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Has anybody experienced a similar event?
I had a lunch meeting some two weeks ago.
I consumed more alcohol than expected.
I also am not a big drinker, since being diagnosed type 1 in 19888.
This meeting was in central London, Covent garden to be precise.
I had also forgotten my test kit which I had left in my car at a tube car park in west London.
I had with me my fast acting insulin, but did not have my long acting insulin or blood pressure/cholesterol tablets which were at the hotel room I had booked into about twenty minutes, drive from the tube station car park.
On realising that I had drunk far to much to even consider driving, also feeling ill and wanting to get back to my hotel, my friend and me headed back on the tube to our separate destinations.
My intention was to go back to my car, collect my blood test kit and my hotel room keys and get a taxi back to the hotel.
During the tube journey back I became more and more unwell, showing classic symptoms of Hyperglycaemia. At South Kensington station I had to leave the tube and had to vomit on the station. At this point my friend had to leave me to carry on my journey alone. I was experiencing more and more Hyperglycaemic symptoms however not having my test kit with me I did not want to administer any fast acting insulin, for obvious reasons. I eventually arrived at my tube station and headed for the car.
On getting into the car i placed the keys into the ignition as in order to phone a taxi i needed to charge my mobile, I did not as far as I am aware turn on the engine, although the radio was on. I must also add at this point that I also intended to purchase
a ticket for the car park as the one I had ran out at midnight.
The next thing I recollect is a police officer screaming through my partially open window that i should get out the car NOW!!
I got out of the car and he proceeded to give me a roadside breath test informing me that he suspected me of being in charge of a vehicle whilst being above the prescribed legal limit of alcohol. Whilst this was going on I tried, to no avail, to explain the circumstances and that their had been no intention by me to drive.
This fell on deaf ears, and subsequent to a positive breath test I was handcuffed and arrested for the above offence.
At this point I asked if the officer could bring with him my test kit out of the glove compartment as I was a diabetic and concerned that I was suffering from Hyperglycaemia. His response was that they would deal with that at the station, at this point I was bundled into a police car and taken to the station.
At the station I was searched, as I constantly mentioned my diabetes and my Hyperglycaemia, there response was that we will deal with that through the FME (DOCTOR) but first we need to test you on the machine for alcohol levels book you in and also test you for drugs. I continued to mention my diabetes to no avail. I was arrested at about 22:00 hours and this process lasted until about 23:00 hours. all the way through I was told that the doctor was on his way. The custody Sgt then informed me that as I was over the prescribed limit I would be placed in a cell for the night until they deemed me fit to interview, I again requested my test kit and fast acting insulin, the reply was that the officer had not brought my test kit and I could not have my insulin until a doctor arrived as they did not know what I could be injecting?
They then man handled me into a cell. I continued to protest by pressing the door bell, eventually after about 6 operations of the bell they told me the doctor would be delayed and if they thought it was a medical emergency they would call an ambulance. I said it was and I was now feeling very unwell and Hyperglycaemic, They disagreed and implied that it was because of the alcohol, wait for the doctor. They then switched off the alarm bell. I continued to protest and tried to get their attention by kicking the door, only to be ignored. With no other option to me as far as I could see and knowing there was CCTV covering the cell, I took of my shirt, wrapped it around my neck and screamed out of frustration that this was the only way to get a response to my concerns.
At this point 3 officers burst through the door, at this point I through the shirt into the corner of the cell, at this point the officers grappled me to the floor face down, handcuffed me behind my back and strapping my legs together from the thighs down to the ankles. During this restraint I suffered a blow to my right ear and side of my head also what I can only describe as a severe dead leg. After about half an our trussed up like a chicken I was released having had to promise that I would behave?
I was then moved to another cell as they were expecting allot more people in on a fri night. The new cell also had a toilet in it because they were sick of me asking to g to the toilet. The cell door was kept open with an officer posted at the door because I was now classed as a suicide risk?
The doctor eventually arrived at 0300 Hrs. He could not have been less interested. He tested my blood sugar level after asking some basic questions. IT WAS 28 MMOLs. He suggested that because he did not have access to any of my long acting insulin, that he would let me give myself 8 units of my fast acting and that would be sufficient until the next doctor would be in at around 09:00 later that morning. I administered, under his observation 8 units of fast acting insulin, he then let the police return me to the cell and left.
The doctor that turned up at 09:00 tested my blood and it was then at 12 MMOLs and he suggested that I have something to eat, and administer my insulin as I normally would. I said that considering what I had been through I was not interested in eating. His response was to say so you are refusing food, advised the police officers to return me to my cell and left. I eventually was interviewed re the offence at about 11:30. Charged and released at about 13:30 Hrs.
IS THERE ANY WONDER THAT DIABETICS DIE IN CUSTODY!!!!! Any comments or experiences of a similar vein.
I had a lunch meeting some two weeks ago.
I consumed more alcohol than expected.
I also am not a big drinker, since being diagnosed type 1 in 19888.
This meeting was in central London, Covent garden to be precise.
I had also forgotten my test kit which I had left in my car at a tube car park in west London.
I had with me my fast acting insulin, but did not have my long acting insulin or blood pressure/cholesterol tablets which were at the hotel room I had booked into about twenty minutes, drive from the tube station car park.
On realising that I had drunk far to much to even consider driving, also feeling ill and wanting to get back to my hotel, my friend and me headed back on the tube to our separate destinations.
My intention was to go back to my car, collect my blood test kit and my hotel room keys and get a taxi back to the hotel.
During the tube journey back I became more and more unwell, showing classic symptoms of Hyperglycaemia. At South Kensington station I had to leave the tube and had to vomit on the station. At this point my friend had to leave me to carry on my journey alone. I was experiencing more and more Hyperglycaemic symptoms however not having my test kit with me I did not want to administer any fast acting insulin, for obvious reasons. I eventually arrived at my tube station and headed for the car.
On getting into the car i placed the keys into the ignition as in order to phone a taxi i needed to charge my mobile, I did not as far as I am aware turn on the engine, although the radio was on. I must also add at this point that I also intended to purchase
a ticket for the car park as the one I had ran out at midnight.
The next thing I recollect is a police officer screaming through my partially open window that i should get out the car NOW!!
I got out of the car and he proceeded to give me a roadside breath test informing me that he suspected me of being in charge of a vehicle whilst being above the prescribed legal limit of alcohol. Whilst this was going on I tried, to no avail, to explain the circumstances and that their had been no intention by me to drive.
This fell on deaf ears, and subsequent to a positive breath test I was handcuffed and arrested for the above offence.
At this point I asked if the officer could bring with him my test kit out of the glove compartment as I was a diabetic and concerned that I was suffering from Hyperglycaemia. His response was that they would deal with that at the station, at this point I was bundled into a police car and taken to the station.
At the station I was searched, as I constantly mentioned my diabetes and my Hyperglycaemia, there response was that we will deal with that through the FME (DOCTOR) but first we need to test you on the machine for alcohol levels book you in and also test you for drugs. I continued to mention my diabetes to no avail. I was arrested at about 22:00 hours and this process lasted until about 23:00 hours. all the way through I was told that the doctor was on his way. The custody Sgt then informed me that as I was over the prescribed limit I would be placed in a cell for the night until they deemed me fit to interview, I again requested my test kit and fast acting insulin, the reply was that the officer had not brought my test kit and I could not have my insulin until a doctor arrived as they did not know what I could be injecting?
They then man handled me into a cell. I continued to protest by pressing the door bell, eventually after about 6 operations of the bell they told me the doctor would be delayed and if they thought it was a medical emergency they would call an ambulance. I said it was and I was now feeling very unwell and Hyperglycaemic, They disagreed and implied that it was because of the alcohol, wait for the doctor. They then switched off the alarm bell. I continued to protest and tried to get their attention by kicking the door, only to be ignored. With no other option to me as far as I could see and knowing there was CCTV covering the cell, I took of my shirt, wrapped it around my neck and screamed out of frustration that this was the only way to get a response to my concerns.
At this point 3 officers burst through the door, at this point I through the shirt into the corner of the cell, at this point the officers grappled me to the floor face down, handcuffed me behind my back and strapping my legs together from the thighs down to the ankles. During this restraint I suffered a blow to my right ear and side of my head also what I can only describe as a severe dead leg. After about half an our trussed up like a chicken I was released having had to promise that I would behave?
I was then moved to another cell as they were expecting allot more people in on a fri night. The new cell also had a toilet in it because they were sick of me asking to g to the toilet. The cell door was kept open with an officer posted at the door because I was now classed as a suicide risk?
The doctor eventually arrived at 0300 Hrs. He could not have been less interested. He tested my blood sugar level after asking some basic questions. IT WAS 28 MMOLs. He suggested that because he did not have access to any of my long acting insulin, that he would let me give myself 8 units of my fast acting and that would be sufficient until the next doctor would be in at around 09:00 later that morning. I administered, under his observation 8 units of fast acting insulin, he then let the police return me to the cell and left.
The doctor that turned up at 09:00 tested my blood and it was then at 12 MMOLs and he suggested that I have something to eat, and administer my insulin as I normally would. I said that considering what I had been through I was not interested in eating. His response was to say so you are refusing food, advised the police officers to return me to my cell and left. I eventually was interviewed re the offence at about 11:30. Charged and released at about 13:30 Hrs.
IS THERE ANY WONDER THAT DIABETICS DIE IN CUSTODY!!!!! Any comments or experiences of a similar vein.
