dehydration and low blood sugar story
ok, here was my weekend. rode hard on sunday, afterwards, my legs felt like bricks, drank water all day, ate good etc. rode easy 45 min. yesterday, ate before i left ( i eat religiously alllll the time). ate two Luna bars when i got back, took the laudry up to the laudromat, and long story short, paramedics had to come and collect me because i got dizzy, sweating through my feet, hot, etc. they checked my blood sugar, and it didn't even register on the machine!!! how can this be when i eat like a pig before i ride and after? i spent 4 hours in the emergency room as a human pin cushion. had another episode this morning. yes i am going to the doctor tomorrow.
they told me i need to eat more ( how is that possible?), and more frequent. i also get to put a little fat into my diet. i don't eat a lot of fat.
i have been drinking gatorade and water like crazy, i am now just starting to feel normal.
doctor at the ER told me to drink, drink, drink, eat more frequently, and cut back activity a little.
the fluid they put in through my I.V. made me feel a heap better.
ok, goddesses, please don't scold me, i just need some positive reinforcement, so i will learn from this and stop living my life at full tilt all the time.
hey Irulan:::: i think it's great that you stop to notice nature on the mt. bike. i am going to take your advice and slow down the spin just a bit.
it was extremely scary........