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Blog Entries With Tag: low blood sugarBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Nov 1, 2013
Last week I had gone to my local clinic (CLSC) for my blood work for my endo appointment I had on Tuesday. Two hour wait – fasting – wanting to pee like a horse – but I held fast – and wished I lived in Cornwall, Ontario – where you can make an appointment for a diabetic blood work – no waiting. Welcome to my province of Quebec – where we diabetics get NO RESPECT !! It's like lining up for a loaf of bread in Russia in 1915 ! Fast forward to this week – and I’m waiting in anticipation for what my results are. Don’t we all go thru’ this (well – maybe not for you folks that can get your results the next day). Here in my province in Canada – unless you go private - $$$ - or have private insurance coverage - you out of luck - you wait). For some reason, I lucked in on only waiting 10 minutes (usually it’s much longer) – and my endo called my name. The first thing he said to me as I entered into his office …. “You’ve put on weight – what’s happened?” I wasn’t really shocked by that statement – since I know I’ve been gaining weight (thryoid tests are normal - I'm just perimenopausal). It's not from over eating – my habits haven’t changed - I actually am eating less due to work load – but my emotional state of being over the past year has been abit fragile plus … I’m a lazy cow (the job I do requires a lot of sitting on my behind). Of course, as I explained this to him, he nodded, saying “Good excuses Anna”. Onto the scale I went – since my last visit to him in July – I’ve blossomed. I’ve never ever been the weight that I am – even after I’d had my DKA experience as a teenager – where I’d put on weight (memories of my Mum buying Hefty Boys corduroy pants for me always makes me cringe). My Mum was often picking on me about my weight, and made me feel guilty about eating – sigh. Writing these blogs sometimes brings back memories I don’t like to remember. Promptly he took my blood pressure (BP) and this is sometimes the worst part for me – as I have the well-known ‘white coat syndrome” – my BP is never as good as what I have at home. His first reading out of the corner of my eye was something like 185 over … at that point he said something that wasn’t good. Meanwhile, in my brain I’m going WTF??? He retakes it on another machine – the regular wall version (before he was using one of the home versions we can buy) – and this time – it’s abit better – but still higher than my normal readings – 135/120. Of course, at home, mine are in usually in the 115/70 area – sometimes lower. I’ve never had a problem with high BP. Of course, he says this is all to do with my increased weight (jab, jab, JAB) – and then asks – “do you eat a lot of processed foods?” I tell him no, that I rarely eat processed foods; when I have time/money I try to do all my own cooking without adding extra salt, etc. Hmm, but inside my head I think … I DO LOVE CHEESE - which is high in salt!!! So, the jist of the whole visit was that I’ve REALLY got to lose weight - especially with his concern over my BP. He stressed that I become active (he still insists that sailing is a lazy man’s sport – which in away – as a cruiser – it is – you don’t do much – not like he does with his golfing – where you have a goal – to find the hole). And yes, my A1C despite my DKA episode over my holidays this summer – was pretty good (he says normally A1C will rise due to DKA) – it was abit higher – but still excellent. And he admitted, if I’d been on multiple dosage injections (MDI) – that probably the DKA would never have occurred – which I totally agree with him. Pumps do have their benefit - but not when they don't alarm for an occlusion, etc. like George Michael apparently didn't do in my case. So, now I’m off to test my BG, hopefully accomplish a 30 minute walk, then test my BG again, and post my results for the Big Blue Test that I partake in every year. I’m hoping unlike the other day when I did it, I don’t drop in BG to the point of hypo land, and will be reducing my basal rate on my insulin pump abit (thank you Petronella Peach for that suggestion).
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: low blood sugar (1) hypo (1) blood pressure (1) BP (1) Big Blue Test (1) DKA (1) processed foods (1) endo (1) Canada (1) Quebec (1) CLSC (1) cheese (1) loss (1) gain (1) weight (1) Related posts:In a slump and scared | My 13 year old self describing her DKA in the 70's | Jenna and The Hypo Fairy | Welcome Ziggy Stardust | My First Night with Dexcom G4 CGMS | Are you really hypo unaware? | Protein in my urine | Insulin and Eating Fruit | The Brain Battle | NO DELIVERYBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Jul 22, 2013
I am really saddened at this news report of a woman (Revina Garcia) in Santa Fe, New Mexico - who apparently was having a low blood sugar (the news media is calling it a "diabetic episode") - which caused her to have a car accident.
![]() Yes, many of you will go - she should have checked her blood sugar (BG) before driving - maybe she did - maybe she didn't - as the news video and article do not state too many details. Still it's very sad the way she was treated - and hopefully those officers who "attended" her - will in future - NOTtreat a person this way - before seeking more info if the person is not responsive (e.g. was she wearing an ID bracelet - wallet ID??). I know that I am aware of my BG variations - I can tell when I'm going low - I can tell when I'm high (though sometimes when testing - I'm not high - but in a good zone - just dehydrated). I don't always test my BG before going on a short errand around town - maybe I should start this practise - maybe all of us should? When I am driving a long trip - by MYSELF - I am very anal about testing my BG - pulling over to check every few hours (this is where a CGMS could be useful). I always have quick acting food close by - incase I can't pull over safely. Do you do the same thing? Here's the link - (http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/dashcam-video-shows-womans-arrest-during-diabetic-episode/-/9153762/21042682/-/n9uafd/-/index.html) ![]() For more info on driving as a diabetic - you can check out the links below - that may help you understand more - why perhaps the police suspected Ms. Garcia had been under the "influence" - 1) American Diabetes Association - Diabetes and Driving 2) Canadian Diabetes Association - FAQ's on Diabetes and Driving 3) Becton Dickinson webiste - Driving and Diabetes
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: statistics (1) tips (1) travelling (1) driving (1) hand cuffs (1) police (1) car accident (1) CGMS (1) identification (1) ID (1) hypo (1) BG (1) low blood sugar (1) emergency (1) Related posts:In a slump and scared | My first month with Bowie my Dexcom G4 CGMS | Edmonton man denied insulin for 20 hours | Jenna and The Hypo Fairy | Welcome Ziggy Stardust | My First Night with Dexcom G4 CGMS | Parenting a type 1 child | Statistics-statistics | Are you really hypo unaware? | Insulin and Eating FruitBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: May 3, 2013
So, if you read my Twitter / Facebook feed you’ll know that for some reason – for about 5 days earlier in the week – I thought I was perhaps CURED after almost 50 years with Type 1 diabetes (T1D). I wasn’t the only one having the same thing happening – other T1D mates of mine were having the same lows like I was – tho’ for me – I wasn’t rebounding up (e.g. blood sugar spiking high) – but I was having the opposite – of going lower or not moving at all from a range of 3.5 – 4.5 mmol/l (63 – 81 mg/dl). Sometimes I would go lower, and this was just on my basal insulin – which currently is Lantus while I’m taking a siesta from George Michael my Animas 2020 pump since the beginning of the year. Now that the warmer weather is occurring (Spring is very short here in Montreal, boom, suddenly we are having summer like temps) – more of my neighbours that I chat to during the year are coming out of their homes. One of my neighbours is a Type 2 diabetic (T2D) – and her sister who lives close by is always coming to me to ask for advise on her. She says her sister eats too much bad food, doesn’t test her blood sugars enough, yadda, yadda, yadda. I always ask her, is she seeing her doctor, is she getting ill frequently, is she happy? Of course, the answer is, yes, she’s doing fine. So, I try to tell the sister that if she’s okay – then not to worry too much - but that she is a good sister for caring. Now, if she was losing weight/gaining weight drastically, getting ill, then there would be concern to worry I told her.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: hormones (1) weight (1) low blood sugar (1) hypo (1) Lantus (1) pump (1) insulin (1) thyroid (1) menopause (1) insulin resistance (1) CURED (1) BG (1) T2D (1) T1D (1) Related posts:Type 1 vs. Type 2 | In a slump and scared | Midnight Three and Six and artificial pancreas technology | Surviving the Holocaust with Type 1 diabetes | Eating from the ground - Yuca Fries | My first month with Bowie my Dexcom G4 CGMS | Edmonton man denied insulin for 20 hours | Crack Free #ShowMeYourPump | Jenna and The Hypo Fairy | Wearing a dress with medical gadgetsBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Jun 23, 2011
Wow! It's amazing going over stuff that I forgot I still had. Because of having moved around - I only had so much room that I could keep of childhood memories. Those memories are all stuffed into a box that normally you would buy paper for your office printer. It contains the first 20 years of my life that I was able to save before my parents could put it in the trash (they aren't professional pack rats like me)!
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: CDA (1) Maine (1) Vermont (1) summer (1) diet (1) low blood sugar (1) hypo (1) children (1) diabetic camp (1) Related posts:In a slump and scared | Jenna and The Hypo Fairy | My First Night with Dexcom G4 CGMS | Are you really hypo unaware? | Insulin and Eating Fruit | The Brain Battle | NO DELIVERY | D4D dogs that can smell a low blood sugar | Am so excited! | When your diabetic child is convulsingBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: May 4, 2011
I’ve been joining up to more Facebook pages that are aimed at parents with diabetic children and I have had to hold my true comments back due to not wanting to upset the parents. Well, I’ve decided to roll the dice and bare it all. I have written about this subject in the past as well as in various forums within the D-OC (diabetic online community) as I was diagnosed just as I entered Grade 1 – so bear with me if I repeat myself (remember – I’m now ½ a century old ).
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