Matt Saves the Day!

Last night Matt and I went to our neighbors house, sat on their porch and had some drinks.  We got home at about 11:30.  I knew my sugar was running high (from my Dexcom) so I tested and needed to take 3.75 units of insulin.  I only took 1.75 units because alcohol tends to make my sugar go lower.

I woke up at 1:30 to my Dexcom BEEP BEEP BEEPING at me, I grabbed it and looked at the screen and it said that I was low (under 70 mg/dL.)  I got up out of bed, mad, tired and just plain irritated.  Came downstairs and remember we didn't have any orange juice or Capri Sun left in the fridge (which is just plain dumb of us) so I opened the cupboard to grab my glucose tablets and remembered that I had left them in my van (I had gone to Zumba in the morning and had taken them along with me.)  So now I am really crabby, grab my keys, go out to the van, get my tablets and sit down at our island and start crunching them.

Meanwhile my hubby had gotten up and was going through the cupboards looking for something to give me.  He was asking if a sandwich would help, or a cookie.  I kept saying "NO!!!" and yelled at him more than once (low sugar talking.)  He stopped and looked at me and said, "Stop yelling at me!"  I had taken 4-5 tablets and started in on eating some peanut butter crackers (rule of thumb for treating a hypo: fast acting sugar, followed by carb + protein) and all of a sudden I can feel this wave coming over me.

I am starting to sweat.  It started with my forehead, then my arms, then I could feel it dripping down my chest.  I looked at Matt and told him, "I need something, these tablets aren't working fast enough!"  Now the back of my neck is sweating and I can feel my hair getting wet.  He looks at me, takes the keys and drives 2 blocks to a local bar to grab some pops.  He was gone for 5 minutes at the most.  By the time he got back, my shirt was completely drenched, my hair was drenched, my shorts around my waistband were soaked, and I had sweat dripping off of me onto the island.  I had my head in my hands and I just wanted to lay my head down and sleep.  He walked in and gave me a Pepsi, I couldn't even open it, he opened it and I slugged 1/2 of it down.  Within seconds I could feel the difference.  The sweating let up. My head started to clear.

It is amazing how fast it came on.  Thank goodness my Dexcom woke me up!  I took another swallow of pop, then we turned out the lights and went back upstairs.  And, I thanked Matt for getting the pop, and apologized for yelling at him.  Told him I didn't really mean it.  Luckily, he understands and doesn't take it personally.