Low blood sugar - late morning

[Shelbyville]

WOW:
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<br />What a great deal of really usefull information that comes here (CF Forum) almost daily. That explains this wussy's worry about a 50 to 60 after work outs mid-morning (not feeling to good w/o some food. A "20" are you kidding? I would have had the big one reading the meter let alone how ya felt! Kinda explains some night attacks that I related to everything (even went down the panic attack road in my head) else in the world. Just got over another Panktus attack so now this all is making sense. THANK YOU ALL!!!!
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<br />Best Regards, Steve

 

[mamerth]

I have had my share of low blood sugar. My lowest numbers are 60's. I eat every two hours to try to prevent low blood sugar. Feel like I am eating all the time. I don't eat a carb with out a protein. I usually get my low sugars in the morning and once in a while before supper. My blood sugars fall fast when I get a migraine.

Orange juice and peanuts are my best friends!!

 

[mamerth]

I have had my share of low blood sugar. My lowest numbers are 60's. I eat every two hours to try to prevent low blood sugar. Feel like I am eating all the time. I don't eat a carb with out a protein. I usually get my low sugars in the morning and once in a while before supper. My blood sugars fall fast when I get a migraine.

Orange juice and peanuts are my best friends!!

 

[mamerth]

I have had my share of low blood sugar. My lowest numbers are 60's. I eat every two hours to try to prevent low blood sugar. Feel like I am eating all the time. I don't eat a carb with out a protein. I usually get my low sugars in the morning and once in a while before supper. My blood sugars fall fast when I get a migraine.
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<br />Orange juice and peanuts are my best friends!!

 

[rubyroselee]

Thanks everyone for your responses. I had a feeling I wasn't the only one with this problem.

So I went to the Endo this morning. He suspects the same thing...the pancreas is secreting too much insulin too late. He said the only other cause would be a mass on the pancreas, which he highly doubts. He basically said that it's probably just something I'm going to have to deal with. But he did give me a lab slip to do when I'm having a hypoglycemia episode to sort of confirm what's going on.

So it was basically the answer I suspected, which is better than being diagnosed with something new!

I am definitely going to keep trying to balance the carbs and proteins a little better (because I'm horrible about that)...and probably talk to the dietician at my next clinic visit.

Thanks all!

 

[rubyroselee]

Thanks everyone for your responses. I had a feeling I wasn't the only one with this problem.

So I went to the Endo this morning. He suspects the same thing...the pancreas is secreting too much insulin too late. He said the only other cause would be a mass on the pancreas, which he highly doubts. He basically said that it's probably just something I'm going to have to deal with. But he did give me a lab slip to do when I'm having a hypoglycemia episode to sort of confirm what's going on.

So it was basically the answer I suspected, which is better than being diagnosed with something new!

I am definitely going to keep trying to balance the carbs and proteins a little better (because I'm horrible about that)...and probably talk to the dietician at my next clinic visit.

Thanks all!

 

[rubyroselee]

Thanks everyone for your responses. I had a feeling I wasn't the only one with this problem.
<br />
<br />So I went to the Endo this morning. He suspects the same thing...the pancreas is secreting too much insulin too late. He said the only other cause would be a mass on the pancreas, which he highly doubts. He basically said that it's probably just something I'm going to have to deal with. But he did give me a lab slip to do when I'm having a hypoglycemia episode to sort of confirm what's going on.
<br />
<br />So it was basically the answer I suspected, which is better than being diagnosed with something new!
<br />
<br />I am definitely going to keep trying to balance the carbs and proteins a little better (because I'm horrible about that)...and probably talk to the dietician at my next clinic visit.
<br />
<br />Thanks all!

 

[rubyroselee]

Just wanted to give you all an update...

I ate breakfast this morning at 8am (frosted shredded wheat) and I went to work this morning as usual. Around 9:45am I started feeling the hypoglycemia symptoms, so I decided to take my blood sugar level. It was 100. I was puzzled, because I was surely feeling the symptoms starting. So I decided to go re-check it a few minutes later, and it was down to 82. And again, I checked it 2-3 minutes later, and it was 66. So I decided to run across the street and get my lab work done ASAP since he wanted them done during a hypoglycemic episode.

By the time I got to the lab I was shaking and faint. I let the lab person know I was hypoglycemic and that was the reason I was there for the testing, so if she could hurry that would be great. I think she finally realized that I needed to get the labs drawn pronto. So she got me in there fairly quickly and drew me.

When I was finished, she gave me one of those glucose drinks. I sat in the waiting room and guzzled it down with a bunch of candy that was in my purse. As I'm shoving the candy in my mouth, I got a hot flash throughout my body and starting sweating perfusely. I know if my sugar didn't go up soon I'd be in trouble. I sat there for a few minutes and by the time I made it back to my car, it was measuring at 130.

But boy, was that scary!

So I get a call at work this afternoon - it was my endocrinologist. He said that my blood sugar measured at 29. The rest of the tests were pending and he said he has to wait for those results before he can decide if it's just a sluggish pancreas or something more (like a pancreatic mass). I'm definitely hoping it's just the CF/sluggish pancreas...so fingers cross that the other labs come up normal.

He basically told me to make sure I keep candy with me at all times and do not drive if I feel like that. But luckily that is what I do already. Plus I've dealt with this for so many years already I'm sort of used to it.

 

[rubyroselee]

Just wanted to give you all an update...

I ate breakfast this morning at 8am (frosted shredded wheat) and I went to work this morning as usual. Around 9:45am I started feeling the hypoglycemia symptoms, so I decided to take my blood sugar level. It was 100. I was puzzled, because I was surely feeling the symptoms starting. So I decided to go re-check it a few minutes later, and it was down to 82. And again, I checked it 2-3 minutes later, and it was 66. So I decided to run across the street and get my lab work done ASAP since he wanted them done during a hypoglycemic episode.

By the time I got to the lab I was shaking and faint. I let the lab person know I was hypoglycemic and that was the reason I was there for the testing, so if she could hurry that would be great. I think she finally realized that I needed to get the labs drawn pronto. So she got me in there fairly quickly and drew me.

When I was finished, she gave me one of those glucose drinks. I sat in the waiting room and guzzled it down with a bunch of candy that was in my purse. As I'm shoving the candy in my mouth, I got a hot flash throughout my body and starting sweating perfusely. I know if my sugar didn't go up soon I'd be in trouble. I sat there for a few minutes and by the time I made it back to my car, it was measuring at 130.

But boy, was that scary!

So I get a call at work this afternoon - it was my endocrinologist. He said that my blood sugar measured at 29. The rest of the tests were pending and he said he has to wait for those results before he can decide if it's just a sluggish pancreas or something more (like a pancreatic mass). I'm definitely hoping it's just the CF/sluggish pancreas...so fingers cross that the other labs come up normal.

He basically told me to make sure I keep candy with me at all times and do not drive if I feel like that. But luckily that is what I do already. Plus I've dealt with this for so many years already I'm sort of used to it.

 

[rubyroselee]

Just wanted to give you all an update...
<br />
<br />I ate breakfast this morning at 8am (frosted shredded wheat) and I went to work this morning as usual. Around 9:45am I started feeling the hypoglycemia symptoms, so I decided to take my blood sugar level. It was 100. I was puzzled, because I was surely feeling the symptoms starting. So I decided to go re-check it a few minutes later, and it was down to 82. And again, I checked it 2-3 minutes later, and it was 66. So I decided to run across the street and get my lab work done ASAP since he wanted them done during a hypoglycemic episode.
<br />
<br />By the time I got to the lab I was shaking and faint. I let the lab person know I was hypoglycemic and that was the reason I was there for the testing, so if she could hurry that would be great. I think she finally realized that I needed to get the labs drawn pronto. So she got me in there fairly quickly and drew me.
<br />
<br />When I was finished, she gave me one of those glucose drinks. I sat in the waiting room and guzzled it down with a bunch of candy that was in my purse. As I'm shoving the candy in my mouth, I got a hot flash throughout my body and starting sweating perfusely. I know if my sugar didn't go up soon I'd be in trouble. I sat there for a few minutes and by the time I made it back to my car, it was measuring at 130.
<br />
<br />But boy, was that scary!
<br />
<br />So I get a call at work this afternoon - it was my endocrinologist. He said that my blood sugar measured at 29. The rest of the tests were pending and he said he has to wait for those results before he can decide if it's just a sluggish pancreas or something more (like a pancreatic mass). I'm definitely hoping it's just the CF/sluggish pancreas...so fingers cross that the other labs come up normal.
<br />
<br />He basically told me to make sure I keep candy with me at all times and do not drive if I feel like that. But luckily that is what I do already. Plus I've dealt with this for so many years already I'm sort of used to it.

 

[JORDYSMOM]

4 Low blood sugar - late morning

Wow 29! That is crazy. You know, I've been like this for many years too. They couldn't find anything on my pancreas. I hope your tests are normal. You definitely should eat every 2 hours though. It's hard when you work.

Stacey

 

[JORDYSMOM]

4 Low blood sugar - late morning

Wow 29! That is crazy. You know, I've been like this for many years too. They couldn't find anything on my pancreas. I hope your tests are normal. You definitely should eat every 2 hours though. It's hard when you work.

Stacey

 

[JORDYSMOM]

4 Low blood sugar - late morning

Wow 29! That is crazy. You know, I've been like this for many years too. They couldn't find anything on my pancreas. I hope your tests are normal. You definitely should eat every 2 hours though. It's hard when you work.
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<br />Stacey

 

[Jeana]

4 Low blood sugar - late morning

This is why I stopped treating my Diabetes for a while. The lows are so scary. Today, at work, I had a 45 and had no sugar handy. I had to ask another teacher to get me some and was white-faced and sweaty by the time she came back. And my 8th graders just stared at me with concern.

But the scariest one was in the middle of the night. I woke up and didn't feel right. I was at 25. I am so glad that I woke up! I am thinking that I should get a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. Anybody here have one?

 

[Jeana]

4 Low blood sugar - late morning

This is why I stopped treating my Diabetes for a while. The lows are so scary. Today, at work, I had a 45 and had no sugar handy. I had to ask another teacher to get me some and was white-faced and sweaty by the time she came back. And my 8th graders just stared at me with concern.

But the scariest one was in the middle of the night. I woke up and didn't feel right. I was at 25. I am so glad that I woke up! I am thinking that I should get a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. Anybody here have one?

 

[Jeana]

4 Low blood sugar - late morning

This is why I stopped treating my Diabetes for a while. The lows are so scary. Today, at work, I had a 45 and had no sugar handy. I had to ask another teacher to get me some and was white-faced and sweaty by the time she came back. And my 8th graders just stared at me with concern.
<br />
<br />But the scariest one was in the middle of the night. I woke up and didn't feel right. I was at 25. I am so glad that I woke up! I am thinking that I should get a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. Anybody here have one?

 

[mamerth]

I eat something every 2 hours (even if it just a glass of orange juice and some peanuts or dried fruit and peanuts). I get freaked when it goes near 80.

29--- that is scary!!!

I am having surgery in 2 weeks and the nurse told me that they will check my sugars often so that they don't fall too quickly with no food. I am a little freaked out.

 

[mamerth]

I eat something every 2 hours (even if it just a glass of orange juice and some peanuts or dried fruit and peanuts). I get freaked when it goes near 80.

29--- that is scary!!!

I am having surgery in 2 weeks and the nurse told me that they will check my sugars often so that they don't fall too quickly with no food. I am a little freaked out.

 

[mamerth]

I eat something every 2 hours (even if it just a glass of orange juice and some peanuts or dried fruit and peanuts). I get freaked when it goes near 80.
<br />
<br />29--- that is scary!!!
<br />
<br />I am having surgery in 2 weeks and the nurse told me that they will check my sugars often so that they don't fall too quickly with no food. I am a little freaked out.

 

[ej0820]

wow...I'm thinking the low blood sugar episodes I was having before are not so uncommon! 29 is SUPER SCARY! Gosh, you must have felt awful! Be careful though (I know you are, I'm just reminding you <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> ), when my sugar dipped into the twenties, I ended up having a seizure because of it. Just keep a good eye on yourself. Do you have a medical alert bracelet? It's time you get one if you don't. I had one for a while but never wore it...then my sugar dropped, while I was driving, and I passed out. Police and paramedics had no idea I was diabetic until they took my sugar. Since then, I've NEVER taken my bracelet off, even since I've been off of insulin.

I just saw my endocrinologist last week. She was pretty baffled at my many lows and my being able to function well without insulin. Her theory is not that there's extra insulin being distributed (from shots or a random pancreas burst), but that the sensitivity to insulin has increased. She's thinking (and she's not for sure on this, like I said, I'm quite baffling) that there's been the same amount of insulin going through my body, but for some reason my body is now responding to it a lot quicker. I'm off of insulin because I'm suddenly responding better to my own insulin. That's classic of Type 2 diabetes, which I've always been told CFRD has both Type 1 and 2 qualities.

Go figure.
Take care of yourself, and like everyone is saying, keep food with you all the time! What I started doing was keeping a thing of glucose tabs in my car, purse, home, parents house, work, etc. Then, I also keep something like peanut butter crackers or pop tarts in my car just to eat after coming up from a low...or eat if I skipped out on a meal I shouldn't have.