That makes sense.
And welcome back!
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My favorite Glucose Tabs are the CVS brand in Orange. sometimes i get the tropical fruit, which are decent. the absolute worst flavor, imho, is the grape.
the BOOST Shakes that i use are made by Nestle and are called āGlucose Control.ā they have 16 gms protein, 16 gms carbs, and only 4gms of sugar. i drink the Chocolate Sensation flavor (well, that is a no brainer 
) I drink 2 at once after my swims. i LOVE them!!!
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all the time 
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thank you for making this point very clear. i also suspend my pump when i am dropping very low very quickly. i suspend it for 1/2 hour and correct the low with whatever means necessary ( juice, Ovaltine; anything liquid works much faster than something solid when i have gone into my low 30s or my 20s).
i will also suspend my pump if i am having trouble bringing my BG back into target range when i have stubborn lows (30s / 40s ) that seem immune to sugar/fast carbs.
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Guess Iām not one of those people. Iāve been scared; never noticed a metallic taste. When I was at 40 and eating glucose that tasted metallic and not at all sweet, I just assumed that my glucose-starved taste buds and conducting nerves werenāt properly signalling to my brain.
Metallic taste (e.g., when drinking plain water) is also a reported side-effect of some chemo regimens for treating cancer, so I wonder how many different things can cause that sensation.
Maybe! Could also be a different level of adrenaline surge or SNS activation for a bad low.
Certain chemicals can definitely do it too, with lasting effects. For instance, some people get it after eating raw pine-nutsāI had this once and was so freaked out until I figured it out: Pine Mouth Is a Real-Life Nightmare | Bon AppĆ©tit
I once, many lifetimes ago, had an a1c of a 16.4. I was above a 14 for two years. For an entire year I tasted copper. Everything I put into my mouth tasted like a penny. So a ridiculous a1c is something that can cause that sensation.
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Thank youā¦ not really cool for YOU, but itās cool to me that there are others out thereā¦ 
and thank YOU. Iāve never heard anything about this, but it does make sense. I also donāt feel scared when low, but I certainly can go into āoverloadā, which is an overwhelmingly negative feeling. So itās my brain again. Working against me. Too bad it makes me not want to eatā¦ that just seems cruel.
it depends. sometimes its soda. sometimes its chocolate, sometimes its cookies. so it depends on what is the first thing i see
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Just seeing a picture of any of those made my BG go up 300 points. Bleh 
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I like regular 'ol jelly beans. 2 g per, I usually eat 4, wait 10-15 minutes, eat more if needed. Way tastier than yucky glucose tabs.
Except for those old BD ones that came packed three to a package in foilā¦ those were ok. But just ok. 
Jelly beans are my treatment of choice right now, too, though I do carry glucose tabs half the time now - I find theyāre less tempting to overdo.
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Oh hellz yeah. 
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No - they were terrible. I hated them and it turned me off glucose for about 20 years. 
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I think it is amazing funny how one of the most divisive issues in the diabetes community is Glucose Tabs. Who would have thought that would be what would divide usā¦
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i feel exactly the same way. they were revolting!!!
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Agreed!!! Those were the disgusting ones I had at D camp sometimes. I may have even preferred camel snot over those.
Did you guys call it that? Camel snot? It was some strange glucose gel that I only ever saw at D camp.
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The low treatment I had at D camp was coke syrup. The syrup you add water and carbon dioxide to make coke in a soda fountain. It was measured into a large syringe and squirted into the patients mouth.
I have to say it was pretty pleasant and I do recall a lot of lows 
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