I am diabetic and at home I am quite controlled,but at WDW,I had an "unaware low blood sugar crisis" I had no idea that trouble was on the way. Usually when I have low blood sugar there are symptoms,sweating, a shaky feeling inside,that progresses to shaky hands and by this time I have gotten the cottage cheese[my favorite souce of protien] about half eaten and I'm starting to feel better!
But at WDW we had returned early to our room and I was on the phone to guest services,when bam !! it hit and I couldn't think straight,dh said to test but I couldn't for the life of me get it together enough to get the blood on the stick. Dh had to do it and then there wasn't enough blood so, we had to start over. My blood sugar was down to 45!! It's never fallen lower than 70 before!! I was so confused I could not remember what to do!! I knew if something didn't get done I would pass out,go into a coma and die, but I sat there so detached and Dh was so paniced, he wasn't any help and I was sinking faster and faster into such a confused state that I couldn't see, only hear what was going on.
Finally our teen remembered the sucrose tablets I carry and stuck one between my teeth and said chew this!! that helped and after 3 more tablets I was back to reality at least!!
Now we aren't sure what brought this on,could have been the extra walking,the heat,dehydration,not eating Right on schedule,not eating enough of a snack for the extra exercise,who Knows for sure??
But Diabetes is a balancing act!! The right amount of food,balanced against your exercise,and amount of medication!!
It isn't just a matter of what passes between our teeth!! and even from one diabetic to another it varies,there is a measure of Brittleness. Some diabetics are so Brittle just altering what they have for a snack can cause their blood suger to wildly fluctuate,putting them in danger!!
And its not just low blood sugar,passing out ,going into a coma and dying,that we worry about High blood sugar can mean lossing our eye sight,amputation of feet or legs,all while feeling like death would be an exceptable way out,because you are so sick!!
But all the while we look okay,So people don't even think we have any problems,they just wonder why we don't stop eating the sugar that caused the diabeses,right? Wrong!!! It has nothing to do with the sugar we ate, sugar doesn't cause Diabetes!
Our Cells that convert sugar[from the potatoe you ate]to a useable substance have lost that key ability to do their job,so we need to replace the key so our bodys can function again!! and that is a tricky thing to do!!
How would you fuction with the loss of a leg??? even with all the technalogy that exsists to help you,you will never have as good a fuctioning leg as you had before!! and you will still have complications due to the weight you have to put on the stump.
As Diabetics complications are waiting around every curve!! So don't just blow us off !! AS If we are normal and just complaining to complicate you Normies lifes!!
Not all disAbilities SHOW!!!
