Hypo fear?

Hi all, a month ago I did a questionnaire about type one diabetes. It made me feel uncomfortable. The questions seemed focused on the presumed 'fear type 1's have of going hypo' and how this effects how we feel and react. (This questionnaire was a little skewed in my opinion, posing some leading questions)

I have a healthy respect but do not fear hypo's, I am more concerned with going hyper or moderately high. Hyperglycaemia was not touched on in the questionnaire. I do not want to say more about the research project as it was done by invite/confidentially. I think the results will be published in the BMJ.

Which are you more concerned about? hypo,hyper,both,other? Am I wrong?

I dont fear hypos either nor do I fear hypers though................

I think if you have good control over your blood sugar its normal to expect hypos from time to time...............and also to know when you potentially could have them...................carrying hypo resolve all the time also helps. These are things that are taught in DAFNE..............

I think that peoples fear of hypos is real and I suppose does warrant a survey if someone is studying the effect the fear of a hypo has on people, not everyone is educated to the DAFNE standard and so dont understand there own body..........

Some folk are also sensitive to insulin which can only be solved with a pump, which they might not have as yet..........

So peoples fear of them are real, although they really dont need to be................

I'm with Novorapidboi on this one. I respect both but fear neither. There are millions of things which can kill us, an awful lot of them in our own homes, if you look at the statistics. The healthiest person we know could be run over by a bus tomorrow. We have to accept our condition and learn to manage it to the best of our ability. We should not be afraid of asking for the help of those around us either. Most people are happy to help if they know what to do. It's when they don't know, because we have not enlightened them, that they fail to help.

hi there. I think it must be a dafne questionaire - I did something with the same question just this week. Its a post dafne qustionaire but, like you, I felt like the questions were a little bit loaded. my hypo fears tend to involve unusual situations. I was doing a 10km swim once and was always worried about going hypo (this was pre dafne). Not sure if this helps very much though.