Glucogel is a form of glucose in a sachet or bottle and of a gel consistency.
I don't know if its possible to get it prescribed but I buy mine quite cheaply form sports or cycling shops. Each sachet is a bout 15g cho so ideal for a quick response to a hypo. JJB/ Sport Direct stores tend to stock a lucozade one for a bout 89p.
I have also bought something similar in the USA which comes in a bottle and is more of a liquid. They are cheaper over there and I am fortunate to have someone who can ship them out to me.
debloubed: I have never experienced sickness with hypo. The idea is positively scary! That I might throw up whilst not being in control of my body. I usually have a fit similar to epilepsy and when I've hypo'd during the night and not awoken 'til morning I know its happened by the trail of dry blood from the corner of my mouth and one side of my tongue being 3x its normal size where I've bitten it!
Juma: I think that each individual experiences there life with diabetes differently and what is told to us by our healthcare professionals, whilst being very valid, is not necessarily going to be the case. I did not achieve perfect control throughout much of my pregnancy but I was advised that perfect control during this time would be between 3-5. I was hospitalised twice in that 9 months after having really bad hypos and both times caused myself severe physical injury. I had a C-section but not because my baby was too big but because it is a more controlled delivery method from the healthcare perspective when considering the complications which can arise during child birth. I also know other diabetics who have had children and similarly have had no major problems, natural births and couldn't maintain perfect control throughout.
Maybe I have been fortunate that my rebellion in my teens, lies to my doctor at this time also, unusual lifestyle choices and prolonged periods of not having care from a clinic or doctor had not impacted badly upon me now in later life. I am approaching 40 with 37 years of diabetes behind me. I do not have any problems with my feet, liver, eyes or any other organ which could have been affected but I know others who do and they say if they'd have known they'd have looked after themselves better or done things different.
I am not obsessive about my condition but I would never let the condition rule my life and determine what I would and wouldn't do or where I'd go, when and how etc. I think, and have witnessed first hand in others, that an obsession to such an extent that it dictates your lifestyle can also have a detrimental effect long term also. People who will not exercise for fear of going hypo whist doing so may run the risk of foot problems later through not exercising enough. And I'm not advocating that we should all become exercise freaks either!! I certainly am not. people who will not eat out because of the fear of not being able to count the carbs effectively. Your life becomes a bit of a sentence then.
A happy medium must be found on an individual level.
These are my own opinions, which are accepted by my healthcare team as such.
