Pseudo Hypo-Kathleen: was- Re: New Here

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Kathleen,

Your " feeling funny " at 156mg/dl is what I call a " pseudo-hypo " . The body is

used to higher bg's so something more normal feels low to it, hence the

symptoms.

I'd say you did the right thing with the salad as it's best not to treat

these things like you would a normal hypo (<70mg/dl) as that would put bg's way

high again.

As you work thru these episodes as your bg #'s get lower, you will

eventually get " hypo " indications at the bg level where it's a true hypo &

those

should be taken seriously & treated promptly. This hypo-awareness at proper

levels

can take a while to achieve.

BTW, you didn't " mess-up " , things were just " different " . Most of us don't

lead regimented lives where we eat, sleep, work, etc at the same predictable

times every day. That's life!

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, T2, dx'ed 4/98 with Fasting bg 350mg/dl & HbA1c 15.5%

Controlling until last month with LC-D & very little E

Average Fasting bg 105mg/dl, Last HbA1c 6.0%

7+ Year Historical HbA1c 5.6%-6.0%

Now Experimenting with Metformin, Glyburide & " Merlot Therapy " for HbA1c

nearer 5.0%

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>>> Today was messed up meals again. I ate a late breakfast thinking that

I could get home for a late lunch, but I did take two slices of

turkey breast lunch meat along for a snack. I ate my snack around

12:30 and by 3:30 I was really hungry and feeling funny, so I took my

blood sugar and it was 156 (and I felt like I was really low).

I came home and fixed myself a large bowl of salad (iceberg salad mix

from the store) and plan to eat a real supper in a couple hours. I

just need something right away and the lettuce was there and isn't

too many carbs.

Kathleen <<<