Comments on: Low’s

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:35:01 +0000

ALL THOSE WHO FEAR LOWS DISAPEARED SINCE MY INSULIN AMOUNT WAS REDUCED EVEN DEVIDING
THE LARGER DOSES IN TO TWO THEN EVETUALLY JUST
HALVING THE DOSE. THIS HAS HELPED IN BRINGING THE SYMTOMS
NOW I WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR MY
SWEATING WAKES UP MY HUSBAND!!!!!!!!! WHEN IAM AWAKE MY
SPEECH GETS CONFUSING AND AT TIMES THOUGH IAM AWARE OF
HAVING A HYPO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MOVED OUT OF MY BODY
AAND EVEN TELL MY FRIENDS IAM HAVING A LOW BUT DON’T
HAVE THE ENERGY TO EAT THOUGH I’LL BE DOING EVERYTHING
ELSE. ITS LIKE THERE IS A BARRIER BETWEEN THE ORDER
FROM MY BRAIN TO EAT AND MY HAND TO FEED.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:48:28 +0000

Eric- I think I have had some of the same
experiences as you have. Probably 10-12 years ago I could not
tell when I was getting a low. I went on intensive
insulin therapy with Ultralente and at that time regular.
Testing before each meal and using the regular depending
on the bs. year changed from Ultralente to Lantus. Which I very
much like. Drs told me I would never get awareness
back since i had lost it. But they were wrong, at
least partially. On the intensive insulin therapy I
slowly got so I could tell the lows. I do have to say I
am acutely aware of any little symptom and test my
bs. I have not lost consiousness for 8 years. I do
have to really watch my early morning as I can get
lows than but it does stir me and make me “I’ve got to

get up” feeling. This is important for me because I
live alone.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:15:21 +0000

Wow. Glad to hear that the new insulin therapy
has reduced your morning high BS’s. Has it also
helped with the mid-morning lows? Let us
know! I’ve been in the local ER at least a dozen times over
the past two years, due to my inability to tell when
my blood sugar was dropping (it’s called
“hypoglycemic unawareness”, and it sounds as if you might be
having the same problem). I can’t tell that my BS is
dropping until it’s so low that I’m ready to collapse,
which has caused me NO end of problems in both my
professional and personal life. I found helped me A LOT was going on the insulin
pump. Once I got away from the high-low-high-low
pattern of multiple daily injections, and the vagaries of

long-lasting insulins like NPH (i.e., once my body quit being
USED TO daily low blood sugars), I found that I COULD
detect my lows FAR more easily. that much of the “hypoglycemic unawareness” problem is
caused by the body’s getting USED TO what’s going on
every day; in other words, if you STOP having low blood
sugars every day at mid-morning, you’ll probably be able
to tell when you DO have them.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:39:50 +0000

Wow. Glad to hear that the new insulin therapy
has reduced your morning high BS’s. Has it also
helped with the mid-morning lows? Let us
know! I’ve been in the local ER at least a dozen times over
the past two years, due to my inability to tell when
my blood sugar was dropping (it’s called
“hypoglycemic unawareness”, and it sounds as if you might be
having the same problem). I can’t tell that my BS is
dropping until it’s so low that I’m ready to collapse,
which has caused me NO end of problems in both my
professional and personal life. I found helped me A LOT was going on the insulin
pump. Once I got away from the high-low-high-low
pattern of multiple daily injections, and the vagaries of

long-lasting insulins like NPH (i.e., once my body quit being
USED TO daily low blood sugars), I found that I COULD
detect my lows FAR more easily. It seems to me that much
of the “hypoglycemic unawareness” problem is caused
by the body’s getting USED TO what’s going on every
day; in other words, if you STOP

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 09 May 2006 00:51:51 +0000

Hi! Thanks for answering back. Saw my new dr.
yesterday. She switched me to Lantus at night and has cut
all my other shots in half. I was waking with sugars
at 220-280 and then going low at about 11 am. First
lantus shot last night, morning count of 98. Hurray!
Though for such crappy numbers prior, my A1c was 6.4
Let’s hope everything works out well. I go see her
again in 5 weeks.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 07 May 2006 23:16:19 +0000

celtic girl most drs are not happy with 40-50
readinigs they rather have 70-120. your pre-breakfast dose
might be higher than what you actually need it might do
the trick to reduce by 2 units. another option is
reducing your night nph that might be giving you early
morning low which is raising your fasting sugar level.
since you are one of those who don’t get low symtoms it
is dangerous for you to court low sugars you might
pass out, i have done that a few times and it is sheer
luck that somebody realised i was having a
hypoglycemic low. my reading was 20. without the usual symtoms
we can not help ourselves and lose orientation very
quickly. take care cheeks

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 05 May 2006 20:05:17 +0000

Watch yourself Lisa.With those kind of numbers you could just pass out one day
and that could be dangerous.

By: Christi Laurice

Christi Laurice — Thu, 04 May 2006 21:36:59 +0000

Lisa, I am surprised you feel fine at the blood
sugar levels of 40 and 50’s. Usually a person feels
sweating, faint, and would be near to being hospitalized
with those readings! Tell your doctor. Do you take a
mid morning and mid afternoon snack like an apple or
protien portion? I had a licensed dietician go over this
with me. Are you on Insulin? Type 1 is insulin
injections usually. Type 2 is pills as you know. Tell us
what the doctor says.