Quite appropriate that I posted this question today all you warriors.

I had a nasty hypo today. I've been getting quite a workout.in Gaia and Porto. They are cobblestone covered hills. I have been using both my arms and legs in the wheelchair to get around.

I don't have quite enough insulin produced to handle the 5 net carbs per meal I do eat. I've been eating 2 meals a day and snacks of fruit.

Sounds perfect to me in my right eating lifestyle. I am depleting the glucose stores trapped unusable in my muscle cells. So now I can eat a few more carbs then usual. But eating habits are hard to break.

I should have been testing between meals, since I was working so hard, just to get around in the wheelchair on these steep long hills.
Duh. Test before exercise.

My Bride had a hurt look on her face and said that I was out of sorts. I had to stop and rest every 5 minutes. My legs were so heavy, I could not continue. After the Palace tour, we went to the trolly ride,

During the trolley ride from the start to the end of the line, I needed to sleep and told my Bride that I would not be getting off and going to the Atlantic Ocean beach with her, but she could go. I would park myself at a cafe and eat part of a roll.

She said she was wiped and would just stay on the trolley too and we would go back.

I then wheeled myself the 20 minutes back to the car.

I got in, helped my Bride get the wheelchair in the back seat. She got out to pay the parking fee. I put our apartment driving directions in. When she started to drive to the exit, I shared I was nauseous and needed to ralph. I told her to pull over. My vision was fuzzy. I was shaking.

Of course I had sushi ginger in my bag and downed some of that. I ate a crust of bread and a small pear. Already I felt better. I tested immediately and my meter said 3.5(62).

We headed to our apartment, at rush hour. We stopped at a grocery and then a churrasqueria for takeaway dinner. A whole chicken, a rack of baby back ribs, vegetable soup, chicken orzo soup, mixed grilled vegetables. 17 euros. Great food.

My vision is fuzzy and will be for a couple of days. Hypos suck. A combination of pain, exercise and not testing and adjusting my numbers before exercise led to this hypo.

Hypos suck. I thought I should share.

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I've had a bunch of them and REALLY don't like them. Hit the floor a few times but fought through it. Dizzy covered in sweat. Crawled to my stash of Gatorade. I keep those 15g of FAST acting carbs in every room in the house and a 6 pack in the car. Hiking and golf I bring my powdered Gatorade.
My Dexcom has a loud alarm and my medi alert dogtag is easy to read...Diabetic..insulin dependant.
Serious stuff folks..
Treat ASAP.

I have had many in my life. My hubby recognize's the look of me and says its time for a snack. I always say Im okay and then go oh no! So I sit and have a couple of arrowroot cookies and eat them slowly because of the nausea. I am lucky it goes away. A specialist had told me not to go more than two hours without a snack of some kind. This makes everything level for me. Mostly depending on activity I can go longer than the two hours. My non diabetic friends go ravenous because they do not stop to have a small snack. Then at lunch they are shoving down everything before they sit down to eat. Not a good thing! My meals are small all day; so I do have room for snacks when needed.Do what works for you but always carry something.

I feel my knees shaky when I reach 3.9 and below, yes I reached 1.5.........2.5 it's scary not to mention the perspiration dizziness cannot walk. I keep glucose tabs on hand, tough call but after 15 mins I slowly recover🙏

Hypo is not yet familiar to me as recently diagnosed only mid-2023. I am not looking forward to it and based on your post Hkc, one should recognize and attend to it to avoid serious repercussions. Thank you for the information and will certainly research some more to control this beast. Have a good day ahead.