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Driving with a Low Blood Sugar
Tonight when I was driving home from work, my blood sugar started to feel a little low. I was on Interstate 95, so there was no way that I could just stop and test. About 45 minutes before I left work, I tested and I was at 105. First, you may be asking, why are you testing, don’t you have a Dexcom? Yes, I do. I finished my first Seven days with the Dexcom and it was starting to peel off because of a lot of exercising and moving around I was doing, so I didn’t extend it. Anyway, back to the drive home.
Before I left work, I stopped at the soda machine and bought a pink lemonade that was high in sugar and took a swig of it. I didn’t start to feel a little low until about halfway through the drive home. I drank a little more of the lemonade and I felt fine. But then I thought, what if I didn’t test right before I went home and didn’t buy the lemonade? I didn’t have any candy with me like I usually do.
As soon as I came home tonight, I made sure to put more candy in my bag that is always with me. It made me nervous thinking that I didn’t have any candy in there, and I don’t know when I actually ate the candy that was previously in the bag. Do you keep sugar tablets or candy or something sugary in your car with you at all times? I used to have sugar tablets, but the ants in south Florida are crazy good at sniffing out that sugar.
So, tell me about your scary driving experience with a low blood sugar. I try to test before I drive home from work, but I don’t always test before every single time that I drive, even though that I know you should.
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I’m sorry you went Low and had that experience while driving, but thanks for posting about this Chris. It’s a very important topic. I’ve had my own experience(s) driving when Low, and have written about it – http://www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com/2010/08/remembering-august-20-2009.html
Now, I always test within 10 minutes of starting to drive and if I’m lower than 80 then I eat something. I keep a plastic jar of glucose tablets in my center console, and have a little sleeve that is my work bag that I usually have with me when driving somewhere.