Tuesday, February 21, 2012

This BG went to 11

First let me clarify... I am not talking about Elise's BG. This post is about a dream I had the other night.

In this dream, I went into a store to buy cotton candy. As I was sitting on a sofa, waiting for my order, I decided to check my blood sugar so I could bolus myself for my yummy treat. Yup, in this dream I had diabetes.

Then came the weird part, an 11 popped up on the meter and all of a sudden I felt like I was dying. My field of vision narrowed until it was like I was looking through a pinhole. The woman brought me my cotton candy and placed it in on the table in front of me. I knew I needed it, but I felt like my arms were made of lead, and I couldn't even move.

I tried to talk, but nothing that come out of my mouth made any sense. I cannot even articulate how awful I felt. I awoke with a start; clammy and shaking all over. All I could think was, "is this how bad it feels for Elise?"

I don't know how, or why, but I feel like I actually "experienced" a low. I don't think my blood sugar actually went low, but I felt every symptom. Even recounting it days later is giving me the shakes, it was that awful.

I've had a dream like this once before, but this time it was so much stronger. But like the other dream, I know this one will also fade and become a ghost-like memory.

It makes me wish even more for a cure. So our kids won't ever have to feel this way again and their lows could also fade into nothing but ghostly vespers.

11 comments:

  1. that sounds scary. I sure hope it isn't like that for our loved ones when they are low. TJ has tried to describe it for me, however I don't think there is anything like it so it seems to be too difficult for him to fully articulate to me.
    Hope tonight is a restful night with no scary dreams.

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  2. Ugh. I was a bit nervous when I read the title. I thought maybe you were up with the Canadians and going all "mmol" on us.

    A CURE... cannot even imagine. (((HUGS)))

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  3. Dreams where you can't eat...reminds me of the dreams where you can't walk or function in anyway that you need to...though I suppose if you were 11, you would probably really have a hard time even lifting cotton candy...

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  4. From the way you describe it it really does sound like you felt it in your dream. Just read Reyna's blog about her dream/nightmare as well. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has such scary dreams. I hate those dreams that stay with you for so long. I had one like that not long ago. I wish for a cure too.

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  5. O.M.... I just had a dream last night MY blood sugar was 659 (really. I vividly remember seeing that number and thinking the meter shouldn't read that high!) in the dream I was trying to give myself an injection of 20 units of insulin :o. . to the back of my arm . . . with a bent needle and leaky syringe . . . And getting pretty darn dizzy chasing my arm around trying to grab some skin. Maybe Mr. T1D Sandman was making the rounds last night and giving us each a taste of what our poor kiddos go through. Blech

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  6. I'm reading through the comments and it doesn't seem like there are any PWD sayin' stuff.
    I think your dream was a pretty accurate representation of what it feels like to be low. You got the key points down.
    this is fascinating.

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  7. I've had those kinds of dreams before. Maybe it was a gift to us, to give us a slight hint of what they go through.

    I need to call you. I think about you every day! Where does the time go? When I finally CAN call, it is so flippin late for you! We'll figure it out. Love you!

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  9. sounds scary!! and very much the way I have heard lows described as well.
    I just had a dream the other night that someone was trying to jab a big syringe in my leg without telling me. The weird thing was- all of my pre-diabetes fear of needles returned full force. And when he did jab it in my leg it got stuck and then the plunger wouldn't work. weird!!

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  10. wow man, that's so heavy. i got all stressed just reading it, so i can only imagine how you actually felt.

    luckily your log title put a smile on my face. :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0wm3JwXbLs

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  11. I'm a 37 y/o T1D (Dx in college, about 10 years ago now) & I just thought I'd echo the reply from Scully since you didn't get many replies from PWD... Your dream sounds a *LOT* like a *REAL* low... Difficulty talking, Check! Inability to move properly, Check! Coming out of it cold, sweaty, & scared, Check! You need to be careful about your insulin doses & excessive exercise when you're dreaming!

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