Re:Dazc competing today (Sunday) at the Leeds UKBFF
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23 November 2009 18:26
right, im never drinking lucozade again. In fact i think i may never eat simple sugars again. work this after noon, last meal at 2, and at 4 im starving. one of the lads offered a bottle of lucozade, so i had that.
About an hour ago, i head to the supermarket, aware that im starting to feel hungry. About ten minutes in, and i have the early signs of a reactive hypo, no worries i think, at that point i normally have about 10-15 minutes before im really suffereng.
Literally 30 seconds later im stood in front of the meat, trying to decide which mince i want, but every time i try focus on something, its blurry, then i forget what im looking for, try focus again, remember the mince, and i go on like that, i have no idea how long i was there must have been a minute or two, im then aware sort of, that everything keeps going dark, like im closing my eyes, but only im not closing them. Im blacking out, in the middle of a super market, but strangely, i just stood there still looking at the meat, cant focus, then everything goes black for a second or two and then again everythings fuzzy.
it all seems a bit 'out of body' now. My arms twitching, so i try look round, its not twitching its a shop worker, asking if im ok, i realise im slumped over my trolley, sweat pouring down my face and soaked my shirt, i look at her and as i do everything goes black again for a few seconds. Im now sat on the floor in the supermarket, having knocked over a large display. i somehow manage to tell her that i need sugar.
next thing im waking up, still sat on the supermarket floor, with a large crowd round me, i can sort of see them, but cant really hear anything much thats going on. a really weird feeling by all accounts. Im trying to talk but utter gibberish is coming out of my mouth, im also being given lucozade in little sips by a woman in a supermarket uniform, who seems to be telling me that shes diaetic too.
took another couple of minutes to come round properly, at which point i thanked the woman for her help, glared at the people that were watching, who seemed to get the message to fcuk off. I then left without my shopping, as the ambulance had been called, and i didnt want the fuss.
i suffer reactive hypos, but i have never had one like this. onset was ridiculously quick.
this is my regular supermarket, in a town where lots of people know me, feel like a right tool, and properly embarrased about it, even though there was nothing i could do.