Lows
I’ll take this over orange juice any day….
You know those days when you’re low and there’s nothing good to eat in the house so you find yourself licking the bottom of a empy jar of glucose tabs because at least the powder kind of tastes like some warped version of a SweetTart? Well, this wasn’t that day. This was the day after Thanksgiving [...]
Low logistics
I just refreshed my stash of low BG fix-its for the car yesterday. I like to get treats that taste good, but not so good that I want to eat them all the time. I also like candy that contains very specific carbohydrate counts so I can dole out as close to 15 grams as [...]
Fol(low)the leader.
We all know the likely culprits of lows: over-shooting a carb count and over-bolusing is a big one. Intense exercise or extended exercise is another. Sometimes being ill can cause wide swings in BGs which we over-correct and then bottom out from, especially if you can’t keep anything down. But there’s one major predictor of [...]
Hyperglycemia Phobia: When tight control becomes dangerous
A friend of mine I’ve known for years has a problem with lows. He’s had diabetes for a almost three decades, and many scary low experiences. He’s crashed a car, been pulled out of the water while surfing, and almost had a hotel room door beaten down by concerned co-workers. All of these were because [...]
The Random Acts of Lows…
The other night, Jacob and I arrived home with bags of groceries, ready to get cookin’. I uncorked some wine, put on some cooking tunes, and was about to start chopping garlic when I realized I felt….off. Like exceptionally tired or….something. I was about to brush it off when I thought, maybe I should just [...]
Are you low?
Because I have Sports Beans package leftover from the 5k race I ran on Sunday, a chocolate-covered Oreo emblazoned with an “A” from a baby shower on Saturday, two cookies marked “L&J” from our engagement party two weeks ago, one bag of Jelly Beans that are Halloween themed (last year’s Halloween that is….ew), and of course [...]
Goose egg.
On Saturday I woke up a little low – nothing too crazy, somewhere in the mid 60s. I didn’t treat the low because my blood sugar will often rise on its own first thing in the morning as my “wake up” adrenaline kicks in gear. I didn’t bolus for breakfast because I only had eggs [...]
Everyday heroes.
I had seriously overshot my dinner time bolus. I was at a work dinner, and usually the carbs are abounding at such events so I think I bolused heavy out of habit. Whatever the reason for my error, I’d just finished a huge plate of low carb food and I knew I was dropping like [...]
Doubled up on poor planning.
On Sunday night, or rather the wee hours of Monday morning, I was woken up for the third time by my DexCom alerting me to another low blood sugar. “Damn” I thought to myself in the haze of yet another low. “This is one stubborn low.” I stumbled to the kitchen and pulled out the [...]
Waking up.
My alarm goes off at 6:30am. I feel so tired, I barely open my eyes while my arm searches the bedside table for the snooze button. No way am I getting up right now. Snooze please. I’m so exhausted. Somewhere seemingly far away – somewhere between dreams and awake, I can hear a buzz-buzz sound. [...]
