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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on January 2, 2013 at 3:24pm

I've notice that post-workout spikes sometimes seem to be a bit more nebulous than say cheese fry spikes. I am suspecting that this may be b/c there's some adrenaline involved, like my BG will tail off for a run, I'll get home and the slight up trend on the CGM will be like 40 points behind the meter as it shoots up, I usually bolus for a snack (or beer or whatever...) and take a shower, get changed and like 15-20 minutes later will check the CGM and it's heading back down. This works out ok as the whole range is like 80-120 and back but it's kind of weird to see it spike like that and the spike to just disappear. I'm glad you survived!

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Permalink Reply by Jen on January 2, 2013 at 5:49pm

I've been super careful lately and testing like crazy because I've had some random lows. The other night I had a 1.6 mmol/L and this morning I woke up at 2.2 mmol/L and had two other lows today (not as low, though). The only symptom I've been getting the past few days is that I feel nauseated. I live alone and don't have a CGM, so get extra nervous.

It's so hard to balance out sometimes. Exercise is good, but it's SO tricky balancing blood sugars! I'm going to get back into regular exercise again in the next few days, so will have to be even more careful.

Thankfully, I haven't had a pass-out-call-911 kind of low since 1998, and I definitely hope to keep it that way!

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Permalink Reply by Betty J on January 2, 2013 at 6:30pm

Scott, your comparison of Diabetes being the tiger is appropriate it's unpredictale. Within all the years I've lived with this monster I can't always predict what it will do. As I've always said Diabetes is an ongoing education. Now that I'm older I'm still learning and adjusting to where my journey with Diabetes is taking me. Just as life is an adjustment so is living with this disease.

Glad to know you're OK.

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Permalink Reply by Judith on January 2, 2013 at 9:20pm

Oh my dear. Firstly, I am glad you are ok and that you had folks around you paying attention.

While it may seem a non-sequitor, I relate to this physically from my long, misunderstood history with fibromyalgia, which MIMICS hypoglycemic incidents, but which is never talked about----it's always the pain. Yah, well fibromyalgia hurts, but since 1996, the hardest thing was the cognitive disassociation (fibrofog) and nausea, etc that was scariest to me.

I'm T2 and not on meds yet, as you know, but when I was in the hospital a year ago, nurses freaked if my BS hit 69---I tried to explain that for my T2, non-med state of Diabetic Being 69 is pretty good given pain, trauma, et al. If I was shakey, it was because I couldn't keep food down and that's fibromyalgia---please give me some protein. All they had on station was sugary peanut butter. I had a teaspoon and spiked to 200, so okay---not on insulin yet, but nurses pumping me full of unnecessary insulin for what they thought was a low and then for what is too high.

Just saying----Sometimes I am struck with Pure Wonder that we survive our interactions with critical medical personnel. And now, because I know the greatness of your heart, well, dearone, I am also struck with Pure Joy that you are home!.....Judith in Portland.....

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Permalink Reply by MyBustedPancreas on January 3, 2013 at 9:44am

Wow. This really scared me. Only because of how suddenly and quickly this came on. I am generally lucky in that I can feel my lows. Every now and again one sneaks up on me, but it's rare that I don't catch it either through a BG check or symptoms.

BUT...I am human and lately I've been a little lax on the testing. A few times I've bolused without checking because I was in a hurry, resulting in an overbolus. I have no excuse and it needs to stop. This post was a reminder of that.

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Permalink Reply by Brian (bsc) on January 3, 2013 at 10:13am

I shudder at the thought of having a low that requires assistance. I hate the thought of losing control and being dependent on those around me, let alone an EMT. I consider myself lucky to have never required help in the two years I've been on insulin. But I also know that in order to prevent hypos, I have to be smart. I can't "taunt" the Tiger. I'm usually high after exercise and I can also have sudden lows after exercise. So I stopped correcting post exercise highs and have started to eat (and bolus) promptly after exercise.

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