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Type 1 (juvenile) diabetic.
Ate late last night.
Ate a pot gummy while listening to some tunes.
Forget to shoot insulin. Went to sleep. Woke up with glucose at 310. Shot normal basil dose of long term insulin. Shot 1/2 normal dose of pre-breakfast short term bolus.
Took the garbage out (which is a 30 minute job around here because I do a bunch of other stuff routinely on garbage day), then worked on some yard clean-up for about 30 minutes.
Started feeling sick. Looked at the remaining mulch pile. Looked like it was undulating.
Uh oh.
Sat right down on the driveway and started laughing hysterically. Tried not to pass out, but I think I might have for a few seconds. Sat there for awhile, came in the house, puked. Glucose dropped from 310 to 72 in only one hour. 72 is not dangerously low, but the rate of the drop was dangerous.
EVERY time I do ANYTHING except sit still in a chair, my glucose drops like that. It's a pain in the ass. Now, my brain is going to be all scrambled up for about 6 hours.
YAYYYYYY!!!!
I'm sure some of you Type 1s out there can relate.
Have a nice day.
lark
(26,108 posts)Both my best friend and my sisters long time partner died from diabetic issues.
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)My sincere condolences.
debm55
(61,411 posts)LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)I just slip up sometimes...happens to us all.
Marthe48
(23,361 posts)My daughter is a renal dietician, so I'm more aware of kidney disease because of her career. I know about treatments that might help diabetics, but not who could benefit from having one.
Please take care of yourself!
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)She suggested I try the pump.
I told her no.
She asked why and I gave her the following reasons:
1) Technology actually does get more difficult and overwhelming every year that you grow older
2) I've been kept alive by MDI (multiple daily injections) all of these years, and I'm still kicking.
3) In rare instances, pump fail.
4) For the same reason I prefer standard shift to automatic vehicles...I'd rather live by my own hand, rather than depend on a machine, as much as humanly possible.
She just said "valid reasons" and moved on.
Marthe48
(23,361 posts)I saw a meme last night that a high level techie has no computer equipment newer than 2004 printer. And they keep a loaded gun ready to shoot the printer if it makes a funny noise
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)LoisB
(13,328 posts)LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)Marthe48
(23,361 posts)I was looking for memes for Sunday and found this:

LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)I bet it's funny!
Marthe48
(23,361 posts)I found the opposite of a sugar daddy
Screen shot of a medical report says, "Patient has an insulin pimp."
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)a kennedy
(36,268 posts)LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)For your kind words.
1WorldHope
(2,122 posts)Type 1 diabetes is, as deaf people say, funnny No.
My son in law has it and after 35 years with it, finally got insurance and got a pump. But you are right, he always struggles with it. The sensor breaks or the cannula comes out. Ten things can go wrong at anytime. And living rural means no close pharmacy and everything by mail and insurance becomes more and more undependable the longer at Orange ass is in the oval Office. Keep fighting for your life Lucky. Maybe set an alarm on your phone on gummy nights. 🫶🏼
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)I was diagnosed at age 36. I had taken the day off work because I was getting the driveway blacktopped. A few days prior to this, I had noticed that my vision had improved to 20/20, and I no longer had any need for my glasses.
The day I was diagnosed, I felt awful. I chugged over a gallon of water, right from the plastic bottle. I was peeing every 7 minutes (I timed it). I was so hungry that I drove to McDonalds and got some burgers and TWO of those large orange Hi-C drinks, and I was STILL thirsty.
Went to the doc...I had no idea what was going on. My glucose was in the 500s.
They assumed it was Type 2, so they put me on oral meds that didn't work. They then ran a test on me, I think an antibody test(?) and told me it was Type 1, which made more sense, because I was in decent shape back then (nautilus gym 3x weekly, and running every day). So I was put on insulin after that.
My eyes then returned to normal about 3 weeks later. It turns out that very high glucose changes the water content of your eyeballs, thus changing their shape, thus causing your vision to change for either the better or the worse. Your eyes then normalize to their previous state once your glucose gets under control.
My wife reminded me that when I first started, I used to have to draw the insulin into a syringe, which I had completely forgotten about. Now, it's a bit easier with the pens and screw-on needles.
My best wishes to you, and your son in law. Tell him to hang tough. It's not easy.
1WorldHope
(2,122 posts)I did not know that it had that effect on the eyes. He was using the syringe right up until he got the pump. When it works, it is amazing. Crazy old life. Take care Lucky, you are a fun person with a good sense of humor. Needed, in these fun times we live in now.
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)Last edited Thu May 7, 2026, 05:44 PM - Edit history (1)
but hit hard all at once. It kind of sneaks up on you. Not feeling great, always thirsty, peeing a lot, etc. Then, BAM.
Yes, it can manifest at any age. They should have never named it "juvenile". It's misleading.
It's a whole 'nother disease from Type 2, and they should find a new name for it. It's an autoimmune disease. It's when your immune system attacks the beta cells in your pancreas.
irisblue
(37,770 posts)LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)Niagara
(12,037 posts)I certainly hope that your glucose levels are on target now.
I dumped out expired or nearly expired food from fridge since the city trash bins go to the curb today/tonight.
Whew!
I cleared out the fridge a few weeks ago! About 12 glass bottles rinsed out and recycled. I'm glad you got yours cleaned out.
Had another low this afternoon. Alarms going off for 90 minutes, even after I ate a bunch of food from a bakery today. It's crazy!
Whew!
Niagara
(12,037 posts)So in a sense, I'm responsible for three separate refrigerators.
I'm so sorry that it's chronic highs and lows with your glucose. It's got to be so frustrating.
Whew!
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)I bet you are good at keeping things organized!
My problem is...even with my reading glasses, it takes me a long time to decipher the expiration dates. So, it takes me a long time. Then I do my best to clean out the glass bottles and recycle them. Sometimes though, depending on what is in the bottle/jar, I end up just throwing the bottle out if it is too hard to clean out. That's rare though.
I don't know how I would feel about cleaning out someone else's fridge. I give you high praise for doing so.
Yes, the glucose is very frustrating. It messes with my emotions. I do my best to roll with it, but sometimes it hits me: "This is some serious shit and I better get my act together". My a1C is pretty good though, and my practitioner says I'm doing good, so...I'll take it. The correct mindset for this is "This thing wants me dead, and I have to slow it down".
It's the lows that are really bad for you. Being high for a few hours won't kill you...but being low for a few hours can kill you pretty quickly.
Whew!
Thanks, Niagara.
Niagara
(12,037 posts)My client overbuys food. She doesn't look in the fridge to see what she already has and doesn't look at the expiration dates. She goes by her previous grocery list and so she overbuys. It's deli style tuna, deli style roasted salmon, deli boiled eggs and it all just gets jammed into the fridge without any type of order or most importantly expiration dates.
I feel like it's my duty to keep her safe from getting sick from bad or spoiled food. About 3 weeks ago she gave me permission to trash what I felt that needed to go and it was an insane amount of expired food that I trashed. She uses 3 full sized pull out drawers in her fridge, the rest of the food in the fridge is other members of the household items.
I placed items that need to eaten in certain order in all 3 drawers with the first drawer being "eat first" drawer and the second drawer being "eat second" and then the third drawer is "you've got some time yet".
The last time I wanted to go through her fridge she didn't want me to. She has days like that and that's okay. I'll try to sweet talk her the next time.
In my secondary fridge, I use several of those plastic soda can holders on the top shelf. I store block cheese, shredded cheese, cottage cheese and pepperoni, things like that. Super easy to see and it doesn't get "lost" in the fridge being placed in the soda can holders.
The main fridge is the disaster area but it's not where the majority of my food goes. Also leftovers goes in this fridge inside lidded containers and I call "science experiments" that I have to clean out. I don't know why anyone saves foo that they don't eat but there we have it. LOL!
Yes, Diabetes is quite a challenge with the glucose levels. I remember a few times when I was a kid and my mom was face down on the floor from low glucose. Quite frightening to witness as a kid.
Whew!
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)"science experiments".
That's perfect!
Maybe you should come here and clean out my fridge! I'm tasked with doing that here, and I also clean out the food pantry.
Last time I did that (last year), I was finding stuff from 2019!
I'm sorry to read that you saw your mom like that as a child. I'm thinking how scary that must have been for you, and for her too.
You keep up your good work, Niagara. Sounds like you do a great job!
Whew!
Niagara
(12,037 posts)I'll take a look and remove a lid and see mold on leftover food that someone just had to save. Then I'll say later, "Btw, I threw away some of your science experiments from the fridge."
I'm getting really good at going through pantries and fridges so I can always help you if you need it. Yes, throw out that stuff from 2019! It's always a good idea to go through the fridge.
I really should go through the main fridge this weekend. I'll see how much laundry I need to do this weekend. You'd be proud of me, I broke down 3 Amazon boxes from the house and put them in the recycling today!
It was very scary. So when you talk about low glucose levels that's what image I get inside my head. People face down on the floor not being able to move or to able to get up.
I forgot to reply you're welcome to you in an earlier post, so you're welcome!
And thank you so much, Lucky. I do what I can for people.
Whew!
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)Niagara
(12,037 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,782 posts)My Beta cells crapped out about 10 years ago. I can certainly relate. I began chasing the lawnmower at 150mg/dl. I thought I'll be good. I mowed for 38 minutes and just as I finished my pump alarmed 79. I went in the house and hopped my pump stopping basal would bring me up.
Dropped to 60 ate 8 g glucose- not good enough dropped to 47, ate 2 more tabs and it began rising slowly to 76. I then ate dinner.
Lucky, take care of yourself. The good news is they cured mice of T1😆

LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)I'm the same way...yardwork is like gambling.
In fact, ANY activity drops me low...except if I get on the elliptical for an hour...then it goes high! There is no rhyme or reason to it.
For me, the worst is when I have to do a colonoscopy prep. NOTHING keeps my glucose from going low. I can chug apple juice, Sprite...no good. It's terrifying. I think the prep solution messes me up somehow. I dropped into the 40s or 50s during my last prep. Got to the ER just in time to get IV Dextrose.
Keep up your good work...I have empathy for you. You're doing good.
TexLaProgressive
(12,782 posts)If you don't mind saying how old were you when you were diagnosed? They use to think it only happened in childhood but now at any age. A friend was diagnosed T2 in his 40s but the treatment failed. Guess what positive for antibodies targeting the Beta cells.
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)Misdiagnosed as Type 2 initially. Oral meds didn't help. They then ran an antibody test which indicated Type 1.
So I went a few years with the misdiagnosis because I had a brief honeymoon period, until it started affecting my cognitive abilities and actually threw me into major depression. That's when I switched from a GP to an endocrinologist, and he ran the antibody test.
TexLaProgressive
(12,782 posts)If you're interested there is a really good community at FUdiabetes.org even though we sometimes think that stands for how we fell about this disease it is actually for unlimited diabetes. It doesn't limit us.
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)so I mainly see his nurse practitioner, unless I'm REALLY messed up, then I ask to see him.
The NP is really good too...
applegrove
(132,951 posts)Do you have a constant glucose monitor? My brother loves his.
LuckyCharms
(23,026 posts)Soon to switch to a G7, because the G6 is being discontinued.
I have a love/hate relationship with mine. I hate the alarms, but I don't know how I ever got along without it.
Best wishes to your brother, and to you.