Ah, the weekend!

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Originally Posted by DianaB

I hate having to worry about it because before I took the meds I didn't have any problem with it going low......of course, it was high!! I hate the feeling of having my blood sugar going low. It just muddles my brain and wipes me out.

Yep, that's the good with the bad! But the good outweighs the bad. Make sense? Uh, NO!

Low blood sugar does absolutely wipe you out and for some time after the event. Also, Gary tends to eat more than he would have it he had not let the low sugar event happen. You will get better at figuring out when it is going to happen - but you are so on track, part of the key is to eat regularly! That will really help. And to lower your med dose or snack when you are shopping (or doing anything that calls for more physical activity than you usually engage in).

When Gary took oral meds for his blood sugar, when he would go hunting he just wouldn't take the meds at all that morning (I am NOT advocating that) because he didn't want to have to eat. You make noise when you are eating in the woods and you might scare off a deer, don't you understand! LOL! The point is that you have to figure out things to do to keep your blood sugar from going too low, that fit into you lifestyle. For him that meant not taking his meds. A better solution is to take 1/2 your meds - because the extra exercise will keep you blood sugar just as low as the meds. Or eat/snack regularly so that your sugar doesn't get low. Diabetes shouldn't rule your life - you need to figure out how to make is a (small) part of your total life - and you will, it just takes a little time to get situated.

So, next time, just eat or snack or whatever - so that you don't have to interrupt the most important thing - SHOPPING!