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<blockquote data-quote="Flakey Bake" data-source="post: 598223" data-attributes="member: 71327"><p>This exact same scenario happened to me several months ago. I took my long lasting lantus last thing at night with a BG of around 9 (this was several hours after my novorapid, so no fast acting left in my system). I did not take the wrong insulin, dose, etc......but I woke 30 mins later with a BG around 2.1. I treated with <u>a lot</u> of sugar and was BG=1.9 10 mins later. Then followed a 2 hour battle to get my BG up to safe levels, my husband had the phone in his hand several time to call an ambulance. After several hypo treatments, cereal, orange juice, banana and a tonne of toast and jam, I finally made it to about BG=7, but felt sick with the amount of sugar and food I had to ingest.</p><p>I have some pretty big surface veins on my thighs, and that night I bled a lot after my basal dose. I concluded that that I put my basal into a vein, so rather than slow release, the whole lot dissolved straight into my blood stream and caused the severe hypo reaction. This has only ever happened to me once. I asked my consultant about what happened, she agreed the IV insulin was probably what happened. It is rare but possible.</p><p>Like you I did not sleep properly for about a week due to worry. Now I avoid veins and sleep soundly!</p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flakey Bake, post: 598223, member: 71327"] This exact same scenario happened to me several months ago. I took my long lasting lantus last thing at night with a BG of around 9 (this was several hours after my novorapid, so no fast acting left in my system). I did not take the wrong insulin, dose, etc......but I woke 30 mins later with a BG around 2.1. I treated with [U]a lot[/U] of sugar and was BG=1.9 10 mins later. Then followed a 2 hour battle to get my BG up to safe levels, my husband had the phone in his hand several time to call an ambulance. After several hypo treatments, cereal, orange juice, banana and a tonne of toast and jam, I finally made it to about BG=7, but felt sick with the amount of sugar and food I had to ingest. I have some pretty big surface veins on my thighs, and that night I bled a lot after my basal dose. I concluded that that I put my basal into a vein, so rather than slow release, the whole lot dissolved straight into my blood stream and caused the severe hypo reaction. This has only ever happened to me once. I asked my consultant about what happened, she agreed the IV insulin was probably what happened. It is rare but possible. Like you I did not sleep properly for about a week due to worry. Now I avoid veins and sleep soundly! Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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