May I pick the brains of some of you experienced medics out there on something that happened to me the other day?
After donating blood and the procedure was complete, I passed out in the lounge. Now, I have no fear of needles or anything like that. My last intake was 3 hrs prior, a banana and and 16oz of water. No history of diabetes, no present illnesses. The staff offered me a soda and a cookie, and after 30 minutes or so I was able to get the heck out of that bus and into my own vehicle (mistake #1).
At this point I felt like crap, but I just wanted to get home. I pulled out on the highway and realized that I was about to drop out again. Numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, confusion, ect. I made it to the nearest turnoff and got the vehicle into park before dropping out again. When I woke up, I figured maybe I had better call the ambulance shed, but I couldn't remember where I was ("Come and get me, I don't know where I am" doesn't work very well). To make a long story short, after trying again to drive (mistake #2) and waking up in a bean field, I made it to the shed. I asked for O2, even though I was hyperventing (don't ask me why, I guess I was thinking hypovolemic shock, it didn't help) and called a friend to take me home. When I got home, I grabbed a tube of instant glucose, and 10 min after taking it was feeling somewhat better.
Now, can anyone tell me why my BGL would tank like that? I'm healthy as a horse.
Thanks, PC