Glad you are back at home and wishing you a swift recovery!

A 42 glucose level will mess you up pretty good...I hope you're feeling better this morning.

that post :griuphug:

Drawn and quartered, haven't slept VA hired an Uber to get me home. 1 hour of the driver,, she wouldn't shut up! Lol. At least she was a D, I asked when she started talking politics, and yeah, she had good music on the radio.

Anything that helps ease the stress level is good.

And please let us know how you’re doing! Cuz otherwise, we’re gonna worry.

That I should share. I'm kinda a loner, but make sure, someone at least knows where you are, in case of emergency.
I got real scared when the police walked in and grabbed me, thought they were gonna cuff me. Then I heard the 2nd officer on his radio, we need an ambulance, now.
Dr told me, my chemistry tests were a mess, they gave me potassium, magnesium, glucose, sodium, they just kept hanging bag after bag.
I worked hematology in the service, worst part was, I understood the results, I just don't know how they got that bad. I'm supposed to eat protein first due to bypass,
Now, seems I need to rework everything, to keep my sugar up.

Koz

I have sleeve, but know what you mean about keeping nutrition right on a small stomach.

Im an old timer, I lost 250 11 years ago. Been constant since then , i weigh 200 +or minus 5 sincw then , my surgeon retired.
Damn the rules all changed I'm supposed to wat proteins first, now I have low sugar

Yeah I'm confused

The low sugar without meds is unusual. Were you not eating much in grief? It can happen from malnutrition. It's also possible you had a dumping syndrome reaction to some sugar that you did eat too much of.

Your VA doctor should refer you out to one under community care.

** I'm a VA nurse.

My hubs is a veteran and he is going to an outside for his teeth because the VA is BUSY. He also had to go to the hospital couple years ago when got sick and they took care of that too. Granted on the last one I finally convinced him to go to MedEx and they called the rescue squad for him while I was sitting in the lot waiting for him. They wanted him on an IV immediately.
So yes, the VA helps where they can at times.

You mentioned you were drinking. Your liver can only do one thing at a time, so it can't participate in pumping the background level of sugar you need in your blood for your body to survive, as long as it is trying to get rid of the alcohol.

...went on a new psych drug. Within days, she was feeling awful. Finally got bad enough, we went to hospital.
Blood test showed VERY low sodium in her blood. (Hyponatremia)
They pumped in saline, but the number only crept up, while urine sodium was high. She simply wasn't absorbing sodium (& potassium, but to a far less severe degree.(
She was only 10ppm above the LD50!
Her GP & pysch were perplexed.
I go on-line to look up this new drug. The 3rd serious side-effect listed was "substantial loss of sodium & other electrolytes".
I ran back to the hospital & demanded they quit giving her the new med, and go back to what they replaced. I told them she'd refuse any meds & I'd bring her stuff from home unless they got the order changed with an hour.
Next morning, after 14 hours without that drug, her blood sodium went up 25 points, which was still low, but not dangerous. By 2pm that day, she was back to normal.
It's amazing how bad it can be when these important factors go out of balance. If we had waited until the next day, she may have died!
Hopefully your diet changes will get this into balance.

Take care.

a bit of personal information in case of such emergencies. I am usually with family and friends, but two months out of the year I live alone and don’t necessarily communicate with them daily. But I’m always on DU and possibly someone would take note if my big mouth didn’t chime in for a few days. It’s a thought. Glad you had someone to make that call!

Fellow DUR bigtree just happened to be there, I'm thankful .

I'll take my chances on God and DU
Someone will be there when I need them


Koz

Best to have a friend or relative but someone who could notify DU. Ok with me that in the meantime the 12 cats have eaten my face.
JUST KIDDING!!!

Because I have 11 cats LOL

that low. He keeps little jars of miniature candy bars in a few places around the house and in his truck and if he starts to feel funky he has one. Glad you're okay!

For your own protection do this: Go to Amazon, search for “glucose packets” and buy 2 or 3 dozen of the little fruit flavored 15mg packets of glucagon - it’s basically a fruit flavored sugary glop. Tear off the end of the packet, stick the open end in your mouth, and squeeze. It provides a measured amount of glucose that almost immediately enters the bloodstream and gets your blood glucose up.

My wife is insulin dependent diabetic. We keep two dozen in a candy dish at home; she carries a dozen in her purse; there’s a dozen in a plastic bag in each of our cars.

I’m an EMT and this is what we carry on the ambulance.

A BG reading of 42 is life threatening and is very dangerous. I’m surprised you were still conscious.

Please for your own safety get a supply of glucose packets.

Daughter has a monitor and she pays attention to it and still has episodes from time to time. Keep in touch with someone. keep yourself safe. Do not hesitate to reach out. Virtual hugs.

...and not just the drink.

I've only seen it once, and it was like night and day for the guy. One moment sharp and in charge, the next standing there lost as he could be.

You got to keep up with all that, testing, nibbling.

Wow, oh, wow!

Really something knowing this internet community cares enough to reach out and try and keep you safe. So many good folks here. Even if most of what we see in our minds about each other are just figments of our imaginations, we're still real enough to care and act on those on each others behalf, and that's a beautiful thing.

Thanks for keeping in touch and making my day!

Im home,, LilGlad is on my chest, she has eaten, she is being, a cat.
Im kinda tired, I'm gonna sleep, a while.

Koz

And so relieved to see you posting .....

Thanks for the update.

glad you are okay.

When was your post that bigtree responded to?

Keep us posted and stay well.

And I'm glad you shared your contact info with someone here, so they could check on you.

Please take care of yourself.

Stay safe

You loved her so much and we loved her along with you. Damn, this news sucks. I so wish I could give you a hug in person.

Thank God for bigtree, and that you had the presence of mind even in your grief and self-medicating to let DU know.

RIP dear LilBit 💔

🙏🏽

A blood sugar crash like that seriously debilitates your ability to do anything at all (I know I’m preaching to the choir) and you were right in guessing people would read your post.

SO glad to see you’re better. I hope the new diet helps keep you more even. I assume you have insulin. Good old Ozempic helps too if you can get it. My hubs is diabetic so I sympathize with that dance you have to do. Glad you’re better.