Well hello there sweethearts! I hope this week has been treating you fabulously!
It has been a great, but busy week for our family! Time has flown! But today, I have to tell the tale of yet another overnight low that I had the pleasure of dealing with last night.
Picture this: Asleep. Comfy in bed. Warm in your covers. Suddenly you wake up at around 1:30 am. You quickly recognize that old familiar feeling. Shakes. Weak arms. A little disoriented. You reach out in the dark for your meter, and use your kindle as a light source. You check your blood sugar as you try to control the shaky feeling. Your meter confirms your suspicion. 36.... Then you remember you finished off all your bedside sugar sources on previous lows during the past week or two....
I have a wonderful husband who has made the executive decision that I shouldn't be walking downstairs in the dark during an overnight low. I agree, being the klutz I am! So he took out his last beloved Toblerone candy bar and let me have it for my low. Good man, and making sacrifices for the good of his wifey!
It was a stubborn low. It took almost an hour to get back up to 85, at which time I figured correctly that I was good to go back to sleep. Only problem, it takes me forever to fall asleep. It was a long night.....
Yes, this was my fun nighttime low experience. I truly hate overnight lows. They are a completely different ballgame because you have to confirm that your blood sugar is normal again before you can go to sleep again. If it takes 2 hours to get there, you're up for 2 hours. Same thing with overnight highs. You have to be up and checking and working to get your numbers back to normal. T1D doesn't care if you're tired, have to work in the morning, have to be not falling asleep during your daughter's morning routine, etc....
Well, it is a new day now. I started writing this last night, but couldn't finish. I was so tired. But I just wanted to add that I know T1D is a big pain in the very big butt. However, I continue to live and work and play every day. T1D doesn't get to win. It gets to annoy, plunder, and attempt to destroy, but it never gets to win. Take that T1D!!
Have a great day sweethearts!
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