Bad Low Glucose Level Episode

Tuesday afternoon was not a good afternoon

We all know that low blood sugars suck to put it bluntly so I wanted to share my slightly scary story that happened on Tuesday as the title suggest.

It all started when I had to go and pick up a parcel at the post office, after this I went back to the car to drop the parcel off and head to the supermarket. I walked out of the supermarket and decided to take my blood glucose level and it was 3.3 I immediately put my insulin pump on suspend and headed for the bakery to get a drink and cupcake.

Now you would think having a 600ml Coca-Cola and a cupcake that wasn't that great would bring me up, ten minutes later I check my level and I am only 3.4 and then I got to 3.9 so I thought okay I am slowly going up. Next thing I know I have dropped to 2.6 I thought what the hell, I had bought a six pack of 200ml Pepsi and I decided to have one of them to help bring me up and it did for a brief moment.

After one 200ml Pepsi I took my level and I was 3.6 I thought okay surely I am coming back up but no six minutes later I was 3.4 so I had another Pepsi and this was my third Pepsi, at this point in time I was starting to get upset. I honestly thought I was going to need an Ambulance I could not get my level above 5.0 and I was no where my car plus I was on my own.

This scary episode started at 4:24pm and ended at 5:02pm, at 5:02pm I was 9.2  I was thanking the lord with a blood glucose level of 9.2, I was thankful at that point my Dad had found me and went to get my car so we could get home. During this half an hour episode I was in constant contact with my Mum, mum got our neighbour to bring my Dad down to where I was because my blood glucose levels were not coming up at all.

I honestly believe that there is no way I could have driven myself home I felt so wrecked having all that sugar but I could not do anything about it. It was scary for me because I am thinking I am consuming all this sugar why isn't it kicking in? It is not a good feeling when you are low and you have a drink that is filled with sugar and after ten minutes it sends you lower.

I have learned that I need to have sugar sticks in my handbag so I am not having drink throughout the low glucose level episode. I did not think I would be out of the house for long so I didn't have any hypo treatment on me, I am glad though that I was close to a bakery and a supermarket so I could grab something with sugar in it and treat my hypo.

As a person with Type One Diabetes I know that I can not control everything but I find frustrating sometimes when an episode like this for example happens and it can't really be explained. Tell me if you can relate to that fact I am sure I am not a lone.

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I hope you all have a lovely evening,

Until next time

Jenna