[Diabetes-talk] Today...

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Wed Jan 28 03:52:53 UTC 2009 

The symptoms of hypoglycemia are about as individual as the diabetics having the hypos. Ed's article points out the common elements. I've never gone so low as to lose the ability to think and act. But the first symptom for me is a sudden and massive cold sweat all over my body but especially on my head (moisture from the bald spot evaporates nicely!). I also have some difficulty swallowing but can still do it and eat.

I know of one person whose nose goes numb. And nearly everyone gets the shakes. I haven't had many nighttime lows but think I had one once; I dreamed I was part of the crew of a World War II bomber over Europe during the run-in to the target and we ran into a whole mess of German fighters which shot us up pretty badly, shredding some of the bomber's control surfaces, causing the plane to go through a vertical loop and flip on its back. That's when I think I must have had a bit of a low. No headache or tiredness next morning, though.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane" <dianefilipe at peoplepc.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009 19:23:44
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Td...

>
>
> 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] Td...
> 
> 
> >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
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "The Jacobs' Family" <bandbjacobs at verizon.net>
> > To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Td...
> >
> >
> >ar Hi There Ladies:
> >ar
> >ar I feel the same way.  B...Gotta watch it.  I feel wiped out when the 
> >ar sugar is really high too.  When I hit 70ish, I feel tired, cold, and 
> >ar usually by then, I'm dropping.  So it isn't long before I begin to have 
> >ar trouble with my balance-comlightheaded.  As I continue to drop, my tongue 
> >ar begins to tingle, my nose, my lips, my throat, and even the roots of my 
> >ar hair.  There was one time I was taken to the hospital-comsomewhere down in 
> >ar the lower 40's, When Bill came from work to get me at the hospital after 
> >ar I'd been taken in, he was rubbing my hair and I had to tell him to stop 
> >ar because my head was tingly. It was really strange.It's really weird. 
> >ar When I get real bad, I almost feel like my soul has left my body and it's 
> >ar observing everything that's happening to me from the outside.  That's the 
> >ar only way I can explain it.  When I get much below that, I usually don't 
> >ar remember, or maybe I remember bits and pieces...Nothing clearly... 
> >ar Scary!!!  My husband tells me I usually cry uncontrollably too, although 
> >ar I don't even remember that most of the time.  I feel super foolish and 
> >ar just can't stand it!
> >ar
> >ar Bern
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> >>> Message: 1
> >>> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:58:56 com0700
> >>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
> >>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] today
> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
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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,
> >>>
> >>> -comDar
> >>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
> >>> Every saint has a past
> >>> every sinner has a future
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Message: 2
> >>> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:44:27 com0500
> >>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] today
> >>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>> Message-ID: <0F6D1A425DDC4F25803BF189D8A0F565 at eileenPC>
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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,
> >>>>
> >>>> -comDar
> >>>> 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 com0700
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> -comDar
> >>> 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,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -comDar
> >>>>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
> >>>>> Every saint has a past
> >>>>> every sinner has a future
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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