| 6ixStringJack: My roller coaster problem is because of how fast the glucose tabs work (to get you out of trouble) and how slowly the insulin works by comparison. If you take too much sugar and turn all your insulin off while you're in the dangerzone, you're likely to see that spike up to 200 again and then you're taking too much insulin because it's not working fast enough to bring it back down. And then you have to balance in things like "did I have a real physical day or not" because that can have huge implications on how your body handles glucose/insulin balances too. So many factors at play and going on 3 years into it I still haven't mastered that yet. |
| 6ixStringJack: Strange that the glucose drink didn't help you. Diabetes and Hypoglycemic must only be loosely related to each other. With what I know about diabetes now, it just surprises me that if your sugar was low that a huge shot of it in one dose wouldn't get you back where you needed to be quicker than eating actual food. Interesting. |
6ixStringJack: I never read the first JP, but I bet it was really good. I'd never read Chriton up to that point, but in Jr. Year of high school (Grade 11), I was offered the choice of 3 books to read by my teacher and JP2 was one of them. I loved it and imagined the main character was Helen Hunt from Twister as I was reading it. That movie was such a disappointment compared to the real thing.  |
Brenda: That is low blood sugar for sure. I'm glad you have the monitor and all that set up for you. Certainly easier now then when my Blair was alive.  |
| Brenda: My brother can go into anaphylatic shock because of his food allergies. So I know about eppy pens. He's suppose to carry one at all times too. |
| Brenda: My Blair was diabetic and he used to take that glucose drink sometimes. He gave me one once when he was worried and it did nothing for me. My body needs something real like food to keep it going. |
| Brenda: I can understand you those skin monitors can be useful. As a hypoglycemic, I know immediately if my sugar has gone too low. My hands and I mean both can get shaky. I can start walking odd. Or I can't think straight then I have to have whatever is handiest. Hence I always carry granola bars on me when I am out. I eat that until I get some thing "proper". |
| Brenda: I've always been a reader but I do have a lot of books I haven't read yet. That's stemming from looking after my mum and moving around so much. |
| Brenda: It was. My aunts were sorely disappointed as I said. But just because his last name is spelt like my grandfather's, these were my dad's sisters. Didn't mean anything. Maybe I should try reading one of his books. Jurassic Park would be right up my alley. |
| 6ixStringJack: The other night I hit 47. The monitor only goes down to 40, which I know because I've been there before too... but not in a long while. That night was scary. I actually started losing my vision. Not blacking out, like passing out, but my actual vision. It was like two growing multicolor blobs that started in the center of my vision like pinpricks and seemed to get to be the size of an apple from about 10 feet away by the time the sugar kicked in and I started recovering. Never experienced anything like it and I don't intend to ever do it again. |
| 6ixStringJack: I've got two eppy pen type devices for emergencies. One I keep on a magnet on my fridge with the instructions printed out, and the other always comes with me wherever I go in my tool bag. (man purse ) |
| 6ixStringJack: If I go low though, I have to have sugar for sure. Glucose tabs are usually always on hand since I don't really eat sweets and I don't drink pop. Feels like crap when I let that happen, so I know for sure what you go through on that end. Just had me a little roller coaster the other night and the lowest low I had found me breaking out in a sweat even though it's still been cold enough at night around here to wear a hoodie. Really draining when it happens, so I try to do my best to avoid it for sure. |
| 6ixStringJack: With the phone app, I can get the 5-minute glucose update I was getting when just using the monitor alone, but with the pod in synch, I can also instruct the phone to shoot the insulin I need before a meal based off the carbs I'm eating (the Bolus shots), but instead of having to take one 24/hr shot (Basal shot), it will give me a steady trickle, and actually uses AI over time to try to perfect what my own body needs and it makes fine tuned adjustments (that AI bit might have been BS... honestly... I haven't noticed any improvement since I started using it, but it's not bad). |
| 6ixStringJack: "Airframe remains one of Crichton's few novels not adapted to film. Crichton stated this was due to the great expense needed to make such a film. The novel's dense technical details for the accident investigation may also have hindered cinematic adaptations." They aren't kidding. The amount of technical knowledge he put into this book was written about. But he's such a great storyteller it don't even feel like learning when you're actually learning something. I've forgotten mostly what it's about almost 30 years later, but it does stand out in my mind as a great read. |
| 6ixStringJack: Oh bummer. That would have been cool if you were related to him. I used to be a pretty heavy reader years back and enjoyed a few of his books. The movie Jurassic Park 2 was such a disappointment because the book was amazing. Read his book Airframe when it was new and was blown away by it. And that's over a topic I never thought I would enjoy so much. [go to link]) |
| Brenda: Huh. I didn't know that. In fact I don't think I have read any of his books. My family has tried to claim Michael Crichton as one of ours. Then one of my aunts got terribly disappointed when she found out he wasn't related to us. |
| Brenda: Hard to say with Orwell. You have to do some reading on his life to see who he hung out with. |
| Brenda: That is true. I am sure that there were things in my grandparents lives that came into being that they would never have thought of and would see. |
| Brenda: I've seen the ads for those monitors and for the apps on the cell phones. What gets me, is doesn't a diabetic now when their blood sugar is going low? As a hypoglycemic I sure as shooting now. I feel terrible. |
| 6ixStringJack: Michael Chriton was great at that in his books. He knew a lot about a lot, and he had all the right connections too. |