Hypos [was Re: Digest Number 186]

[Guest guest]

I hate those fast drops, and that happens to me all the time. Right

now, as I'm typing this, I'm shaky, but my number will be in the

normal range, but I know that my sugar dropped fast, because that's

the first sign I get. What can be done to control that fast drop

besides eating constantly?

Jo

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> Highs are easier to correct (as a T1 or T2 on insulin) because you

have

> more latitude, more time and more mental awareness than with a

serious low.

> For me, the most exhausting hypos to recover from are the very

rapid drops

> with quite a bit of insulin still left in the system. For me, those

used to

> be the middle-of-the-night ones until I switched from

Regular/Ultralente

> to Humalog/Lantus.

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> Sandy

> T1 -1979

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