Michelle + Nyquil do not mix

I've sick for the past week.

Friday, my legs were giving me problems making it nearly impossible to sleep. Add the runny nose and coughing, I was in a pretty bad place.

Bryan says, "Take some Nyquil."
I reply, "But there's sugars in it."
"There can't be that much sugar in the gelcaps."

So I figure, why not. If it allows me to sleep, and my sugars are a little high then it's well worth it.

I wake up Saturday to 142. Not too bad. I take my normal dose, eat my honey nut cheerios and out the door I go.

In the middle of my first client, low blood sugar attacks me. Lead legs, dizziness, and all I can think is great I'm going to go down. Luckily, there's cookies (which I'm not allowed to eat) at work for St. Patricks day. I tell my boss that I'm eating cookies because it's a matter of life or death. After I eat them I feel better and get ready for my second client. Everything goes smoothly.

I have lunch, get my nails done and lie down for 45 minutes. I lie down in order to relax my shoulder which is radiating a horrific amount of pain. When I get up after resting, the dizziness is back and  start noticing that I'm gravitating towards the walls. When my blood sugar goes under 90, I tend to lean towards walls as I walk. I check my blood sugar and I'm at 69. It's a little worrisome considering I've already eaten two big sugar cookies with green sprinkles on them. This time I get orange juice.

During my last massage I end up taking a swig of orange juice between each limb.

This is so frustrating. But I learned an important lesson. I haven't taken Nyquil since I was diagnosed in fear what it would do to me. I get pretty anxious when I have to try certain things that could mess with my numbers. I don't like the whole trial and error thing diabetes has forced me to do. Nyquil = low blood sugar. Low blood sugar that takes the whole day and lots of food to bring up. Sure I could use it to my advantage, but I don't feel low blood sugar is worth the hassle. Most people think of it as a way to eat what you can't have. I think of it as a great, now I have to drink, eat, and finger prick more to make sure my numbers are where they should be. That within itself is stressful.

So no more Nyquil for me. I guess I'll have to try the diabetic cold meds and see what happens.