I was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia few years ago, with two or three drops in my blood sugar daily, mainly mid-morning, after breakfast. I have a constant fasting blood sugar of 4.7 mmol/L [85 mg/dl] with drops in the 3s mmol/L [54 to 71 mg/dl] and sometimes 2s mmol/L [36 to 53 mg/dl]. This last four weeks, when I got shaky and sweaty, I checked my blood sugar and it was 12 mmol/L [216 mg/dl]. Since then, I have noticed all daytime levels are a lot higher than normal, 7 mmol/L [126 mg/dl] to almost 10.0 mmol/L [180 mg/dl]. I went into local chemist who was testing and they checked my blood sugar an hour after eating a ham roll and it was 9.4 mmol/L [169 mg/dl]. My husband, who ate the same, was 6.3 mmol/L [113 mg/dl], They asked me back for fasting level. I have checked my fasting blood sugar level over the last two weeks and it was constantly 7.2 mmol/L [130 mg/dl]. One morning, when it was 7.2 mmol/L [130 mg/dl] fasting, I went to the chemist, a five minute drive. My blood sugar had dropped to 5.6 mmol/L [101 mg/dl] in that short time, no pills, no food or drink. I went home and checked the glucose meter--yes, it was 5.6 mmol/L [101 mg/dl], so the meter was okay. I have since checked my fasting blood sugar and found it to be 7.1 mmol/L [128 mg/dl] or 7.2 mmol/L [130 mg/dl]. If I go to the doctor, by the time I get there it will have probably dropped to 5.6. Is this normal? Have I got a problem? If I go to the doctor, will he understand what is going on?

Justin Delgado is husband to Kacie Doyle-Delgado, diagnosed at age 11. After more than a decade together, he considers himself to be an expert carb counter and Dexcom inserter. He graduated with his Master of Science in Finance from the University of Utah in 2013 and has been working in commercial banking since then. He attended his first Friends for Life conference in 2015 and is looking forward to volunteering with the teens.

Kacie Doyle-Delgado, MSN, APRN, NP-C, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11 and attended her first Friends for Life conference in 2002. Since then, she has attended several FFL and regional conferences. She earned her BSN and her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT and she is currently enrolled in a DNP program. She works for Utah Physicians Care Center in a diabetes specialty clinic. Kacie lives in Salt Lake with her husband, Justin Delgado, and their dogs. She is looking forward to volunteering with the teens again.

Marissa Town, BSN, RN, CDE, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and later earned her Certified Diabetes Educator credential. She has had type 1 diabetes since the age of two and has grown up with a passion for helping families living with diabetes. Marissa is currently working as a research nurse at Stanford University. She has always enjoyed working with families with diabetes at Children with Diabetes conferences, camps, and support groups. She and her husband Adam have two young children, Connor and Everly.