Yesterday was a stressful day. I had to film a YouTube video and quickly edit it in time for release tomorrow. I usually do not film, edit and upload a video all in the same week, but I forgot this week was Feeding Tube Awareness Week.
After frantically pulling everything together, I was exhausted. I thought I would relax in bed. I was in the midst of reading God’s Word, when my mom came into my room. Someone down the street was selling medical equipment. It was possible the person was selling an item I had been looking at buying. My mom was going to look at it by herself, but I wanted to go with her to check out the items. I hoped in the car. In a flash, we were at our neighbors.
The neighbor is moving and was selling wheelchairs, a scooter and two rollator walkers. The walkers were the items I was interested in. I need someplace to set my ventilator and heated humidifier on which has wheels and is easy to move. It was hard to choose between the two walkers with wheels. I suddenly felt very unwell. My blood sugar was dropping. I quickly selected a walker, and we swiftly drove back home.
When I entered my home, my body was shaking. I immediately ate an apple and laid down. My head was spinning, and I felt as though I could not breathe. I rested for an hour. When I was a little bit more steady, I connected my IV nutrition called TPN, and infused it. The TPN has a large amount of sugar in it. Soon, my blood sugar stabilized.
For the rest of the night, I felt as though I had been run over by a train. Usually my blood sugar does not drop that quickly after leaving home. I guess I got stressed out trying to decide which medical item I wanted. This is one reason why I do not like shopping. My body goes haywire.
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