In article >,
"cshenk" > wrote:


> True. I have a version of it. Tests the same if you use the 8 hour test.
> It is *not* the classic but a genetic imbalance we can track 2 generations
> of and by symptoms and diet choices to avoid it, up 5 generations.

> insulin to deal with it. Instead, your body produces too much insulin in
> reaction to an influx of blood glucose causing a 'crash' in blood sugar from
> 2-6 hours later if the rise is too rapid.

> Since we do not know what you are like compared to me, here's my 'on list'
> that doesnt fit a diabetic and an 8 hour glocose tolerance test once put me
> in the hospital in a coma when i was 19. I am non-reactive (or nominally)
> for 4 hours, then 'wham'.

I took the GTT three times, all more than thirty years ago. I renamed
it to the Glucose Torture Test. Back then I was diagnosed as diabetic,
but I still crashed pretty hard. The last two times I took the test,
the tech refused to finish it, and told me to go get something to eat!

> into glucose. No spikes is the aim here. A true Hypoglycemic over-reacts
> to spikes with a flood of insulin that can be very close (or the same) as
> diabetic insulin shock.

My pancreas no longer gives that "flood" of insulin. I get mine out of
a needle now.

> Best bet: Try to eat a nibble every 4 hours. This 'evens the load'. If
> you feel 'shocky' do not grab a candybar (will cycle up for a bit then
> spiral worse down). Grab some saltines or wheat thins or any other
> NON-SWEET item.
>
> First sign of a low: Lack of hunger, faint desire to not be in the same
> room as food.
> Second sign of low: Light nausea, feelings of hunger, possibly combined
> with minor hunger pains
> Third sign: only felt when you fxxx-ed up, wondering why you are on the
> floor and your family looks worried. (forgot to eat them crackers eh?)
>
> Fouth sign: When you didnt wake up at home but if lucky, in the hospital.
> Haven't experinced 5th one thank god!

I was having some lows a few months back. I talked to my doctor and got
a little kit. I trained my wife and kids on how to use it. It's only
for use when I've passed out, so I can't inject myself, and they can't
give me anything by mouth when I'm unconscious. The doctor's
instructions are for them to inject me, and then immediately call the
paramedics. You might talk to your doctor about getting one.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA