Diabetes: BG Crash & glucose tablets to correct lows

Although you KNOW that I absolutely agree with this, and not only do I use nothing BUT glucose tablets to correct lows (other than a complete emergency, which doesn't happen often; very very rarely will I be caught out without an extra stash of glucose tablets and be required to use somehing else -- and then it's a candy like skittles or smarties, that are essentially pure dextrose), I know that nothing even comes CLOSE to working as quickly, effectively, and consistently. I've had circumstances when lows have literally begun to correct themselves within SECONDS of my taking the appropriate tablets -- i.e.., I take a number of tablets and my vision suddenly clears, I'm able to think and speak well.

Anyway -- what I wanted to say is that if Margo is not someone who is accustomed to lows, or if her treatment/managemen t plan is not one that involves a medication where she might be prone to having lows, then she might simply have never felt the need to carry glucose tablets. If it doesn't happen, if it's not your reality, especially if you're D&E controlled and your drops are only moderate, tablets might not be something on your radar screen. In those instances, you take whatever is available to correct the low, but it's not realistic to expect every diabetic to carry glucose tablets in the case of a very "iffy" what if.

You'd be absolutely stunned to realize how many T1s, some long-term T1s, will not use glucose tablets. Have never used them; prefer other methods of raising BG and have done all right with those other methods. The MAJORITY of T1s don't use them. In the past there have been extended discussions about methods of treating lows, et al. on the IP list (over 5,000 members, predominantly T1s, since it's a pumpers list), and I am always a bit amazed when I learn how many simply will not use them. Period. Some, admittedly, use methods that I find unhealthy, unwise, extreme, excessive and dangerous -- for instance, overtreat a low using close to 100 grams of carb, and then take more insulin to cover the 'excess' carbs. Talk about exacerbating an existing problem.