Tue, Sep-16-03, 22:15
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New Member
Posts: 16
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 200/193/130
BF:
Progress: 10%
Location: Oregon
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Hi Everyone,
I came back to the board to ask a question about something that happened to me tonight and found this thread. I am diabetic, I've been on Atkins for approx 2 1/2 weeks, I am type 2 BUT also insulin dependent. I've watched my bg slowly going down everyday, and I'm now in the 'normal' range, on fasting, pre-meal and post meal.. which is all wonderful! However, I did talk to my doctor about slowly lower my insulin dosage and he agreed, I'm only down 4mg's a day from my original dose. I have never experienced bg that is 'too low' until tonight. My bg pre dinner was 99, I took my insulin and it was approximately 30mins before I sat down to eat, after taking about 2 bites of my food, I felt very strange...I felt like every sense was blurred, had cold sweats, and shallow breathing. I got my meter and check my bg, it was 49! *sigh* I stupidly did not want to take my glucose tablets because they are 4 carbs each!! *Feeling very stupid right now*. My daughter got me some apple juice, it was fermented *lol*, I started eating some applesauce and kept feeling worse. My daughter called 911 and while waiting for the paramedics to arrive, took my bg again, it was dropping, down to 40. The paramedics arrived, my daughter was explaining all to them as they hooked me up to all the monitors and oxygen. I had continued to eat some of the chicken salad that was my dinner, along with a Root Beer *full sugar kind *, when paramedics took my bg, it was 59. They were here about 40 mins and wanted me to go to the hospital, but I felt strongly that I would be ok if I continued to eat, including more carbs than I am suppose to have and some sugar. When they left my bg was up to 69. To make a long story short.. oops too late.. I did manage to get my bg back up to normal range and actually as I write this, it's 140.
I knew when I committed to the Aktins WOL, my bg would improve, but I had NO thoughts that I would ever be in the dangerously low range! The truth is, it scared the you know what out of me! I'm calling my doctor first thing in the morning to discuss, cutting my dosage more aggressively, as I would much rather work on bring my bg's down a little slower than have this happen again!
Have any of you ever experienced this? I know that this is something that happenes to Type 1's, but I've yet to meet a Type 2 that has had this problem.
Whew! Thank you so much all of you, for letting me vent about this. Any input of advise, would be much appreciated!
Thank you again...
NoSurender - 6 pounds lighter today than 2 weeks ago!
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