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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 615984" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Andybee get yourself some tubes of glucogel and make sure that your wife keeps one in her bag. Glucogel (Hypostop, Dextrogel) is a life saver regarding hypoglycaemia that has gone to the point of not being able to talk or be coherent. <u> Sensible administration of the gel in small amounts through gentle</u> <u>massaging of the lips, gums and cheek lining (buccal)</u> enables the gel to be absorbed and very slowly and surely, the diabetic starts to regain the ability to be able to hear and mutter and can then be made to swallow some lucozade etc. With any luck.......there wont be any need for paramedic, glucagon jab or iv glucose drip. Even violent hypo diabetics eventually collapse so good old glucose gel is a winner!!!!! Thr best glucose gel container is Hypostop in a plastic bottle with long thin twist up nozzle. This enables the nozzle to be pushed into the mouth and small beads of gel squeezed out. </p><p>If your wife had been able to use glucose gel, your story would be different.</p><p></p><p>Take care of yourself........there's a first time for everything so once caught out, try to make sure it doesnt happen again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 615984, member: 8799"] Andybee get yourself some tubes of glucogel and make sure that your wife keeps one in her bag. Glucogel (Hypostop, Dextrogel) is a life saver regarding hypoglycaemia that has gone to the point of not being able to talk or be coherent. [U] Sensible administration of the gel in small amounts through gentle[/U] [U]massaging of the lips, gums and cheek lining (buccal)[/U] enables the gel to be absorbed and very slowly and surely, the diabetic starts to regain the ability to be able to hear and mutter and can then be made to swallow some lucozade etc. With any luck.......there wont be any need for paramedic, glucagon jab or iv glucose drip. Even violent hypo diabetics eventually collapse so good old glucose gel is a winner!!!!! Thr best glucose gel container is Hypostop in a plastic bottle with long thin twist up nozzle. This enables the nozzle to be pushed into the mouth and small beads of gel squeezed out. If your wife had been able to use glucose gel, your story would be different. Take care of yourself........there's a first time for everything so once caught out, try to make sure it doesnt happen again. [/QUOTE]
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