[Diabetes-talk] Today...

dmgina dmgina at qwest.net
Wed Jan 28 15:52:27 UTC 2009 

So far I am ok threw out the night,
I am sure it is because of what I eat before I go to bed.

--Dar
www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
Every saint has a past
every sinner has a future

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane" <dianefilipe at peoplepc.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Today...


> 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
>> ----- 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] 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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>>> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:00 PM
>>> Subject: Diabetes-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 18
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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
>>>> 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,
>>>>
>>>> --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>
>>>> 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,
>>>>>
>>>>> --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
>>>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
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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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