>Still doesn't seem like enough to combat double-digit reactions.<
One of the problems of treating lows is the "danger" of over-treating them. There you are, sweating, shaking, messed up vision, befuddled thinking, and your body is screaming at you to 'eat something, eat something now, damn it!' It's very easy to sit down and shove 500 calories into your mouth without literally a thought. Sure, that cures the low, but there you are a few minutes later at 200+, and then what?
Using 15 grams of glucose tablets (the ones I buy are 4 gm each, so I'd need to use 4 at a time), chewed up well and washed down with a few ounces of water, will get you out of trouble and stop any kind of free-fall your glucose level might be doing. Then you retest at 15 minutes and repeat if needed. At that point, 99% of the time, you'll be up over 100 again. And isn't that what we want? I sure don't want to roll from 50 to 200 in less than a half hour, because that's going to make me feel even more awful for many hours to come.
Saturday, 15 August 2009
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