[Diabetes-talk] Today...

Wed Jan 28 01:49:04 UTC 2009

Many people have asked me what it feels like to have low blood sugars, and 
the only way I can describe it is, it is like having the wind knocked out of 
you.  I always feel it first in my mouth, but I can't remember now where. 
If I am low, and already sweaty but able to start the glucose tablets, I 
just put my head under my covers and ride it out (I have most of my lows at 
night).
I have heard of people being arrested, the officer thinking they are drunk, 
when  they are really having low sugars.  I guess that's how I act.
Di
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Today...


>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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> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:17 PM
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>> 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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>>> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:58:56 -0700
>>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
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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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>>> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:44:27 -0500
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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
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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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>>> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:28:50 -0700
>>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
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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
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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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