{"id":30589,"date":"2012-09-28T07:11:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T11:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:41:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:41:48","slug":"hypoglycemia-unawareness-has-it-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589","title":{"rendered":"Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Has It Arrived?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yesterday I told Jessica that I felt a little like someone with type 2 diabetes. My numbers rarely go over 200 and I haven\u2019t had any episodes of severe hypoglycemia for months. My blood sugar levels are usually between 100-200, and even after my surgery I didn\u2019t spend much time over 200. I attribute this to my low carb diet, which allows me to take small amounts of insulin, exercise, my insulin pump and frequent testing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I usually check my blood sugar before going to sleep. But last night, after eating what seemed to me like a large dinner, which I started a little high, I decided to check my blood sugar a little earlier than usual, right after I got out of the shower. I was expecting my blood sugar level to be a little high and I didn\u2019t want to take a correction bolus as my eyes were closing (often when I do that I go low while sleeping).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I sat down, took out my glucose meter and tested my blood sugar. The result was totally unexpected \u2013 45! I felt nothing at all and because it\u2019s been months since I\u2019ve seen such a low result I was convinced it was a mistake. <em>Maybe my finger was wet, <\/em>I thought. I switched fingers and tested again. The result was the same \u2013 46 \u2013 hypoglycemia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hypoglycemia-Unawareness.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-30591 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hypoglycemia-Unawareness-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Hypoglycemia Unawareness\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I couldn\u2019t believe it. Not only did I have to deal with the fact that I\u2019d just had a serious case of hypoglycemia unawareness, the last thing I wanted to do after my big dinner was to eat more. I went to the kitchen opened the refrigerator and stared at my options. I worked my way down until I got to the fruit drawer. I looked inside and decided to go with a persimmon (31g of carb).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I tested again 15 minutes later. I was up to 53. <em>Good<\/em>.\u00a0 <em>I don\u2019t need to eat more. <\/em>I watched some TV and an hour later before going to sleep I checked my blood sugar again. It was 102.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I went to sleep feeling wiped out, a feeling that still remains with me now. I\u2019m also disturbed. This was classic hypoglycemia unawareness, caught only by chance.\u00a0 What if I waited another hour?\u00a0 What if I\u2019d gone to bed without testing at all? Have I graduated into a new phase of diabetes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[264,1256],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Symptoms of low blood Sugar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I couldn\u2019t believe it. Not only did I have to deal with the fact that I\u2019d just had a case of hypoglycemia unawareness, the last thing I wanted to do was to eat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Aviad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589\",\"name\":\"Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Symptoms of low blood Sugar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-28T11:11:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-27T20:41:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0f6c9e8ec6bf77b78cd95c9bd446b6\"},\"description\":\"I couldn\u2019t believe it. Not only did I have to deal with the fact that I\u2019d just had a case of hypoglycemia unawareness, the last thing I wanted to do was to eat\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Has It Arrived?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\",\"name\":\"ASweetLife\",\"description\":\"The Diabetes Magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0f6c9e8ec6bf77b78cd95c9bd446b6\",\"name\":\"Michael Aviad\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63a6e8cc1247d7220941709685b8c84e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63a6e8cc1247d7220941709685b8c84e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Aviad\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?author=129\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Symptoms of low blood Sugar","description":"I couldn\u2019t believe it. Not only did I have to deal with the fact that I\u2019d just had a case of hypoglycemia unawareness, the last thing I wanted to do was to eat","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Aviad","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589","name":"Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Symptoms of low blood Sugar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg","datePublished":"2012-09-28T11:11:36+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-27T20:41:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0f6c9e8ec6bf77b78cd95c9bd446b6"},"description":"I couldn\u2019t believe it. Not only did I have to deal with the fact that I\u2019d just had a case of hypoglycemia unawareness, the last thing I wanted to do was to eat","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg","width":1280,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30589#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Has It Arrived?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/","name":"ASweetLife","description":"The Diabetes Magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9e0f6c9e8ec6bf77b78cd95c9bd446b6","name":"Michael Aviad","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63a6e8cc1247d7220941709685b8c84e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63a6e8cc1247d7220941709685b8c84e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Aviad"},"url":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?author=129"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}