I woke yesterday morning and it was a typical Sunday. The priority, as always, was a walk to the local café for that first cup of coffee and some breakfast. We all buzzed around getting ready to go and as I walked into the kitchen, I saw this…
…and this…
…and then remembered that I’d had a hypo overnight.
The splashback in our kitchen is purple tiles. I’m really not a fan. I despise purple – I think it’s tacky – and would much prefer something white and simple. To hide the purple-ness, I bought a Posca pen for us to use the tiles as a blank canvas to write notes, draw silly pictures, countdown to holidays and share things.
And apparently, I now use it as a hospital chart to document lows and what I consumed to get my BGLs back up.
Later in the day, I was scrolling through the photos on my phone and discovered that I had not only documented my BGLs and food intake, but I’d also taken photos of said food. Here you go:
I’ve no recollection of doing any of these things. I can only imagine what the neighbours would have thought if they’d spied me through the wall of windows at the back of our house shovelling down food and making notes on the wall. In my pyjamas. At 2.45am.
This is possibly the oddest behaviour ever for one of my lows. Obviously, given the quantity of food I consumed, I must have been feeling pretty shaky and desperate to feel that my BGLs were heading in the right direction. I woke yesterday morning without a hypo headache or the terribly high BGL that I would have expected as a result of so much food.
We got to our café and coffee and breakfast were consumed. Typical Sunday, with a weird little diabetes prelude.
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August 25, 2014 at 2:47 pm
Jeann
Scary!!! But you must have done the right thing.
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September 4, 2014 at 11:02 am
RenzaS
Not sure it was the right thing. But I have photo evidence of it! And that’s something, right? Thanks for reading, Jeann.
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August 26, 2014 at 12:05 am
James Kellett
It all looks good to me. No questions about what happened. Alls well that ends well. A pleasing result I would have thought?
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September 4, 2014 at 11:02 am
RenzaS
It all turned out fine! Rather odd that I felt the need to write it up on the wall, but definitely okay! Thanks for reading, James!
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August 26, 2014 at 2:12 am
scully
I’ve never done anything I don’t remember. I can’t consume anything other than glucose tabs and maybe juice when I go low in the middle of the night or else i’ll be sick.
Perhaps one day i’ll have a surprise photo and notes in the morning.
Glad you woke without a nasty hypo hangover though!
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September 4, 2014 at 11:03 am
RenzaS
Thanks for your comment, Scully. I get what you say about being particular about what you eat/drink to treat a low in the middle of the night. Some nights I too can only deal with juice. There’s nothing worse than feeling like throwing up when you know you need to consume something.
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August 26, 2014 at 2:18 am
StephenS
Oddest behaviour? Or brilliant? I suggest the latter rather than the former. Glad it all turned out okay.
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September 4, 2014 at 11:04 am
RenzaS
Okay then – let’s go with brilliant! Thanks for your comment, Stephen.
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