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<blockquote data-quote="JMK1954" data-source="post: 2187598" data-attributes="member: 352098"><p>There were some things they got completely right in the old-fashioned days though. I was diagnosed in a children's hospital in 1964. From the start, I was taught to count carbs - and so were my parents. Once things were stable, they deliberately gave me one unit extra to cause a hypo, so I knew what it felt like. That was rapidly dealt with by giving me milk, the usual answer for hypos in those days. These days, people new to insulin are despatched back home with only the vaguest ideas of what to expect if their BS level drops too low.</p><p></p><p>I wish the days of different strength insulins were back too.They reduced the choice to U100 when so-called Human Insulin made its appearance. It was supposed to avoid errors with insulin, but as we all know insulin errors in hospitals still occur with alarming frequency. I also wish the full range of animal insulins were back. I have only ever had hypo symptoms when on animal insulins and am still struggling with finding a replacement for Bovine Lente.</p><p></p><p>My father was a pharmacist, so got diposable syringes for me at cost price as soon as they were available. They really WERE a big improvement. Who else remembers when the NHS made these available to AIDS/HIV patients on prescription, but not to diabetics ? Eventually, the NHS changed their minds. I seem to remember it took some months. Their only concern was the cost. Sounds just like what has gone on over making the Libre thing available. Things don't really change. It's two steps forward and one and a half steps back for some of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMK1954, post: 2187598, member: 352098"] There were some things they got completely right in the old-fashioned days though. I was diagnosed in a children's hospital in 1964. From the start, I was taught to count carbs - and so were my parents. Once things were stable, they deliberately gave me one unit extra to cause a hypo, so I knew what it felt like. That was rapidly dealt with by giving me milk, the usual answer for hypos in those days. These days, people new to insulin are despatched back home with only the vaguest ideas of what to expect if their BS level drops too low. I wish the days of different strength insulins were back too.They reduced the choice to U100 when so-called Human Insulin made its appearance. It was supposed to avoid errors with insulin, but as we all know insulin errors in hospitals still occur with alarming frequency. I also wish the full range of animal insulins were back. I have only ever had hypo symptoms when on animal insulins and am still struggling with finding a replacement for Bovine Lente. My father was a pharmacist, so got diposable syringes for me at cost price as soon as they were available. They really WERE a big improvement. Who else remembers when the NHS made these available to AIDS/HIV patients on prescription, but not to diabetics ? Eventually, the NHS changed their minds. I seem to remember it took some months. Their only concern was the cost. Sounds just like what has gone on over making the Libre thing available. Things don't really change. It's two steps forward and one and a half steps back for some of us. [/QUOTE]
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