I 
>> felt
>> so tired.
>> Like I lost all of my energy.
>> Now it was nine degrees out, and we got a ride to the store.
>> When I took my sugars around dinner time, it was seventy.
>> I felt tired and no energy at all.
>> I had some fruit before dinner.
>> I have missed it and got some.
>> When I took my sugars two hours after eating it said one twenty.
>> So I had a peanut butter sandwich.
>> Half one slice of bread.
>> How do you folks feel when you are low.
>> I am hoping I will be a bit higher tomorrow.
>> I got some yogurt to make a shake, but I get cold so don't know if I can 
>> do
>> that or not.
>> do any of you make hot drinks in your blender that are good?
>> thanks,
>>
>> --Dar
>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>> Every saint has a past
>> every sinner has a future
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:44:27 -0500
>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] today
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
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>> Dar:
>>
>> When my blood sugars run low like 70 I am left feeling totally whiped out
>> and exhausted.  I believe that its due to the fact that the body 
>> releases, I
>> think, adrenalin and it leaves people feeling tired.  I'm drawing a blank 
>> on
>> exactly what gets released and can't think of the exact thing right now. 
>> It
>> may be adrenalin or something else.
>>
>> Eileen
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:58 PM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] today
>>
>>
>>> For lunch I had a tuna melt.
>>> Was plum good.
>>> Went to the grocery store while there, I started feeling funny.
>>> Never thinking of it being my sugars, we came home put items away and I
>>> felt so tired.
>>> Like I lost all of my energy.
>>> Now it was nine degrees out, and we got a ride to the store.
>>> When I took my sugars around dinner time, it was seventy.
>>> I felt tired and no energy at all.
>>> I had some fruit before dinner.
>>> I have missed it and got some.
>>> When I took my sugars two hours after eating it said one twenty.
>>> So I had a peanut butter sandwich.
>>> Half one slice of bread.
>>> How do you folks feel when you are low.
>>> I am hoping I will be a bit higher tomorrow.
>>> I got some yogurt to make a shake, but I get cold so don't know if I can
>>> do that or not.
>>> do any of you make hot drinks in your blender that are good?
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> --Dar
>>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>>> Every saint has a past
>>> every sinner has a future
>>>
>>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:28:50 -0700
>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] today
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>> Ok I am pleased the same feelings happen to you.
>> The next time I feel tired I will try to remember it is the sugars going 
>> the
>> wrong direction.
>>
>> --Dar
>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>> Every saint has a past
>> every sinner has a future
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] today
>>
>>
>>> Dar:
>>>
>>> When my blood sugars run low like 70 I am left feeling totally whiped 
>>> out
>>> and exhausted.  I believe that its due to the fact that the body 
>>> releases,
>>> I think, adrenalin and it leaves people feeling tired.  I'm drawing a
>>> blank on exactly what gets released and can't think of the exact thing
>>> right now.  It may be adrenalin or something else.
>>>
>>> Eileen
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:58 PM
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] today
>>>
>>>
>>>> For lunch I had a tuna melt.
>>>> Was plum good.
>>>> Went to the grocery store while there, I started feeling funny.
>>>> Never thinking of it being my sugars, we came home put items away and I
>>>> felt so tired.
>>>> Like I lost all of my energy.
>>>> Now it was nine degrees out, and we got a ride to the store.
>>>> When I took my sugars around dinner time, it was seventy.
>>>> I felt tired and no energy at all.
>>>> I had some fruit before dinner.
>>>> I have missed it and got some.
>>>> When I took my sugars two hours after eating it said one twenty.
>>>> So I had a peanut butter sandwich.
>>>> Half one slice of bread.
>>>> How do you folks feel when you are low.
>>>> I am hoping I will be a bit higher tomorrow.
>>>> I got some yogurt to make a shake, but I get cold so don't know if I 
>>>> can
>>>> do that or not.
>>>> do any of you make hot drinks in your blender that are good?
>>>> thanks,
>>>>
>>>> --Dar
>>>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>>>> Every saint has a past
>>>> every sinner has a future
>>>>
>>>>
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