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[tammaiya]

I am awake because I just had a hypoglacaemic attack where my sugar went down to 1.8 mmol/L, AKA 32.4 mg/dl, AKA really, really low.

Can't stop shaking. My poor brain cells, they are dying... My poor sleep patterns, I have morning classes... ><

So while I wait for my sugar to kick in, random thoughts and such.

* Wrote Gravitation fic for Becky's birthday; is over at insaneidiot, as per usual.
* Printed out forms for special consideration on final exams. Really need to do something about those. Now-like.
* There is always more keigo study. *shudder*
* Am up to volume 8 of Tsubasa, which is the last volume I actually own.
* Wtf does "shinayaka ni kibisu wo kaeta" mean? No, really. In fact, I'd settle for just kibisu.
* I watched the first 10 episodes of Hikaru no Go, and the first 5 of Kyou Kara Maou; HikaGo is so delightfully, spazztacularly gay, and Kyou Kara Maou is on the best kind of drugs. XD
* I keep having hypos. Specialists & GP concerned because you're not even supposed to have 2-3 hypos a week, but I'm having 2-3 per day. They're finding it impossible to stabilise me; some of them are my own stupidity leaving lunch too long or whatever, but some of them- like this one- are happening for no apparent reason. Wah. It's just... so hard to control. If I drop the insulin dose, it goes too high, and that's not good either. Before bed, it was 10.1 (or 182, depending on your measure), which is too HIGH, and it dropped so low in less than two hours. Argh. ;;

Comments

[shirann.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I know what kibisu means! If you write it backwards, it spells usibik, which sounds like some kind of illness, i.e. Subaru was usibik when Seishiro left him.

... Not really. I don't have a clue, as you may or may not have realised. Please pay no attention.

And... er... I really hope things go a bit better soon! It's horrible to feel crappy all the time, and it does sound rather serious. So... e-hugs?

[lone-wolf-77.livejournal.com]

OMG! I hope your ok!

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeh, I hope so too... I mean, I'm okay right now. It's just, in the long term... ^^;

[sargraf.livejournal.com]

Take care of yourself! *hugs*

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm definitely trying, although I don't think I'm being too successful just yet... *sweatdrop*

[choffman.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT. 1.8?!!?!!! *freaks out* That's just a missed alarm and a seizure away from a FUCKING COMA, honey. Call your endocrinologist or whoever the fuck is managing your diabetes and tell him that you need to cut back on your humulin. For serious. Up your humalog (or novalog or whatever you're using) and cut your humulin. That should really help you stabilize yourself. You might have to do high protein for a while too, cut your carbs, stay away from milk, bread, pasta, crackers, fruit... just to help your cells get used to the idea of taking insulin.

There are a lot of insulin choices available. I hope you are using a plan where you have a slow acting and a fast acting dose - if you aren't you need to suggest that you be put on one in order to stabilize.

Oh, and 10.1 is NOT too high. It is NOT. That's perfect before bed because your sugar will drop during your sleep. You shouldn't be taking yourself down to 5 or 6 before bed, dear - unless you like waking up at 2 or 3. Don't listen to exactly the numbers your blood monitor gives you, because those are just averages. Some people operate at a slightly higher normal sugar level than others. You have to play it by how you feel- and by this point you should be starting to recognize when you're too high or too low. If you stay a little high before you sleep you'll be experiencing less night sweats and you'll sleep easier - trust me.

Oh, if you're recording your numbers at every scheduled test like you should you'll start noticing a pattern of highs and lows. That's your normal rythm... and as long as it doesn't go too much over 13 a few highs and lows are to be expected. You shouldn't be overly concerned at being a perfect 8 or 9 every time. (and if you're testing less than 4 times a day I will shoot you personally n.n)

/worriedranting

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *hug* I am on slow/fast insulin plan, and I'm testing 7 times a day, so it's not as bad as it could be, but... I'm having an awful lot of hypos. Mostly before lunch, although they do occur all over the place. (Except for before breakfast.) I don't have humalog/humalin, though? What are they?

Tried to call my endocrinologist and my diabetics educator this afternoon, but can't get onto either which is very unusual. I think I might try my GP, he knows a lot about diabetes.

[choffman.livejournal.com]

Humalog is a fast acting insulin type, humulin is your slow acting. It's really fucked up that you would be dropping so low so fast and so often- and the only good reason is that you've got too much insulin in your system and not enough carbs and sugar to balance it out. If you aren't eating as much as normal (I don't blame you if you aren't, I didn't like to eat either when I was diabetic) then you just don't need as much as you've been prescribed. You should really go in to see someone and have a talk about figuring out how to judge fast-acting insulin doses by the amount of carb intake you'll be having...

Also, I'm pretty sure if you're dropping that fast just by yourself your dose of slow acting insulin is just too high. They prescribed one that was too high for me at first too, but I don't really blame them. If you aren't very heavy for your height you'll be much more affected by insulin than if you're a type 2 that got that way from being like, 500lbs- and in a lot of cases that's just the thing they have to deal with. If you haven't had an appointment with a diabetic nurse and a nutritionist yet I'd suggest going to see them too. They can suggest a lot of ways to change your eating habits to help and possibly even cure your diabetes. :3 (Hey, it worked for me!)

Good luck!

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this, it really helps. They've dropped all my doses for now, so I'll see how that goes. ^^

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

*hug* I want to see you. I miss you. That would make me feel better. About a week and a half, we need to do something together. And I really hope my hypos are sorted out because I don't like losing braincells. And going below 2... is really really bad. Like. Near-coma bad. I felt really icky. >< Um, not that I want to worry you more. At least that's the only time I've been down that low.

Thank you! So much! It wasn't in any of my dictionaries! And all it said for shinayaka was elastically/flexibly and I was like "Naoe is NOT doing something flexibly. WHAT?"

Fangirlism is joy! *dance*

[minna.livejournal.com]

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A TAMMAIYA
AN SHE WAS COOL AN STUFF
AN HER BODY WAS TEH SUKK
AN WE LIEK ANGST AND WOE
n.n;
an worry
*AN LOOOOOVES DE GOZARU~* (you love keigo. YOU LOVE IT. sekritly.)

I've only flipped through Hikago in bookstores but the little dark-haired guy? Looks like the gay gay king of the gay gay forest.

Oooh ooh also also, I downloaded all of Rose of Versailles. Do you want do you want?

PH33R MY FAST INTERNET. For I am Minna, downloader of random crap! *crownnd*

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

The little dark haired guy is Touya Akira, and he and Hikaru are gay like wo together. They are BEST FRIENDS *AND* RIVALS. *nod*

Keigo has its moments. I love adding "de gozaimasu" to things at complete random. "Hai! De gozaimasu!" *snicker*

By our fast internet combined, we are captain pirate! ... *cough* Yes, I need to get a brain. Er. It's those dead brain cells. Really I wasn't this stupid before. *grin* It depends, how dodgy 80s is it? XD Also, do you want Kyou Kara Maou? Or HikaGo?

[minna.livejournal.com]

Keigo always makes me think of Kenshin. His seiyuu was a woman. I have so much silly love.

I haven't seen much, but it looks pretty dodgy 80's =D ALL BOW DOWN TO THE PLASTIC PLASTIC HAIR~!

MANLY BOARDGAMES! BONDAGE KEROHWAITWRONGMEETING! Upshot being ooooh totally want HikaGo <3

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

I love male characters with female seiyuu. Pwnz like NOTHING else.

Then come on MSN, wench! :O

[minna.livejournal.com]

I ACCESS THE INTERNET THROUGH MICHAEL'S COMPUTER IT'S LIKE PAAAAAIN~ and that's why I don't get to go on MSN.

;.;

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo. ;; When shall you have your own computer or something?

[minna.livejournal.com]

I need a network card o.o and and and. a hard-drive so I can have somewhere to put downloaded thingies!

*has 200mb spare o_O#*

[minna.livejournal.com]

MY POINT WAS UM. within a month? ._.# i'll start bitching people out for time on the 'net *cracks knuckles* hopefully friday =D

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

... Okay! :D

Last comment: *now redundant XD*

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

ZOMG yes you do. Plz to be getting such things quickly. :O

[quitty.livejournal.com]

Really, really hope they get to the bottom of it. Get better soon. Ü

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

I hope so too. Thankyou. ^^

[sakanagi.livejournal.com]

I don't know what a hypoglacaemic attack is but it sounds really nasty. Take care, okay? I hope your doctors will be able to sort things out for you soon.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Hypoglacaemic attacks are when you've got diabetes and your blood-sugar drops too low, basically. Crack out the jelly beans, etc. They're also called hypos.

Thank you... and I hope so too.

[kokusekiryuu.livejournal.com]

Siobhan!!! >.<
Are you OK????????????
Oh, please, be ok! oh...

Oh, are you ok? Gosh, can't I say anything else? Well, yeah. Awwww!
I hope you're over it>.<
Does it happen often?

Is it bad or normal thing? Sorry, I'm not knowledgable or anything...ahaha.

yeah! Good, think of stuff!
Gravi!!! aWesome! Pairing???

Er, good luck with whatever exam it is!

OMG, I should do some keigo work too!XD hehe.
You did it before so you're pro!:D

Wow, You're flying through Tsubasa! I need time~

Anyway, I've got to go now!
Be well! ok? Ok? yeah, ok. If you can help it^.^ Hug

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sis! Yeah, I'm... well, sort of fine. I mean, I had another 2 hypos today, but they weren't bad ones, and I'm not suffering any effects now or anything. It's just, I still can't get stabilised. I'm glad Dr Stevens is my GP, he actually knows stuff about diabetes and can fix my dosages- most GPs don't.

It's... bad. Um. I'm not supposed to have them this frequently. That's the lowest I've been so far, so it was a particularly bad one, but I start feeling unwell once it dips below 5. Which is does fairly regularly. >< Still, hopefully they'll get it sorted out. Sometime.

Yuki/Shuuichi! Just a short one. Well, short for me, by which I mean 1000 words. *cough*

Yeah, I'm a lot better at keigo this time through. I can remember all the terms and stuff now, thanks to how often it gets used in manga/anime/etc, I just sometimes change too many parts or misuse keijyougo. ^^;

Yep yep! I'm getting faster at reading, so long as I don't worry so much about what every individual word/sentence means. *nod* I want volume 9 and 10! Wai, need to go to Kinokuniya...

Jya ne, sis! *glomp*

[kokusekiryuu.livejournal.com]

*Hugs*
yeah, it is good to have a GP who know his stuff:D

Fi's been worried as well~~~ she says 'hi'^.^

I'm sure they'll get it sorted~!
Don't worry^.^

1000 words? yeah, that /is/ short...for YOUR standards^.^

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Haaaa. My standards are becoming infamous, aren't they...? Mou!

[mefiant.livejournal.com]

Poor you! Diabetes runs in my family, though it happened to skip me, so I kind of have an idea of what you're going through. Just take it as an excuse to eat sugary treats, and I hope you feel better soon.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Thank you. ^^ (Believe it or not, I'm actually starting to get sick of sweet things. XD)

[su-chan.livejournal.com]

*blinks* SORRY! I missed this one... (it is not the first time it happens, lj adds entries BEFORE the last one I remember having read and it really annoys me if I ever notice *grrr* )

Errr, 32 is very damn low, you should not have had to be writing, should have had to be resting!! If you were concious for the test you yet know you can hold a lot ;) but try not to do again... I've got used to it ... (avoids being scolded) but still hurts a lot.... not phisicalIy, it is more the fact that in those moments it is my inner self who rules me, I'm a semi-concious automat, and I'm scared to do stupid things or even say what I don't want to, and when I 'come back' I always find little things to regret... TT_TT

I do hope the new insulin works better for you ^___^ BUT BE CAREFUL!!

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's okay, LJ can do some bizarre things sometimes. XD

I thought it was pretty low, because I felt fairly bad, but I didn't actually realise it was THAT low. o.o; Or not at the time, anyway. At least it was the middle of the night so I didn't make any spectacular mistakes or yell at anyone or anything like that.

And yeah, I'll be careful. Thank you. *hug*

[su-chan.livejournal.com]

didn't actually realise it was THAT low. o.o;

THAT is the problem, if I am too distracted or too focused on something I don't notice it at first symptom and them it is too late, I continue doing whatever I'm doing until I sink myself :P If you were sleeping you were lucky to wake up...One thing that really scares me is to have a severe hypo while sleeping and don't wake up......... >_>;

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I actually got to sleep in the first place. *tries to recall* But they seem to stop me sleeping, so that's a little reassuring, at least. For a given value of reassuring, anyway.