Wednesday, March 23, 2011

My First Low Blook Sugar Fall

So it was my Junior Year Abroad and I was needless to say faaaarrrr away from family and Americans period.  I was in a dorm in Exeter which is south of London at The University of Exeter studying drama.  I had a light dinner the night before and I guess it didnt cover the amount of insulin I had taken.  A severe stomach pain woke me up in the middle of the night.  As soon as I sat up I realized I was light headed, sweating, my hands felt clammy.  I tried to stand up and fell to the floor.  I laid on the floor for a minute and realized my sugar must be low. I crawled over to my desk and reached for my blood monitor.  My hands were shaking but I managed to prick my finger and test my blood sugar and it read 40 which is waaaay low.  I crawled to the resident assistants room and starting trying to knock on her door. I barely had enough strength to get some noise in that knock but I figured if I kept knocking she will hear the little noise eventually.When she opened the door and saw me on the floor all I could muster up the energy to say was "I need Sugar".  Luckily for me her next question was "are you diabetic" I shook my head yes.  There was a kitchen at the end of the hall she ran and got some orange juice that was in the fridge.  I couldnt even take the glass she had to feed me the juice.  After about 20 min I was feeling stronger.  While I was laying there waiting for the orange juice to work its magic she made me cheese toast just to get some food down  in case.  We were both nervous and though anything can help.  Within 45 minutes I was my noraml self again and I went back to my room and headed back to bed.  What a crazy night.

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