Since I write about my first low blood sugar incident, it has happened again. Once it was during another track practice, after having done a bunch of warm-up laps, and some pretty rigorous hurdle runs, and once at yesterday's track meet.
I had run my pre-lim race, and qualified for the finals later in the afternoon. Since I had a few hours before the finals I had taken a shot for lunch, but hadn't eaten it all. That was the problem. I had taken a shot based on if I was eating the whole thing, and I only ate about half, and then I ran my race.
After the race (which I got second place in, and set a new personal record--thank you very much) I went back to the stands and pretty much just crashed. This time I didn't get the nervous feeling, but got really irritated at everyone and everything. The littlest things were bugging the heck out of me, and I was totally, as my friend Jared put it, "pissed off at the whole world." Finally, I kind of figured out what was going on and checked my blood, and it was low again...52. I ate the rest of my lunch, plus a regular Coke from the concession stand, and got my blood back up to 133.
I've decided that the doctors are right. This is something you really have to pay attention to, and be mindful of. Watching what you eat and how much, calculating doses of insulin, monitoring your physical exertion, checking your blood regularly, and on and on and on. Man, this is tough! And it's for forever.
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