Dealing with Lows

Handling a diabetic low is SO HARD!!
what is low?
Depends on the person, depends on if its going down or going up
Yikes!
Once it is in the danger zone, all the caregiver wants to do is get it up!
Once he (the diabetic) has gone into diabetic shock - or close to it -- all you can do is react
and you want to get the number up fast!
The old solution was always orange juice
and a paramedic had told me to mix in granulated sugar
But Tom would rarely drink the OJ I tried to give him

The best thing that works is the little tubes of glucose that we buy from the pharmacy
a prescription is not needed but sometimes its behind the counter (no idea why)

but if its not that serious (or I'm out of the glucose tubes) I'll try to get him to drink some kind of sugary drink -- soda, juice, anything. But always with a straw if he can't drink easily by himself.

If its not really low, if its just sort of staying low - the key is eating often
I think the best thing that Tom started eating is Nuts!
He has changed his evening snack to nuts and that has helped a lot
he likes mixed nuts -- but sometimes he gets one kind -- peanuts are the type he would buy for himself most often (that maybe because they cost the least and he hates to spend more than he has to ever!)

and they are pretty good for him -- he gets the unsalted kind

So, those are my thoughts
hope it helps!

Tom's Wife