Glucgross
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 1:48PM This weekend was spent a resort with the rest of my employees at our company annual conference.
This year’s theme was the Wizard of Oz and the first time I have ever been so deeply involved. From food choices to outings. Breakout sessions to awards. It was a lot of work and at lot of stress. I was excited for the weekend but also looking forward to some time to not have to plan and stress out every single night.
The weekend went well. I started the weekend off with a song of course. My coworker and I sang, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” as I played Ukulele. It was my Ukulele debut and from what I have been told, a success.
Friday night was spent at a guest home we rented on the grounds. It has a game room, fire pit outside, putting greens, extra rooms to hang in a lot of space. We ended out evening there with drinks and fun.
I cut out early to prepare for my Communication breakout session the following day. My roommate and fellow coworker stayed back to have fun so I could focus on getting some work done. By the time he came to the room I was ready for bed.
At around 2 in the morning I hear my Dexcom screaming.
LOW
Ugh, I grab my bag of Cherry Sour Balls (the best treat to treat) and scarfed down 4. I slowly started to doze off when I hear Dexcom scream at me. Ugh. I waited for a while to see if he glucose would kick in.
[insert Jeopardy theme song]
I must have dozed off because the Dexcom scared the crap out of me again. I ate 4 more CSB and fell asleep.
I did this until my bag was empty. It had at least 20 pieces in it.
Slowly I dozed off.
“WAKE UP!!!” The Dexcom says in it’s buzzy language.
I see a southern arrow and freaked out. Now what?
I think I left my extra glucose tabs out in the car or are they in my bag? I could not think straight of course.
My handy man satchel was laying across the room and when I looked inside I saw nothing.
Until I spotted this.
My cousin gave it to me a long time ago and I have never used it for some reason.
The Instructions said, “Twist off cap and discard. Bring tube to mouth and squeeze slowly and evenly, swallowing entire contents. If no response after 10 minutes, repeat with another tube.”
Ten minutes? Another tube? Huh? NO RESPONSE? What the hell is this stuff?
Anyhow I figured I better just take it and hope for the best. It was so gross that I almost barfed the moment I squeezed it into my mouth. EWW.
I now call it Glucgross.
It made my mouth tingle which it turns out I am not a fan of. I choked it down and stood there for a second. The Dexcom was still pointed South. I walked over to the bed and decided that I was done. I am going to sleep and if I wake up in the hospital or in heaven, so be it.
I woke up at 202.
The rest of the weekend was UnDiaventful but very good otherwise.
We did some line dancing and I learned how to 2 step which was a blast. When I get a hold of some video I will post it. Fun stuff indeed.
Reader Comments (8)
That's so funny, my family members give me weird glucose stuff too! lol Glad to hear you are ok!!
I'm glad you had a good time, that event sounds pretty cool :) Anyway, that stuff is really gross. I'm with you on that. I needed it once while on the school bus and it was so disgusting that I couldn't ingest but half and then had to lean on my brother on our walk home. They really need to improve the taste. Though, my doctor told me it's intended for those times when we pass out because it slides well down one's throat. Either way, eww. Nuff about that, glad you're alright :)
At diabetes camp I used to do the swim across the lake, and we had to have two of them in the middle. I HATED them. But as my high school sports career grew, I learned to like, then love them. As long as it opens, I find it so much easier to treat with than tabs, juice or anything else. (So if anyone gives you any more, you can always send them to me because I can't find them anywhere!)
Dude, when you compare GlucoGross to cherry sour balls (OMG THE BEST AND I LOVE THEM - totally your fault, by the way), there is no comparison. Do your cherry sour balls have Goofy on them? (Wow. Re-reading that last sentence, I almost want to change it, but I'm not going to. You know I have the best intentions. :) )
Sorry you had a wicked low, G. But Cherry Sour Balls rule!
Love the term UNdiaventful
Is it scary to know that I too have had that feeling of "if I wake up in the hospital or heaven, so be it"?
That's deep stuff right there.
i wanna see video of your uke debut! debuke?
That stuff is SO GROSS!!!!! (Especially in a sleepy stupor!)