Had a scary night last night and drank non-diet Sprite in over 5 years

So I am over at my parents house for the week to visit and help them round the house as my dad is recovering still from a heart attack back on new years.

One of the biggest jobs I gotta tackle is painting my new room at their house (switched old rooms with my sister - not relevant to the story).

Ive really been busting my ass to get the room painted (2 walls left to 2nd coat and then just some touchups). Been getting it done pretty quick.

I havent been eating as much either as I have a bit of a gut so I’ve been trying to reduce that. So as a result, the painting rate I’m maintaining is turning into a decent exercise.

But this combo came to ahead last night:

We’d just eaten dinner (Greek style - Seasoned Chicken Kabobs, Rice and Salad) and I was going to show my parents Rise of Skywalker as they hadn’t seen it yet.

Bout 1/2 way through, I held my hand up randomly as I was readjusting my seating position, and I noticed my hands shaking very fast. So I thought to myself “I’ll go check my BG, just to make sure”. Ran upstairs, grabbed my gluco and ran a test:

1.4 (normal is 4-7)

I couldnt fucking believe I was this low. I’ve been below 3.2 or so, and it’s rare I ever get below 4z

I knew I needed some sugar, and fast. So I went rooting through my parents store room to see if there was any sugary drinks I could have to get an insta boost to get out of the Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins starts singing 😜)

Found an old friend in the form of a few cans of Sprite (which I was like a fiend for up until I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 23). Chugged it pretty quickly.

Went and rechecked my sugars after about 10 minutes, and I was at about 3.4

I decided to call it an early night and get some sleep . Before that, basically chugged a whole bag of milk to make sure I wouldnt drop too low over the course of the night, and that was that.

Just woke up and I do feel a LOT better now, but fuck that was a fucking scary experience. I have NEVER been so low before.

Gonna take it a bit easier with the painting now moving forward, and gonna eat more carbs at meals to compensate a bit better