Sometimes I just don't get it

[Northerner]

...I am nervous to eat anything now, let alone eat another 2 rolls! It's funny how a little blip like this can knock your confidence

It can, because it's all so new and also because the hormones that give you your hypo symptoms are the same ones involved in making you feel scared and panicky - but you will learn to recognise them for what they are. Don't be nervous, just be prepared 🙂

 

[Doddy]

It can, because it's all so new and also because the hormones that give you your hypo symptoms are the same ones involved in making you feel scared and panicky - but you will learn to recognise them for what they are. Don't be nervous, just be prepared 🙂

So it could be a knock on effect from the hormones released today then? I just hate the shaky feeling you get...I know it's all part and parcel of the hypo, and it's not going to kill me, but it's very nervewracking isn't it

 

[Northerner]

So it could be a knock on effect from the hormones released today then? I just hate the shaky feeling you get...I know it's all part and parcel of the hypo, and it's not going to kill me, but it's very nervewracking isn't it

It is - when I had my first proper hypo away from hospital I couldn't work out what was going on! 😱 I was out gardening at the time and had to get all the way back to the house (I have a long garden) to get some sugar I've had literally hundreds since then, but most have been in the mid3s, easy to spot and easy to treat, so they don't really bother me. Not a nice feeling, but an opportunity for an unplanned treat! 😉

What happens is that as your levels start to drop low your brain can't understand what's going on so it sends out signals to release cortisol and adrenalin, which give you the 'fight or flight' scary feelings and are also intended to prompt your liver to release some of its glucose stores. Unfortunately, if your levels are dropping quickly, the liver can't raise levels quickly enough and so you can drop lower than a non-diabetic would. This is because a non-diabetic's pancreas would be unlikely to cause such an excess of insulin to be circulating. You have to therefore treat the problem from an external source, such as jelly babies! 🙂

 

[Northerner]

In fact, I've just tested, and I'm 3.3! 🙄

 

[Doddy]

Your help and advice is invaluable Northerner, thankyou 🙂

I am hoping I don't need to get used to it, and I think I need to learn not to add to the panicky feeling. It certainly does feel like a "fight or flight" feeling, but there is no fight..it's a give in and eat something!

Ooops 3.3! Did you get ya babies out!!

 

[Northerner]

Your help and advice is invaluable Northerner, thankyou 🙂

I am hoping I don't need to get used to it, and I think I need to learn not to add to the panicky feeling. It certainly does feel like a "fight or flight" feeling, but there is no fight..it's a give in and eat something!

Ooops 3.3! Did you get ya babies out!!

I did indeed! 🙂 What I mean about 'getting used to it' is 'not being frightened by the thought of them happening'. 🙂

 

[Doddy]

I did indeed! 🙂 What I mean about 'getting used to it' is 'not being frightened by the thought of them happening'. 🙂

I know exactly what you mean. When I was first dx with Epilepsy, I had a huge fear of having seizures all the time, and over the time, and the more i had them, the more "comfortable" i became. Comfortable is probably not the right word, but i became less scared, and just learnt to let go if I felt one was going to happen.
This is slightly different in that I have the ability to control the hypo in that I can take something to make me feel better, and with the seizures, I had no control so had to let go.

 

[trophywench]

I am glad that's happened because now you will test - you have to remember Doddy that should something untoward happen to you whilst driving - eg someone T-bones you pulling out of a pub carpark whilst you happen to be passing ..... you can EASILY go immediately hypo. Fortunately I didn't, we went to court because not only did the bloke not live where he said he did, he was also uninsured.

Anyway that's beside the point, if the police were called to the scene of this imaginary accident there is a good chance they'd discover you were diabetic from driving licence details so if you can't prove you've tested and weren't hypo when you started off ......

I was wondering whether Mr Pancreas had woken up too. Bit of a nightmare really. I do wish you'd ask to be referred, I seriously worry how many T1.5s your doc has dealt with; GPs generally aren't usually all that expert even with straightforward T1s I'm afraid.

 

[Doddy]

I am glad that's happened because now you will test - you have to remember Doddy that should something untoward happen to you whilst driving - eg someone T-bones you pulling out of a pub carpark whilst you happen to be passing ..... you can EASILY go immediately hypo. Fortunately I didn't, we went to court because not only did the bloke not live where he said he did, he was also uninsured.

Anyway that's beside the point, if the police were called to the scene of this imaginary accident there is a good chance they'd discover you were diabetic from driving licence details so if you can't prove you've tested and weren't hypo when you started off ......

I was wondering whether Mr Pancreas had woken up too. Bit of a nightmare really. I do wish you'd ask to be referred, I seriously worry how many T1.5s your doc has dealt with; GPs generally aren't usually all that expert even with straightforward T1s I'm afraid.

I have learnt a huge lesson...no matter how short the journey....test! We do live in a blame culture, and if someone can find something to blame something on, they will. The less you give them the better.
My way of thinking was, if i had just recently eaten, I would be fine and wouldn't need to test...I know now that isn't the case. Test test test!!!
Im sorry you had to go through court....but glad you were ok 🙂 Can stress make you suddenly hypo then?

Next time I see my GP I am going to ask to be referred. Yesterday, I was running high all day, don't know if it was a rebound from the hypo the day before, but I struggled to get below 7 yesterday, and went up to 13.7 at one point! I don't know what silly games Mr Pancreas is playing, but it's a game I don't really want to play!