Went wrecking yard digging today.
Glad yer better. Not the smartest idea driving while having an episode tho.
Diabetics on both sides of my family. And had to bail Dad out once with low bs. Diet pops while not having sugar, they can still trick your body into thinking it is sugar and you still get the -ve's associated with it. Metformin was fine for me but I kept forgetting to take my nighttime dose, so doc switched me to Glumetza, same stuff just time released.
Scrounging junk yards is becoming a thing of the past unfortunately. Looked like a fun day other than the episodes.
Be well.
This diabetes is no joke and driving while he knew he was low or recovering from being low is just plain dangerous.... My son had some demons he dealt with and wasn't taking care of himself for a long time
I could write pages of what I went through with him but going low is not a joking matter
I had police, EMT's called on him more than once....He has become violent a few times when he was low
I found him unconscious and unresponsive
When he came around he couldn't recall a thing he did or said while low
But one thing the OP might want to consider. Once to make it short, I had to go to his apartment because we couldnt reach him. I found him unconscious laying on the floor, for a second I thought he was dead......I could not revive him so I called 911
When they got him conscious what happened was his pump malfunctioned and something else I dont recall
All he remembers is getting off the subway late at night, stoping at a all night store and getting a bite to eat.....thats it, blank after that until we got him to come around
Another time on a Holliday weekend I was suppose to meet him and he was a no show
I got into his apt and got him up, he wasnt coherent and started yelling at me and running around like a crazy person.....I called 911 and EMS came....We pinned him to the bed and tried to get sugar gel into his mouth, he fought and fought, yelling screaming cursing.
He tried to bite the EMS guy and as a subdued him he broke free and slapped me full swing hit me hard in the ear....had he hit me with a closed fist in the jaw he could have knocked me out and broke my jaw
I than grabbed him pulled him off the bed and slammed him into the carry chair and we strapped him in
He was in his underwear still
I was shaking my heart pounding my ear ringing and hurt like hell
I told EMS and cops take him to psychiatric ward and admit him
I was near tears between my son and seeing him like this, dealing with my wifes cancer I was at my limit
Half hour later the EMS lady comes up and tells me he is ok, alert and making sense. She can't admit him to hospital
I get him some clothes and take him up to his apt,,, I go get him some food and juice....He is ok mentally but feels sick really sick
But heres the scary part and keep this always in mind.....he had absolutely zero recollection of what happened.....Nothing no memory at all
Still another time he was low, he sees me and asks me what am I doing here, how did I get there, to where he was.....I was like what the F is up with you,,,,I drove here
Two weeks earlier he was in CA on business......He thought he was still at the hotel in CA and I came out there to see him
How many more stories would anyone want as I have many more, these are but a few
Now by the grace of Jesus he is doing so much better, he has taken control and responsibility for managing his type 1 diabetes
take care of your self this is no joking matter