Hello everyone.
My sister Mollie directed me to this site, she has been a Type I for 33
years and coincidentally I was diagnosed at age 33. I am a Hospital
Social Worker and was at work on Tuesday and was not feeling well.
Knowing the signs of high blood sugar from growing up around diabetes I
asked a nurse to do a finger prick, the reading came back HIGH. So she
tried another meter and it came back HI. I went down to the ER and they
did a serum glucose level and it came back 686. They gave me 10 units
of regular and 2 hours later I was at 60, my first low, I felt like I
was going to die…
My A1C was 11.0.
I was admitted to the hospital and just got out today. The Dr.'s and
RN’s were shocked I was not spilling acetone and that my total
cholesterol was 144, Triglycerides were 115, LDL was 88 and HDL was 33.
So the only thing bad there is my HDL and it is not terrible.
So I spent 3 nights hospitalized and the first 2 days were a roller
coaster bouncing from 300 down to 60 up to 250 and as low as 35, I
really felt like I was crazy at 35. Last night and today I have managed
to keep my blood sugar below 170 and only went below 80 once (56) and
was discharged home this afternoon.
My sugars have been good thanks to my sisters advice I and taking one
unit of Humalog per 15 carbs and the hospital has me taking 35 of
Lantis at 9:30 every night.
I find that I spend 95% of my time thinking about my blood sugar. Am I
crashing? Am I High? Ma I crashing? But I know in time I will figure it
all out and life will return to normal.
I am glad my sister directed me here and although I would rather not be a member I am glad I am here.
Cheers,
Mark
Hi Mark,
This must be so surreal for you to be going through right now. But, you’ll find a wealth of support from this site.
My son has Type 1 and I have a diabetes blog (it’s more or less what I go through with my son) which is what led me to Tu Diabetes. The Diabetes OC (diabetesoc.blogspot.com) is a directory of blogs written by diabetics, parents of diabetics, and spouses of diabetics as well.
Good luck with your management. You’ll do just fine.
Hi Mark -
You’re going to be fine - for sure. And life will return to normal - with some little changes…
Re: Feeling crazy when low - that never stops… It’s always as if someone has removed you from your body… But you’ll learn to feel them sooner - and to treat them before you’ve gone too nuts :D…
Good luck - if there’s anything any of us can do - we all do our best to help.
Nicole
Mark,
Although I am very lucky to control my Type 2 Diabetes, I felt a little crazy at first. My biggest fear was what to eat or not to eat, that is the question.
I cheat every so often, however my meter reading definitely keep me in line. If I have high readings I do more exercise and diet approptiately.
If I splurge it is once in a blue moon. Have you ever seen a blue moon? I rest my case.
David
Actually yes, I have seen many Blue Moons. 
Mark:
Well, I guess you are a member here because you would not be allowed by the computer to post anything. I hope you make the most of us!!
Lois La Rose
Milwaukee, WI