Hello, Panda. Also thanks.
We’ve all had lows at inopportune times. You’re in the middle of a great workout and you have to choke down glucose tablets while on the treadmill. Or you’re driving somewhere and you’re late only to have to pull over and wait the full 15 minutes for your BG to come back up. And we’ve all had those low moments where you’re so low, you can’t think straight, and you just want SOMETHING WITH SUGAR IN IT DAMNIT. Doesn’t matter if it’s a three-year old packet of honey or half a white-bread hot dog bun, you just need glucose.
Friday evening found me with both annoyances, as I shopped at a local Target for a few essentials. I had found my necessary items and was heading towards the checkout when I felt a little too light in the head, a little too much sway as I walked. I grabbed my CGM - 71mg/dL with a downward slanting arrow. Yes, I had glucose tablets in my pocket but I was at Target for crying out loud - THERE’S CANDY THERE. Especially by the checkout counters.
Trouble was, in the 20 seconds it took me to get up to the check stands to select my Diabetes Prize, I must have dropped a little more. I just felt foggy and crummy and I was starting to get sweaty and really, I just wanted to fix the low. In my haze I grabbed the first thing that said “Chocolate” on it, opened the package and finished the contents by the time I got to the front of the line. I handed the empty box to the cashier and simply said “sorry, I got hungry.” She could not have cared less by the way - I am sure she’s seen countless kiddos tear through far more than that in one Target outing.
It wasn’t until after I paid and started to feel a little better that I looked more closely at the package I had just devoured. Yes, there was chocolate inolved…and yes it did the trick and raised my BG…but um….what the eff is this snack? And why didn’t I know about these before this moment?!
Hello Panda, indeed. In case you were wondering, Pandas are GREAT at fixing lows.
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Floh - totally agree! And those things were a little weird…both in appearence and taste. The things lows make us do! I tell ya! 
If only I had a large man-purse. I’d be so tempted to buy one of those “Worlds Largest Gummi-Worm” things and just hack a piece off when the low strikes.
Several problems, of course - I’m not sure I could carry the extra weight and I might need a sword… or something. Probably frowned upon in airports and such.
They do look tasty
I would like to point out, though, that you are supposed to take some fast carbs (like those glucose tablets in your pocket or a coke) instead of … whatever those are.
And to limit the amount to .. you know … 10-20g. Not … whatever those are.
Just saying, you know, from someone who has eaten a whole cake to another