I know this is a heart forum, not a diabetic forum, but we can digress in Small Talk and of course venting is always welcome on vr.com. So I am going to vent a little about a weird episode I just had. Of course I am a type 2 diabetic and I try to watch what I eat pretty closely. But sometimes the danger is not just high blood sugar but unanticipated extreme lows.
Today I had my usual bowl of oatmeal. Then my wife got up later and poached some eggs as a treat, so I enjoyed that late breakfast and decided it would do for lunch, too. I passed up the opportunity to grab a burger or something when I was out mid-afternoon because I figured I didn't need the extra calories. For dinner, we had homemade soup with not a lot of beef in it, not much protein -- tasty but not very substantial. And I drank a big glass of cranapple juice, which I hardly ever do at dinnertime.
Then about 10, realizing I hadn't had much exercise, I rode my stationary bike pretty hard in the basement. When I finished -- wow! -- I felt very shaky and unstable. I took my blood sugar -- and sure enough I had bonked with my blood sugar at the lowest I had ever recorded -- some 60 points below my evening usual. I actually was so shaky and weak I felt like I could pass out. So I have been cramming carb and yes sugary snacks (like Classic Coke, which I usually drink little of; it's the wife's stash) for the past half-hour and I think I am recovering. Of course the calories I burned while biking have now been added back, and then some.
Anyway, I know there are some fellow Type IIs on here, and I guess the moral of this (beyond my venting) is not to let yourself over-exert somewhere (such as on a long hike) and be caught without snacks to bring your glucose levels back up. Could be dangerous.
If anyone has read this latest peril of Bionic Bob, thanks for listening.
Today I had my usual bowl of oatmeal. Then my wife got up later and poached some eggs as a treat, so I enjoyed that late breakfast and decided it would do for lunch, too. I passed up the opportunity to grab a burger or something when I was out mid-afternoon because I figured I didn't need the extra calories. For dinner, we had homemade soup with not a lot of beef in it, not much protein -- tasty but not very substantial. And I drank a big glass of cranapple juice, which I hardly ever do at dinnertime.
Then about 10, realizing I hadn't had much exercise, I rode my stationary bike pretty hard in the basement. When I finished -- wow! -- I felt very shaky and unstable. I took my blood sugar -- and sure enough I had bonked with my blood sugar at the lowest I had ever recorded -- some 60 points below my evening usual. I actually was so shaky and weak I felt like I could pass out. So I have been cramming carb and yes sugary snacks (like Classic Coke, which I usually drink little of; it's the wife's stash) for the past half-hour and I think I am recovering. Of course the calories I burned while biking have now been added back, and then some.
Anyway, I know there are some fellow Type IIs on here, and I guess the moral of this (beyond my venting) is not to let yourself over-exert somewhere (such as on a long hike) and be caught without snacks to bring your glucose levels back up. Could be dangerous.
If anyone has read this latest peril of Bionic Bob, thanks for listening.
