Making The Low GO! (ABC STYLE)

Day two of Diabetes Blogging Week....today's topic is lows.  A low occurs because the body doesn't have enough sugar to burn for energy.  The level of sugar in the blood falls too low.   Causes of a low could be

• Meals or Snacks are late or missed
• Exercise
• Insulin dose is too high (sometimes we have to estimate how much to give to The Sugar Princess...very frustrating)
• Taking a bath or shower soon after taking a shot of insulin
• Insulin dose peaking at a different time than usual (this happened sometimes when The Sugar Princess was on NPH insulin...NPH is evil!)

Symptoms of a low blood sugar are...

• Hunger -- The Sugar Princess usually says, "My tummy hurts!"
• Shakiness
• Sweatiness
• Headache
• Confusion
• Drowiness -- The Sugar Princess sometimes gets really tired and wants to go to sleep.  Is she tired or low?
• Behavior Change -- Sometimes The Sugar Princess gets alittle mean.
• Vision Problems
• Loss of Consciousness
• Seizures
• Coma and even Death

Sometimes The Sugar Princess can feel a low coming on, but there are other times we check her like normal and a 29 will show up on her meter!!  A 29 and she doesn't feel or she didn't show any symptoms...that is SCARY!  You wouldn't believe how fast I move!  What do we use for lows...a variety of things.  Here are some examples that we use.....ABC style! Lol! (I think I'm procrastinating with my school work again!)

A is for Air Head Taffy (mini size)
B is for Bananas
C is for Cake frosting
D is for Dum Dum pops
E is for EL Fudge Cookies
F is for Fruit roll ups
G is for Glucose Tabs
H is for Honey
I is for Iced Animal Cookies
J is for Jelly Beans
K is for Kudos Bar
L is for Lemonheads
M is for Marshmallows
N is for Necco (wafer candy)
O is for Orange Slices
P is for Pudding
Q is for Quaker Granola Bars
R is for Reese's
S is for Skittles
T is for Tootsie Rolls
U is for Uh-Oh! Cookies
V is for Velveeta cheese with Crackers
W is for Wonka Runts
X is for "Xtra" Creamy Breyers Ice Cream
Y is for Yogurt
Z is for Zucchini cupcakes  (okay, okay...maybe not, but Z was a hard one! Lol!)