fucking blood sugar ...

[sake]

My blood sugar has generally been FINE through out this pregnancy, and my endo even said that I might end up requiring more insulin, which I haven't yet. But last night while driving home, i get SUPER disoriented, and was on the phone with my mom, but don't remember ANY of the conversation. I then got LOST while driving, near my house. My H called me when he got home, b/c he knew I should have already been home. I was apparently just driving around our neighborhood, unable to find our house. I could see street signs, and he drove to find me. I really don't remember a lot of it. It was really scary. When he got me home, my blood sugar was 30. :-|

SO FREAKING SCARY. I hate diabetes, and all the shit that comes with it. I can't wait to have this baby, so I can try to get a pancreas cell transplant.
/rant over

[sprky79]

Aug 14, 2012 12:55:39 GMT -5 sake said:

My blood sugar has generally been FINE through out this pregnancy, and my endo even said that I might end up requiring more insulin, which I haven't yet. But last night while driving home, i get SUPER disoriented, and was on the phone with my mom, but don't remember ANY of the conversation. I then got LOST while driving, near my house. My H called me when he got home, b/c he knew I should have already been home. I was apparently just driving around our neighborhood, unable to find our house. I could see street signs, and he drove to find me. I really don't remember a lot of it. It was really scary. When he got me home, my blood sugar was 30.

SO FREAKING SCARY. I hate diabetes, and all the shit that comes with it. I can't wait to have this baby, so I can try to get a pancreas cell transplant.
/rant over

Hugs. Diabetes is the big suck.

Can you keep some granola bars in your glove box? Or were you too out of it to think to eat them? The fiance has had moments like this and is straight up no fun.

[sake]

I don't know that I would have thought to eat them. My mom later told me that she kept asking if my sugar was low, b/c i wasn't making any sense while i was talking to her on the phone, but that I kept telling her I was fine. But she knew I probably wasn't.
H brought juice with him when he came to find me. I drank some, then threw up, but he made me drink more.
I am just glad that I was in the neighborhood, b/c i really don't remember getting near our house at all while driving, and we live near the country, so i could have been very very lost if I hadn't instinctively driven towards our neighborhood.

[karmasabiotch]

That sounds scary. I'm sorry. I'm glad you are safe and now maybe you can safety plan to prevent it from happening again??

[Deleted]

Those kinds of lows are super scary. I woke up Saturday in the middle of the night feeling exactly like you did and my sugar was 30. Do you keep candy or juice with you? They also make these glucose tablets that you can eat quickly if you start to feel low. I carry those with me all the time.

Diabetes blows. I'm glad you're okay.

[sprky79]

Aug 14, 2012 13:04:10 GMT -5 sake said:

I don't know that I would have thought to eat them. My mom later told me that she kept asking if my sugar was low, b/c i wasn't making any sense while i was talking to her on the phone, but that I kept telling her I was fine. But she knew I probably wasn't.
H brought juice with him when he came to find me. I drank some, then threw up, but he made me drink more.
I am just glad that I was in the neighborhood, b/c i really don't remember getting near our house at all while driving, and we live near the country, so i could have been very very lost if I hadn't instinctively driven towards our neighborhood.

The fiance did this once trying to give me directions to the place we were going for dinner. He was "fine" but kept taking us in circles. It took him a good twenty minutes to "sound like him" again, if you will.

Those days are no fun for you, I'm sure. How you feeling today?

[sake]

It's weird b/c prior to being pregnant I could feel if my blood sugar was getting low, and now, i guess I just can't??? I didn't experience any of the same feelings i used to feel prior to my blood sugar getting low in the past... so I guess i just need to plan for the possibility that it will be going low now with no warning.
I didn't have any candy with me b/c i had switched purses, and forgot to change it over to my new purse. I made sure to put it in the new purse before I left home this morning though, and am probably going to be buying the glucose packs soon as well.

[sake]

I am feeling much better today. I packed extra snacks just in case. I have only reacted like that one other time when my blood sugar went low, and REALLY do not like it. it also was very unexpected yesterday, bc I ate the exact same thing that I have been eating for the past week as far as breakfast and lunch goes, and didn't do any extra activity. It was just all very unexpected...

[ladyk]

Put some glucose tablets in your car too. Very scary...

[sprky79]

Aug 14, 2012 13:10:08 GMT -5 sake said:

It's weird b/c prior to being pregnant I could feel if my blood sugar was getting low, and now, i guess I just can't??? I didn't experience any of the same feelings i used to feel prior to my blood sugar getting low in the past... so I guess i just need to plan for the possibility that it will be going low now with no warning.
I didn't have any candy with me b/c i had switched purses, and forgot to change it over to my new purse. I made sure to put it in the new purse before I left home this morning though, and am probably going to be buying the glucose packs soon as well.

See if your insurance will cover a continuous glucose monitor? It will beep if you get too low or too high.

[bcv513]

That is so scary. My dad did this once when I was little and he was driving me home from school. He drove right past the house, stopped in the middle of the street, looked at me and said "Where did the house go?" I hope you're okay

[underwaterrhymes]

That's really scary! I'm so glad you're okay!

[liverandonions]

How scary! I'm glad you're ok! Pregnancy does some funky things to the body but it seems unfair that you would know of your blood sugar was dropping. Be careful for you and your bunny!