I briefly took insulin for type 2, and it was made very clear to me what the symptoms for low blood sugar were and what to do about it. It seems like a banana is the preferred way, but I think things like M&Ms and juice are also popular choices.

So I’m also baffled that someone with type 1 for so long wouldn’t know that.

Also, just a small correction to your story. Insulin is used to lower blood sugar. If she was passing out from low blood sugar, she wouldn’t be taking insulin. She probably had some sort of glucagon pen

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Ah ok, I did get the insulin/glucagon thing wrong.

In my defense, her speech was quite slurred... and I didn't / don't have diabetes or regularly care for someone who does.

(Sadly, she ghosted me a few weeks later. Months later I ran into a mutual friend who explained to me she was so embarassed by the whole thing she just... bailed.)

But ok, I'm glad that you also find it odd that she had no idea to use sugar to... manage a low sugar situation... when she'd had diabetes for about a decade up till that point.