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<blockquote data-quote="Fearless36" data-source="post: 1635404" data-attributes="member: 421597"><p>For those who have zero hypo awareness and are finding that they are hypoing frequently it can help avoid them. I work for example, and have since switching onto the so called "more concentrated" insulins hypoed frequently throughout the day and been hospitalized several times as a result. The money spent on that hospital trip alone the first time no doubt was a lot of money as they kept me in for 3 days trying to balance my sugars (and painstakingly slowly). Despite telling them my insulin doses, they refused to let me inject that amount for fear of me having another episode, so I spent 3 days arguing with them till they finally agreed to let me do the dosage suggested and then my sugars went to normal.</p><p></p><p>Now for me, the Libre, helped avoid hypos, and so I didn't spend time in the hospital when I received my trial one, and I self funded for a while thereafter, but it was too expensive for me. Now as a result, I'm avoiding injections simply because I don't want to hypo unexpectedly. I'm doing finger prick tests still, but I'm really angry at this whole scenario. If my former insulin which I lived some 20 years on in perfect health hadn't been discontinued, then I could have easily avoided this. However in the past month I have been hospitalized once a week at least. From having hypos on the tube on the way home from work, to having them at work. Its a complete nightmare for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fearless36, post: 1635404, member: 421597"] For those who have zero hypo awareness and are finding that they are hypoing frequently it can help avoid them. I work for example, and have since switching onto the so called "more concentrated" insulins hypoed frequently throughout the day and been hospitalized several times as a result. The money spent on that hospital trip alone the first time no doubt was a lot of money as they kept me in for 3 days trying to balance my sugars (and painstakingly slowly). Despite telling them my insulin doses, they refused to let me inject that amount for fear of me having another episode, so I spent 3 days arguing with them till they finally agreed to let me do the dosage suggested and then my sugars went to normal. Now for me, the Libre, helped avoid hypos, and so I didn't spend time in the hospital when I received my trial one, and I self funded for a while thereafter, but it was too expensive for me. Now as a result, I'm avoiding injections simply because I don't want to hypo unexpectedly. I'm doing finger prick tests still, but I'm really angry at this whole scenario. If my former insulin which I lived some 20 years on in perfect health hadn't been discontinued, then I could have easily avoided this. However in the past month I have been hospitalized once a week at least. From having hypos on the tube on the way home from work, to having them at work. Its a complete nightmare for me. [/QUOTE]
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