Low Sugar Brain Adventures

Low blood sugars make you do stupid things.
Stupid, dangerous, scary things.
I must have had a whole lot of luck on my side today because this could have turned nasty.

I was walking back to redfern station when my blood sugar dropped. I didn't notice it and took a wrong turn.... and so the saga begins.

I finally stopped to check it, but there was no where to sit.
Stupid low mistake #1: Crouch down and check it in a shifty looking side street.
My shifty side street was near a shop, so I suppose low error 1 wasn't too bad.

It was then I realised I was going the wrong way.
Stupid low mistake #2: Walk back and forth past the same guy on a corner, showing that you're evidently lost.

So I managed to head the right way, which brings me to this.
Stupid low mistake #3: Keep walking when low, AND walk through a shifty looking side street.

I quickly walked through and encountered two women nearby, so I asked which was it was to Redfern station. "Oh it's just up the hill!"
Stupid low mistake #4: Going up the hill.

Little did I know that this was the most stupid one, and that I had happened to find the most dangerous street in Redfern. Alone. Low. Clearly lost. This really isn't the street for someone like me to being going anywhere near.

*facepalm* Did I mention my ridiculous luck at nothing going wrong?

So luckily for me I was followed by a police car up the road and up across from the station. Whether this was a) to make sure I got up there ok, b) because I looked vaguely drunk and disoriented or c) all of the above I am much appreciative.

Then followed an awkward train ride where people kept staring at me because I was all pale, sweaty and wide eyed.

Moral of the story? If you're going low, stay where you are. If you see someone looking disoriented, slightly terrified and in a dangerous place, maybe offer some safer directions?
And last of all, low blood sugar brain is bad. It will get you into trouble you hadn't even dreamt of.

Comments

  1. Lonnie Jones30 July 2014 at 23:45

    I think high blood sugar level also make Type 2 Diabetics do a lot of crazy thing. :D I'm Type 2. Nice post.

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    1. Bec31 July 2014 at 08:29

      Oh definitiely- high sugar brain is fun as well
      It's lovely to have a type 2 reading- thanks for the input and feedback :)

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