Re: Quiet list again?

[Guest guest]

Absolutely nothing from the list this morning...very unusual...is anyone

home? I'm lost without my daily diabetes_int fix, smile...Vicki

[Guest guest]

Mornin' Vicki,

We're here.......For the last week, Bob's been managing to maintain normal

fasting and better pp bs readings so I'm a happy camper and he's shocked that

it can be done. My numbers stay boringly the same, but I'm not complaining .

Off I run to Bellingham, about 2 hrs up the road.

Carol T

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 01-08-24 11:41:44 EDT, you write:

<<

So lay some words of wisdom on us, Vick <smile>

>>

Sorry, fresh out of them! I'm about to leave on a weekend camping trip...one

thing I've learned...before hike (or exercise) check BG...if it's below 125

when I start out, I take a glucose tab AHEAD of time then I won't go low

during hike...and check BG every hour too. Vicki

[Guest guest]

So lay some words of wisdom on us, Vick <smile>

Barb

> Absolutely nothing from the list this morning...very unusual...is anyone

> home? I'm lost without my daily diabetes_int fix, smile...Vicki

[Guest guest]

Vicki- is that mainly for people on insulin? Also can a low cause a seizure

or is the result a coma?

Thanks-

>>

Sorry, fresh out of them! I'm about to leave on a weekend camping trip...one

thing I've learned...before hike (or exercise) check BG...if it's below 125

when I start out, I take a glucose tab AHEAD of time then I won't go low

during hike...and check BG every hour too. Vicki

[Guest guest]

> Vicki- is that mainly for people on insulin? Also can a low cause a

seizure

> or is the result a coma?

> Thanks-

***Sever lows can cause coma and death.

Barb

[Guest guest]

Vicki and all,

This has been such a hard time for me for the past 2 weeks but God has

definitely been watching over me and my family. The breast biopsy was a

real nightmare. I lost a lot of blood, my blood pressure and my blood sugar

both dropped dangerously low and my heart was just barely beating. They had

doctors and nurses working with me constantly and what should have taken a

little over an hour took most of the day. I've been very tired and weak and

awfully sore since then but thank the Good Lord above....there's no sign of

cancer.

My youngest son, Marty, called me on his mobile phone when he was on his way

home from work yesterday. Then he went riding on his 4 wheeler in the

National Forest. He didn't come back. He was still not back when his wife

came in from work and everyone went out looking for him. They were

searching on foot and 4 wheelers and really had just about given up all

hopes of finding him alive. It turned out that he had been going down the

creek bank and started up an incline and it flipped over on top of him and

penned him under it in the water. He was penned under it for over 3 hours

when he finally managed to free himself from under it. By then he was in so

much pain and so cold and wet and lost, he managed to start a fire with a

cigarette lighter. BTW, he doesn't even smoke but carries a lighter with

him for emergencies. Anyway, no one even saw the fire and they found him

just before 9 this morning. Of course nobody told me but I sensed that

something was wrong with him so I started calling at 5 this morning and

everyone was trying to keep me from finding out because of my heart

problems. They rushed him to the hospital where he's been all day.He's

alive but banged up pretty bad. At least he has no broken bones. We have

so much for which to be thankful. I am sorry if this sounds all mixed up

but I've had no sleep and I'm just so tired and have been so stressed out

that I'm just practically a basket case tonight. I just wanted all of you

to know what has been going on.

I appreciate all of the sweet and kind messages and I am especially grateful

for your prayers. That's the only thing that is keeping me going right now.

Love to all,

Tootie

Re: Quiet list again?

Absolutely nothing from the list this morning...very unusual...is anyone

home? I'm lost without my daily diabetes_int fix, smile...Vicki

[Guest guest]

---Tootie You have been through so much. Praise God, there is no

cancer and even though things did not go perfectly during the biopsy

the end result is what you prayed for.

Will pray for your son, that his bruises will heal quickly. Thank

God he is alive and they found him. Hang in there Tootie, God is

with you.

Madge

In diabetes_int@y..., " Naomi s " <nws@l...> wrote:

> Vicki and all,

>

> This has been such a hard time for me for the past 2 weeks but God

has

> definitely been watching over me and my family. The breast biopsy

was a

> real nightmare. I lost a lot of blood, my blood pressure and my

blood sugar

> both dropped dangerously low and my heart was just barely beating.

They had

> doctors and nurses working with me constantly and what should have

taken a

> little over an hour took most of the day. I've been very tired and

weak and

> awfully sore since then but thank the Good Lord above....there's no

sign of

> cancer.

>

> My youngest son, Marty, called me on his mobile phone when he was

on his way

> home from work yesterday. Then he went riding on his 4 wheeler in

the

> National Forest. He didn't come back. He was still not back when

his wife

> came in from work and everyone went out looking for him. They were

> searching on foot and 4 wheelers and really had just about given up

all

> hopes of finding him alive. It turned out that he had been going

down the

> creek bank and started up an incline and it flipped over on top of

him and

> penned him under it in the water. He was penned under it for over

3 hours

> when he finally managed to free himself from under it. By then he

was in so

> much pain and so cold and wet and lost, he managed to start a fire

with a

> cigarette lighter. BTW, he doesn't even smoke but carries a

lighter with

> him for emergencies. Anyway, no one even saw the fire and they

found him

> just before 9 this morning. Of course nobody told me but I sensed

that

> something was wrong with him so I started calling at 5 this morning

and

> everyone was trying to keep me from finding out because of my heart

> problems. They rushed him to the hospital where he's been all

day.He's

> alive but banged up pretty bad. At least he has no broken bones.

We have

> so much for which to be thankful. I am sorry if this sounds all

mixed up

> but I've had no sleep and I'm just so tired and have been so

stressed out

> that I'm just practically a basket case tonight. I just wanted all

of you

> to know what has been going on.

>

> I appreciate all of the sweet and kind messages and I am especially

grateful

> for your prayers. That's the only thing that is keeping me going

right now.

>

> Love to all,

>

> Tootie

> Re: Quiet list again?

>

>

> Absolutely nothing from the list this morning...very unusual...is

anyone

> home? I'm lost without my daily diabetes_int fix, smile...Vicki

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, ...just back from camping weekend, catching up on email. In answer

to your question...I think the first answer is yes...people not on insulin

probably don't have such easily affected BGs. (Am I wrong, group?) Anyway,

before I started taking the glucose tab before exercise when I was below 120,

I consistently went under 60 at the end of 20 minutes on the treadmill. Now

I end up more or less where I started.

As far as the answer to your second question...I've gotten pretty low

occasionally --I once was at 38 or so right before eating dinner with

CPRCarol at a restaurant and SHE totally freaked...I was just feeling a

little spacy, took a few glucose tabs and was fine within five minutes. So

I've never had a really bad experience with lows...I think I've read that one

can become both unconscious and/or have seizures with really, really lows.

But I'm not going there, smile...Vicki

In a message dated 01-08-24 15:36:17 EDT, you write:

<<

Vicki- is that mainly for people on insulin? Also can a low cause a seizure

or is the result a coma?

Thanks-

>>

Sorry, fresh out of them! I'm about to leave on a weekend camping trip...one

thing I've learned...before hike (or exercise) check BG...if it's below 125

when I start out, I take a glucose tab AHEAD of time then I won't go low

during hike...and check BG every hour too. Vicki

[ >>

[Guest guest]

--I have only had a couple of really lows, in the 50's and I am on

pills. My mother went the other extreme to really high and went into

convulsions, of course this was years ago. I was in high school and

I don't think she ever checked her sugar back then, early 60's.

Scared me to death. She had around a 900 when they checked it at the

hosp. Didn't seem to know a lot about this disease back then, at

least she didn't.

However, back to the question, mine will go low if I do not eat

within a reasonable amount of time of when I am supposed to and/or if

I am doing something strenuous that requires using a lot of energy

and forget to eat along with it.

My husband who is on insulin, has had lows if he did not eat enough

to compensate for the amount of insulin taken.

I am not sure how low it has to go before one becomes unconscious. I

know when I had my first spell before I knew I was diabetic I was

fading out fast. Was at the casino, hadn't eaten all day and

suddenly everything started to fade away and I got to a seat somehow

and managed to grab a man's pants as he walked by and said help. He

got help for me and they wisked me away in a wheelchair to the

nurses' station and she gave me orange juice and I could barely drink

it but as soon as I did, I began to recover. She did not have a

tester there so I don't know how low I was. She just asked if I was

diabetic, I said no. She said get checked and so I did.

It took a while before I felt good enough to drive home though. I

felt weak for some time afterwards.

madge

In diabetes_int@y..., whimsy2@a... wrote:

> Hi, ...just back from camping weekend, catching up on email.

In answer

> to your question...I think the first answer is yes...people not on

insulin

> probably don't have such easily affected BGs. (Am I wrong,

group?) Anyway,

> before I started taking the glucose tab before exercise when I was

below 120,

> I consistently went under 60 at the end of 20 minutes on the

treadmill. Now

> I end up more or less where I started.

>

> As far as the answer to your second question...I've gotten pretty

low

> occasionally --I once was at 38 or so right before eating dinner

with

> CPRCarol at a restaurant and SHE totally freaked...I was just

feeling a

> little spacy, took a few glucose tabs and was fine within five

minutes. So

> I've never had a really bad experience with lows...I think I've

read that one

> can become both unconscious and/or have seizures with really,

really lows.

> But I'm not going there, smile...Vicki

>

>

> In a message dated 01-08-24 15:36:17 EDT, you write:

>

> <<

> Vicki- is that mainly for people on insulin? Also can a low cause

a seizure

> or is the result a coma?

> Thanks-

>

> >>

> Sorry, fresh out of them! I'm about to leave on a weekend camping

trip...one

> thing I've learned...before hike (or exercise) check BG...if it's

below 125

> when I start out, I take a glucose tab AHEAD of time then I won't

go low

> during hike...and check BG every hour too. Vicki

>

>

> [ >>

[Guest guest]

Vicki,

I was totally amazed that you were walking, talking and acting perfectly

" normal " at 38! The part the concerned me the most was the

hypo-unawareness. At 40, Bob was dizzy, shakey, panicky, etc. You seemed

the same at 38 and 200. The lowest I've ever experienced (that I know of) is

51 and that was when I had to have fasting blood work.

Are you sure you just didn't rig that meter 'cause you wanted to eat nibble

those yummy glucose tabs?

Carol T

In a message dated 8/25/01 8:42:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, whimsy2@...

writes:

> As far as the answer to your second question...I've gotten pretty low

> occasionally --I once was at 38 or so right before eating dinner with

> CPRCarol at a restaurant and SHE totally freaked...I was just feeling a

> little spacy, took a few glucose tabs and was fine within five minutes.

So

> I've never had a really bad experience with lows...I think I've read that

> one

> can become both unconscious and/or have seizures with really, really

lows.

> But I'm not going there, smile...Vicki

>