Howdy Salty,

You say you are disabled and unable to do ANY sort of exercise, or
only exercise that you are unable to do, due to your diability?

Also  what wold you consider (for you at this point in your life), to
be exercise?
--
Type 2  - Dx'ed   11/2001
No meds - A1c 4.8  7/2004

I don't think seizures and hypos are one and the same.  I've had plenty of
hypos.  Never had a seizure.

I too am disabled, but can do some forms of exercise.  In my case, it's
mainly the legs that are affected.  But I can still use hand weights or
resistance bands.  I don't use insulin, so I can't help you there.

Wow!  That is scary!  I don't currently have a lot of problems with hypos,
but I have in the past.  I learned then, that the only safe time for me to
go shopping was right after eating.

I have fainted with little warning.  I remember once, not feeling well.  My
parents were visiting and we were getting ready to go to eat lunch.  The
doorbell rang.  It was the UPS man with a package for me.  I had ordered
some Christmas presents.  Turns out that the company I'd ordered from had
sent me a very expensive item that I had not ordered.  They had charged me
for it too!  I was not happy with this and wanted it resolved right away.
So I called them.  This whole thing delayed my meal by about 15 minutes.
And then there was the extra trip down the stairs to the door.  Going up and
down stairs would also cause hypos for me.  I remember going into the
kitchen for a cold drink because all of a sudden I was very hot!  Next thing
I know, my dad was pulling me out of the refrigerator.  I had slumped over
in there and fainted.  It happened that fast.

A similar thing happened when we sat there debating as to where to go to eat
lunch.  This delayed my normal meal time by 10 minutes.  We finally came to
a decision and I went to use the bathroom before we left.  I came out of the
bathroom and felt myself going down.  I remember grabbing onto the back of a
wooden chair.  Luckily, I wasn't injured when I fell.

I think because I do not use insulin, it is easier for me to come out of a
hypo than it might be for you.  But that's just a guess on my part.

That's good!

You might want to rethink having just toast.  If you eat straight carbs,
they'll go straight into your system and will probably leave just as
quickly.  You need to add some protein and fat to this meal.

Eating on a regular schedule is good.  But you might have to change what you
eat.  I used to eat the same foods daily as well.  This worked for me in the
beginning.  But now I find that my numbers can vary wildly!  And for no
apparent reason.  So if my numbers are running high, I cut back on the
carbs.  If low, I increase the carbs.  In all, I find that I can't eat as
many carbs as I could before.  But I do need to be flexible with what I eat.
I am also type 2.  I presume that are you are type 1?

My hypos are all different.  I can have one where I feel very sick, yet my
numbers are only slightly low.  I've tested at 29 and felt nothing.  The
only reason I tested then was because other people said I was acting
strange.  There is something called hypo unawareness.  Could be that is
happening to you.

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Some common symptoms of an impending low blood sugar are:

  a.  blurred vision
  b.  incomplete vision (blind spots) as if staring at the sun then looking
in the shade
 c.   physical weakness,  trembling
 d.   sudden sweating
 f.     high pulse rate
 g    confusion
 h.   nervousness

The best way to fight a rapidly onsetting low blood sugar is pure glucose
(sometimes called dextrose).

There are glucose gels available in many countries.     All pharmacies have
glucose tablets.   The gels are faster than the tablets but can be a bit
sloppy.

In Canada,  one gel product is "Insta-Glucose which comes in a tube.

  http://www.canadadrugs.com/otc/product/Insta-Glucose/2241/

I think that the gel is more expensive than the glucose tablets but the gel
works much faster.

In the U.S.,  we sweeten our soft drinks with a glucose mixture.
Therefore,  U.S. soft drinks work well in fighting hypoglycemia.

I don't know what they use in Canada.

Juice is good.   Candy bars are bad.    Chocolate is a very slow way to
fight hypoglycemia.  You can take enough chocolate to ultimately solve the
problem but it won't start working until after you have passed out.. .
.(ugh!)

Most doctors want you to eat or drink rapidly-absorbed glucose  to
neutralize the oncoming low blood sugar,   then follow it with a dose of
slow carbohydrate to make sure the low doesn't come back.

Some remarks about hypoglycemia from a medical site

http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/diabetes/hypoglycemia.asp

Unfortunately,  your basic problem is your method of taking insulin.
You are using an insulin which is notorious for rapid onset of hypoglycemia
with no warnings whatsoever,  i.e.  the NPH portion of your  25/75 insulin

The NPH in 25/75 has a very bad reputation for causing this problem.  Many
diabetics complain about this feature of NPH.  You should be very alert to
the chance of low blood sugar at about 3-5 hours after any injection of
25/75

One way to solve this problem is to inject pure NPH in small doses,  more
often during the day instead of the two big doses which you use.    (Insulin
25/75 is 75% NPH)

The more modern insulin regimes based on Lantus or Ultralente are better.
However,  they require more shots during the day.   You may want to discuss
the more modern insulin regimes with your doctor.

Your post seems to say that you always inject the same amounts every day
and try to always eat the same amounts every day no matter what your blood
sugar before the injection.     Many of us will measure our blood sugar
before injecting insulin then change the injection or the amount of food we
will eat based on our measured blood sugar before injection.

Regards
 Old Al

Your blood sugar goes so low that your brain, itself, cannot operate.
Different people have fairly different symptoms for this, but common ones
include irritability and shakiness as the blood sugar drops, and eventually
you will pass out. People also have a "glucagon response" that responds to
dropping blood sugars by releasing glucagon, which causes your liver to
convert glycogen to glucose and keep you going a while, but it's possible to
overwhelm, and if you've been poorly controlled for some time, it's not very
reliable.

Sounds like you had a scary time. *TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR*, they can walk you
through the latest reports and suggests and policies most appropriate to
*your* lifestyle.

 I've been Type I for around 18 years.  Over that time my response to
a hypoglycemia has changed.

 Initially my first symptom would be tingling on my tongue..
 A few years later it was a numness or tingling on my limbs.
 A few years later, slurred speach or blurry vision.
 I've had one eposide (about 10 years ago) when I had a conversation
with a non-existing person while I was having a low.
 Most recently, I think some shortness fo breath that I've been
experiencing has been related to a hypo. ( Only caught it once with the
meter, and once it wasn't actually low when I measured it durring an
episode - so I can't say 100% yet)

 While there are a number of body system responses to a hypo, when the
brain is affected, it can result in absolutely anything happening.

 Also, in general my ability to detect one coming on has diminished
over the years.  Dr's also tell me that the glycemic response (when the
body detects and compensates for the low by releasing glucose stores
from the liver) diminishes with time.

Joe Dunfee

Hi. I am diabetic and have been for twenty-one years, almost. I am wondering
why you take 45 units of humalog.  I take humalog and I take 1 unit for 15
grams of carbohydrates.