Insulin shock

Afternoon post because I'm bored and tired and a lot has happened since last night.

Went to bed early, about 10 or so. Normal dinner & dessert, plus a cople of tollhouse cookies. My usual insulin shot, 100 units of lantus.

And then something went horribly wrong.

Woke up at 11:30 with a severe insulin reaction. Worst ever. Hgl was 45, I grabbed three Klondike bars, scarfed them down sitting in the recliner, turned on the TV to diistract me, but my heart was pounding at about 120, I was sweating, and about 5 minutes away from calling 911, because it was getting worse instead of better.

Made an egg cream, and then chocolate milk, and finally was coming back to normal maybe around midnight.

To add to the excitement, my sciatica was making it hard to walk.

Back to bed. Google Home was playing with me. "Turn off bedroom" I said. It answered that it didn't know which bedroom I meant. "Turn off bedroom light 1" it claimed I had not set up an item by that name (I had). "Turm off the bedroom lights" worked.

Usually I lie on my left side, but the sciatica hurts left when I'm on my right side, so I slept in that position.

4:30, up to pee, and Zoe was on the bed at my feet, facing the door. Spook was at the other end of the hallway, staring. When I woke up for reals, Zoe was asleep in that same position and Spook was out of sight.

-more later-

Zoe Day 2

Woke up, Zoe was asleep next to my feet. Jazzed about this, because it's the one thing Spook rarely does.

Up & out on time, 101 traffic was slow but mostly steady. Called AG, he had an interesting weekend. His mother came in from Vietnam, too late for his dad's funeral, so he took her to the graveyard. While he was there apparently our former boss messaged him. AG also filled me in on some former co-workers.

Work was boring. The over the weekend test had stalled, so I started it up again. That was all I really needed to do today.

After the insulin reaction, I was tired, found myself almost nodding off.

Lunch was quiet, tuna casserole & cookies.

Home, back roads were light, 101 looked nasty.

I had been monitoring the webcams, Zoe spent the day on the top tier of the cat tree in the office, Spook mostly was hiding or on the guest room futon.

Took a nap. As I was settling in, Zoe got up on the teddy bear by the pillows and purred loudly as she kneaded it, then she walked to the little cat tree with the circular top and curled up there. When I woke up, she was at my feet. Spook was watching from down the hall.

I ran the train set, Zoe jumped when it came on, then was mildly curious as it ran.

Watched the last of Monday Night Football, beef pot pie for dinner. Tollhouse cookies for dessert.

The lower back pain got worse after my nap, so I called the advice nurse, who sent me a video series, and advised a cold pack for 15-20 minutes. And now I have an appointment with a GP after my blood pressure test tomorrow.

The video series is very thorough, mostly kept repeating that everyone gets lower back pain, and usually it goes away with self-care. I've had it before, but it has always gone away before I got to see a doctor.

Plans for tomorrow:
Work
Kaiser BP & back pain appts
Maybe back to work in time for sync, but probably too late for that.
Need to do a little shopping. CVS near Kaiser, and also need more BD alcohol pads & naproxin from Kaiser pharmacy.
Home, more cat adventures