Really scared to tell o/h

[hyper-Suze]

😱So it is now 3am and its been half an hour since I first tested my hypo...and I think I've lay in bed for possibly 2.5hours wondering if I've been hypo'ing in the first place before getting up...my meter is reading as 'LO' and I have no idea whay this means? Any ideas as I'm scared. I don't know if I should wake him.

At the moment I've eaten 2 Rolo desserts, 2 packets of love hearts and over half a bottle of an isotonic drink just toget me out this mess and stop the sweating...right now onto the toast! 😱

p.s - Although my meter reads LO and I have no idea of what the levels are for this reading, I didn't actually feel all that weak and was coherant and able enough to get up, down the stairs and find food!!!! OMG - I have literally been able to wring sweat out of my pj top!! I am grossed out by the hypo-sweats!

 

[Northerner]

Hi Suze, I do hope you are OK by the time you read this! LO means that you reading is too low for the meter to measure, and this is normally below 1.1 mmol/l 😱 Hopefully, the treatment you took worked and also hope that you didn't go too high because of it. Never be scared to tell your O/H - the hypo probably totally confused your thoughts.

Please let us know how you are!

 

[FM001]

Sounds very scary, hope you feel better this morning and managed to snatch a few hours sleep.

 

[Jennywren]

Hope youre feeling better now , you really should have waken your o/h ,im sure he wouldnt have wanted you to be going through a hypo on your own and you may have needed his help , some meters read hi or lo when they get to a certain level depending on the machines sensitivity , i would have thought lo meant you was under 2, also you really need to keep something by your bed ive fallen down the stairs beofre trying to get downstairs to treat a hypo , please let us know youre ok 🙂

 

[Steff]

Hope your feeling better Suze, definetly wake him if it happens next time, im sure he would be mortified if you did not x he loves you very much and would not want you to go through something as scary on your own x

 

[Caroline]

I hope you're feeling better. If you need help with a hypo, then always wake the O/H. He wont mind you waking him because you need help.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hope you don't have too much of a hypo-hangover today Suze.

M

 

[allisonb]

Hope you're ok this morning. Keep a close eye on your BS levels during the day as a hypo that low can cause knock on probs. x

 

[margie]

Hope you are feeling better now. Once you are feeling better you should have a chat to your OH about your hypo - and how he can help you if it happens again.

 

[Northerner]

Just wondering if you can account for why you got such a severe hypo? And do you have a glucagon kit at home just in case?

 

[AlisonM]

Just a thought but, were you caught up in the heatwave yesterday? That might have driven your BGs down, and if you took your usual insulin, would that not affect the numbers too?

I hope you're feeling better and you should definitely wake the OH if you get that low, you might need medical help and certainly need to have the company. Hypos are scary, dealing with them on your own is terrifying and it's an extra stress you don't need.

 

[hyper-Suze]

THANK YOU EVERYONE for your very very kind messages and support, I did everything as normal before bed, the heat had subsided by the afternoon here...but I did go to sleep at 4.9 which for me is lower than normal(maybe a backlash of the heat?) I meant to have some of my isotonic drink b4 bed but fell asleep before I managed to!

I do have a can of luzcazade by my bed as well as this isotonic still squash, i never imagined being so low when I tested downstairs and by then I had already done the dangerous bit!

I have a bit of history with my o/h and hypos, I have mentioned b4 that paramedics have come out twice to me with LO readings and my O/H has woken up both times and I have not. This scares the hell out of him, moreso than me as I know that an hour after treating I'll be back to the norm but he doesn;t see that. Since these episodes, he doesn't let me go to sleep with readings under 12(!), I therefore, am naughty in telling him what my actually reading is..so last night I was 4.9, I added 10 and told him I was 14.9 and he was happy to let me sleep. I shouldn't have to lie to him nor have to be a certain amount that HE is happy with. Rick has been with me to see my DSN about this and he still is not convinced! I just wished I had drank the drink so that he can't prove my instincts as wrong. (Although he is still oblivious to that I got up last night)
I know he loves me and that he is requesting a higher level for a reason but I've had 10 years of bad control and don't want high readings anymore...

Feeling ok today thanks, (I could have slept for England, Scotland AND Wales this morning! Not good when you've got a hyperactive dog to walk!)
I do have Glucagon kit in the fridge but I would need Rick for that, I was far to disorientated to figure it out. (Plus doesn't it have to go in my arm?)

 

[Northerner]

So glad you are OK now. But Suze, you really must sort this out with him. He needs to understand that, with the best will in the world, it can still happen that you have a bad hypo in your sleep - even if you are above 10! It certainly shouldn't happen often, but you could have been in real trouble last night if you hadn't been on autopilot and not able to help yourself. You have diabetes and anyone of us can have hypos, however well we try and avoid them. Bear in mind that, if you are trying for a family, you may have even more need of his support and understanding.

I can understand that it must be very difficult because you have seen how he has reacted in the past, but it is something that (I believe) he needs to have a much better understanding and appreciation of. If he thinks that you are spending a third of your life well above range (the time you spend sleeping) does he not think of how bad this is for your long term health? I know you are not giving the real figures, but that's not really the point - to put it bluntly he is either prepared to accept you risking your health so he doesn't need to worry as much, or he simply doesn't understand the full implications of high blood sugar levels.

Sorry for the lecture, I really don't mean it to come across like that and you probably don't need to hear all this today, but please think about it.

 

[hyper-Suze]

to put it bluntly he is either prepared to accept you risking your health so he doesn't need to worry as much, or he simply doesn't understand the full implications of high blood sugar levels.

Sorry for the lecture, I really don't mean it to come across like that and you probably don't need to hear all this today, but please think about it.

Wowza! you talk a lot of sense Alan, I never really saw it that way that maybe he (could) be wanting higher levels to save his worry or a better nights sleep...I actually think it is a mix of both. As much as someone can say or show the implications, Rick probably sees me as healthy and not in that situation and can't. With my recent eye surgery, maybe I could discuss this with him and use this as an example. I do, however much I try to run away, need to talk to him about this, at the end of the day, I know my own body and it is my diabetes.

Thanks Alan!

 

[Northerner]

Thanks for not hating me for lecturing! 😉

 

[AnnW]

Just another side to this, told my husband that I wasn't feeling too good, reading of 4.5 ( low for me) and I had a lie down for about half an hour.

When I returned downstairs there was no question ' how are you feeling?' or ' are you feeling better.....

It's a lonely life isn't it ?

 

[trophywench]

My OH positively delights in using my bum as a dartboard given the opportunity, Suze! - that's a lie actually, he doesn't enjoy me going hypo at all and is always very concerned for me - but he can deal with it when he has to and it doesn't bother him in the slightest, not at all squeamish.

Husband Mk 1 however, couldn't do it. At all. In any shape or form. And of course if you are very high, death isn't half as quick as when you are very low so I can understand his warped logic. Just a slow and exceedingly miserable death with failed kidneys nad failed eyes and probably loss of a toe or two, but nowt he should be thinking about to worry him... LOL

However for this situation can I highly recommend 7.0 as an ideal number before bed? High enough but not silly high, also allows a margin for error if you do go down a bit.

 

[hyper-Suze]

My OH positively delights in using my bum as a dartboard given the opportunity, Suze! - that's a lie actually, he doesn't enjoy me going hypo at all and is always very concerned for me - but he can deal with it when he has to and it doesn't bother him in the slightest, not at all squeamish.

Husband Mk 1 however, couldn't do it. At all. In any shape or form. And of course if you are very high, death isn't half as quick as when you are very low so I can understand his warped logic. Just a slow and exceedingly miserable death with failed kidneys nad failed eyes and probably loss of a toe or two, but nowt he should be thinking about to worry him... LOL

However for this situation can I highly recommend 7.0 as an ideal number before bed? High enough but not silly high, also allows a margin for error if you do go down a bit.

Ha ha, your post has made me chuckle to no end, Rick actually injects in my upper bum every night with my lantus, thats usually what prompts him to ask my levels...cue manipulated truth!

Yes, I think I would be happy with 7ish, I was going to ask or start a separate thread to ask others what levels they aim for at bed...

No Alan, I could never be hateful, you offer too many pearls of wisdom, not just to me but to many others!!!!

Ann - I wish that I could recognise a hypo at 4.5 it would be lovely for once!!

I am 9 at the moment, damn banana! Will keep it there I think for the night and just take my lantus.

(from previous threads some might know that I have bizarre and wayward thoughts when waking from hypo...last night I thought someone had poured a bucket of cold water over me(the sweat) and then I lay there trying to figure out if it was a hypo or if I was pregnant! Crazeeey

 

[hyper-Suze]

I am 9 at the moment, damn banana! Will keep it there I think for the night and just take my lantus.

Woke up this morning and reading was 8.7 just don't get why last night it fell only .3 and the previous nights drop was so drastic!
...maybe this heat has affected me more than I thought, even though its not been all that hot here!

 

[Northerner]

Woke up this morning and reading was 8.7 just don't get why last night it fell only .3 and the previous nights drop was so drastic!
...maybe this heat has affected me more than I thought, even though its not been all that hot here!

I had a lot of hypos the evening before last, including one in the night, down to the heat, and last evening I had a horrible hypo that wouldn't rise - finally got it up to 8.0 before bed and woke on a 4.6 this morning, so the heat certainly does have a huge effect on some people - you and me, at least! I would imagine the heat was a major factor in your hypo if you can't think of any other explanation.