Diabetic SC?

[PentUpRage]

Heads up on the candy bar thing, when a diabetic is experiencing a low the primary focus is to get them back up and to do so quickly. Milk chocolate is to slow moving to be effective in that situation and I can totally see them focusing on a coke. Perhaps also, they know themselves well enough that if they were to slug back anything but a diet coke, they may very well throw it up causing even bigger issues. My daughter HATES anything carbonated and in a situation where I need her to drink up and that's all we have she drinks way to slow to make me happy. :-)

One final thought, chances are they did have something on them but that their low was to low for comfort and they wanted to "add" to what they may have already done. A 16oz coke is going to pack a whammy of carbs and allow them to nurse it for a bit to hopefully avoid what we lovingly refer to in our house as the glucocoster.

[Sapphire Silk]

My Dad was diabetic. The one time he had a hypoglycemic crisis was when he skipped his meds and breakfast for a medical procedure that was delayed over and over until well in the afternoon. He was acting like a drunk, mumbling, incoherent, staggering and argumentative. He didn't want to eat the peanut butter crackers Mom carried, she literally had to force them into his mouth.

Flipped him like a switch.

[AccountingDrone]

I'm diabetic too and always have some kind of snack available. I haven't had my blood sugar get too low or too high yet...been lucky I guess. I do notice though that since my body is used to taking my anti diabetic meds around 5 am due to getting up for work, if I get up too late on the weekends I feel like crap until I take them, and then it takes like 2 hours to recover.

one of the exact reasons I get up at 5 am *every* morning. I may go back to sleep after I do my meds, but I am always awake at 5 am.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Hypoglycemics can't be choosers. They gotta have their stuff too quickly for that. She's gonna kill herself.

[telecom_goddess]

I'm diabetic too and always have some kind of snack available. I haven't had my blood sugar get too low or too high yet...been lucky I guess. I do notice though that since my body is used to taking my anti diabetic meds around 5 am due to getting up for work, if I get up too late on the weekends I feel like crap until I take them, and then it takes like 2 hours to recover.

[Thatgirl71]

I am diabetic, and my co-workers are aware of it. My manager even keeps some kind of candy or cookies up at the desk for me and lets me carry some candy in my smock. He also makes sure there is a small carton of OJ in the fridge in the break room with my name on it. His mom was diabetic so he completely understands and is always on me to check my blood sugars and make sure I'm going to lunch on time.
He was also the first to notice one time when my sugar was getting low that I was being cranky and rude, he actually took my arm, brought me to the break room and made me check my sugar, which was low, so I was ordered to eat and sip some juice. I felt so much better after eating. He also told me that when I'm feeling wonky, don't even ask just go to the breakroom and rest for a few. It definately sucks when you're blood sugar gets so low that you turn into someone so mean and hateful. Thankfully people who know about it understand.
I like my department head manager and always say if he gets transferred I'm going with him, lol.

[Caractacus_Potts]

My wife is not diabetic but has a similar problem with irrationality and an inability to make decisions or be coherent when her blood sugar is low. I've learned to recognize it and more importantly I have learned to take charge and get some food in her when I do recognize it rather than trying to get her to tell me what she wants.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I have diabetic issues in my family. I myself am not diabetic, but I do have chronic hypoglycemia, which I have learned to manage with diet. Low sugar does make you irrational and combative, so I can see someone fixating on a coke. it might have been the only thing she could think to say. I have been there. Your brain sort of shuts off and it gets hard to communicate. And you can get completely impatient and irrational.

[firecat88]

I don't know if I'm hypoglycemic or what, but I've found that I *need* to at least nibble on something every 3 hours. Even if it's just a piece of cheese and some crackers, I need something. Otherwise I get nauseous, unreasonably weepy, and otherwise as cuddly as a honey badger with a toothache. Also, I've come to notice that going from sea level to Denver makes me sick (nausea, dizziness, headache), but the right mix of sugar and caffeine fixes it (I usually get something with chocolate in it since that fills both requirements). So, on one hand, I can understand where the SC was coming from.

On the other hand, repeated demanding of stuff that is unavailable only serves to delay the acquiring of noms. Especially after being told numerous times that it's unavailable.

[nicolecj]

I keep some snack sized candy in my purse. I gobble them down when i feel woozy and light or start shaking really badly. It works like a charm and makes my mood improve!

[Amusement Gal]

Not-technically-diabetic here, but I do have wonky blood sugar. I keep nut bars in my bag, and also a ziploc bag of jelly beans.

Same here. When I'm at work and I'm low, I make all sorts of mistakes and get clumsy, so I damn well know when it's starting. So I go to the bathroom when I can and eat a granola bar I stowaway. I'm a hell of a lot more competent and happy when I'm normal, I'll tell you that. One day my bloodsugar got REALLY low, since a cold killed my appetite, and my ride finally realized what I meant when I feel like shit when I'm low. Normally she'd just comment on how I should eat more, but do that when I'M low, and you won't see the light of day; I get enough shit behind my back about it at work.

[Shpepper]

Not-technically-diabetic here, but I do have wonky blood sugar. I keep nut bars in my bag, and also a ziploc bag of jelly beans.

And yes, my friends will sometimes look at me and go 'eat something. now. You're getting weird.'

Awesome friends.

[Seshat]

Not-technically-diabetic here, but I do have wonky blood sugar. I keep nut bars in my bag, and also a ziploc bag of jelly beans.

And yes, my friends will sometimes look at me and go 'eat something. now. You're getting weird.'

[AccountingDrone]

Thats when I would rummage in my purse and whip out a glucose tab pack =)

[rose_metal_nz]

Yeah, my dad's diabetic, and when he gets "low" he pretty much is drunk; illogical, combative, talkative (but slurry) you name it. To an extent just treat 'em like a drunk, or a small child