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A close shave.

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Austin Mini

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Walked to Tesco, felt a bit hypoish so bought a Bounty and started walking home. Halfway home I still wasnt getting any better so swallowed six sugar sachets which were in my bag just for this occasion. Carried on walking but no saliva to wash the sugar down. Out came the Hypostop but still feeling funny. Then saw a pensioner taking his wheelie bin in and asked him for a glass of water and explained the situation. Sat on his garden wall and talked with him then after five mins felt a lot better. Got home and tested 10.7. That was a bit close so instead of the Bounty I should have bought a full sugar Coke. Will know better next time.
 
Sounds like that was a bad hypo AM, with all that sugar to treat it :( Sounds like the supermarkets have struck again! I always have a few jelly babies with me and find they are fine most of the time, but I have had a couple of hypos where lucozade has been the treatment of choice as faster acting.
 
I ought to call on that pensioner and express my gratitude to him. I will buy him a pot plant the next time I walk to Tesco. I remember a close call in Do-it-all in 2001 they made me a cup of tea with fifteen sugars!
 
Yup chocolate is hopeless for anything more than the mildest dip isn't it. Shame really :(
 
Sorry to hear about your hypo. Bounty is one of the worst hypo treatments not only because it's chocolate, but also because of the coconut. On occasions when I've been out and run out of dextrosol I've used skittles - they seem to work quickly if they don't get stuck in your teeth. A carton of Ribena seems to be the best thing if available.
 
Well the trouble with hypo is Logic goes out the window and you entirely omit to remember there's too much fat in chocolate treats!
 
Indeed logic does go out the window - I was walking home from the shops once and felt a bit low, did a test, saw 1.9 and continued trying to walk home without treating it. Goodness knows how I got home - I remember standing on the pavement doing 360 degrees because I couldn't quite work out where I was, I remember someone helping me up off the floor at one point.
 
I have read on here that you should only exercise (ie. walking!) on a rising glucose! Maybe the bounty might have helped if it was accompanied by rest?
 
trophywench said:
Well the trouble with hypo is Logic goes out the window and you entirely omit to remember there's too much fat in chocolate treats!
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How very, very true that statement is. I have written a note and posted it on our home notice board where to look for drinks,biscuits,lemonade etc
 
Knowing that and being able to make that profound statement to the forum, doesn't help in the slightest when I'm 1.9 myself, Austin !

I ate a full tub of candied peel recently ...... I was really looking for glace cherries, so in some ways I spose a lucky escape, but had a really sore mouth after !
 
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