Question for you all
I asked this of my two interviewees last week, and I'm curious to hear what others have to say. So, de-lurk and riddle me this, bat-readers:
Describe a low or high in 10 words or less.
If you have diabetes, no problem, right? If you care for someone who has diabetes, what's it like for you when they are low? And if you don't fit either category, what do you imagine a low feels like?
edited to add: I should share my own, too!
Low for me: energy drains from head to toes, hollow and shaky buzz
High for me: sticky eyeballs, cotton mouth, leaden body
Watching John Low: panic, anger, guilt at anger: masked by apparent efficient calm
posted by Kassie @ 7:17 PM
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Primal instinctual urges to eat everything in sight or die.
When my husband is low, he acts like a drunken teenager - loud, clumsy, emotional, etc.
Dying for a snack? Can't eat it, you're high.
Low: twitching, clumsy, weak, stubborn: low
my ten words
Walls closing in can't breathe, focus-can't-sugar need NOW
For my son:
Hungry, shaky, mildly confused.
(But if he's VERY low or dropping fast)
No awareness, just acts really goofy.
For me:
Intense fear, racing heart, overwhelming desire to keep him safe.
who turned the strobe light on? hmmm, perhaps I'm low...
Recently, funky things in my vision is usually the first signal I get that I'm low. Does this happen to anyone else?
Drowning in confusion, my body numbs, later I don't remember.
Sticky yucky mouth, so tired, I have to pee again.
Kevin -- I have always had eye symptoms of lows. It's one of the only symptoms that remained consistent for me as I've gotten in better control. I can always tell if I'm heading toward or I'm in a low because my eyes twitch inwardly... That's the only way I can put it. If I'm reading, I can see words on a page, but they're garbled or doubled or have little nicks of light in them. If I'm trying to focus on something at a distance, it feels like whatever it is made of a curtain of light that's being pushed by a breeze -- fluttery, you know?
instant hot flash, uncontrollable shakiness, faint, weak, livid!, impatient
oh, and ditto to scott. right on!
The confusion of a low: Thoughts trapped in my mouth and only tears escape.
The blech of a high: Sweaters on my teeth, angry throbbing eyes, so thirsty.
When Brendon is high, he might say he's hungry...but there's no other indication.
When he's low (like yesterday after Karate), he says he's hungry, but he's whiny and he gets pissed easily. Plus he looks pale when he's low...and a little bit sweaty.
Low: Irritating, not scary. Look like I have Parkinsons. Moody.
(Kevin, I too have always had visual disturbances signifying a low. I get a halo-like visual with black, swimming dots, similar to the precursors of a migraine)
Highs: Fucking detest 'em. Migraine. Nausea. Lethargy. Must be fixed, NOW.
LOW: Coping while searching through a fog of confusion.
HIGH: Depression, irritation and fatique that prevents all logical solutions.
Kassie this is a fabulous blog! I could've written it!
Low for me: confusion, scared of passing out with Jax alone with me, can't remember what I was doing, panicky
High: Joints hurt, thirsty,
BE-OTCHY! Not fun!
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