A lesson learnt

On 16 August and for half of the next day, I was unconscious. I was unconscious because my brain was not getting enough glucose to work and my brain got under-oxygenated and I had lost control and consciousness over my body. It was only when I got conscious of what I was eating at that time (mom was making me eat lunch-consisting of rice and fish), did I got little conscious of what I was doing and what I was not capable of doing. Later, I realised I was suffering from severe case of hypoglycemia. And this wasn't the first time, and neither am I the one who did not know about this. I knew about this. In fact, I would like to talk about hypoglycemia cases which I go through which is because I am a Type 1 diabetic. By the way, this severe case of hypoglycemia was because of the fact that I did not wake up at the correct time. I woke up at around 10 in the morning on 17 August, and I was not fully conscious, and I unconsciously slept on. I was kind of comatose perhaps. That's what the internet is telling me when I searched for this on Google. That I was comatose because of low blood sugar and I was not able to sense anything, unlike the other cases in hypoglycemia where I only feel dizzy and  I tremble and shake and I am in my full senses. After this incident, I thought about all the previous actions of mine because of which I experienced this extreme condition. I came to the conclusion that my blood sugar was very low while sleeping as well as when I woke up. I haven't eaten anything in the morning to compensate for my blood sugar loss. I had woke up at around 10 am in the morning, but at that time, I might have probably been comatose and I was not feeling anything around me. I was out of my senses. 

I have dealt with this type of incident (my not-in-control unconsciousness) three times this lockdown, including this. I was out of my senses soon enough at the time of lunch. And I would have memories of me waking up and again sleeping down. But this was a big lesson. A big lesson in a way because I was inculcating bad habits. A big lesson for me to realise that I have to think about my health and start practising good habits. But still, I have been sitting and lying and living a very sedentary lifestyle and have not done any exaggerated changes. And then I will be again in a very hectic academic life, whether I get my choice of stream or not. 

I am okay for now, till the time I get a stream and will be appointed classes. I will get anxious about starting classes with the same people, with whom I was familiar, but it will be a small group and small class. 

And I am already beginning to have low-key anxiety because of it. Still, I am hoping that whatever subject I get, I would be enjoying it. And I hope my order of preferences is okay so that I get my choice of subject. Oh...only in my dreams.

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It has been days since the hypoglycemia condition. I had wanted to post it as soon as possible because I had just experienced it, and when you have experienced something, you want to say it as soon as possible because you don't want to miss anything out-the emotions, the condition, and the state of your body at that time. But due to some distractions, I was stalling in posting it. Also, I do have some future concerns for this blog about which I will tell you readers(or no readers) in due time.

So see ya till next time!

-Anonymous_Indian_Girl