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<blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 2335892" data-attributes="member: 345386"><p>I'm neither T1, nor insulin user, but my very basic take on this is that our liver will do what it can to help us ("us" being everybody, not necessarily the assembled few, if you know what I mean) out where it can, but that help comes without a sure-fire assurance of it being efficient or adequate.</p><p></p><p>If the liver dump were full-proof, there would be no deaths by hypo, which we know is tragically untrue.</p><p></p><p>My look on it is that for those with very disrupted, natural, metabolic blood glucose control relying on liver dumps is a bit like playing Russian Roulette with most of the chambers blank, but a random number of bullets on randomly placed chambers.</p><p></p><p>Are you feeling lucky? Were I in that particular position, I'd probably rather not take the gamble.</p><p></p><p>Our local Diabetes UK group received a couple of very significant donations of money raised after the death of a young man locally, who had died, in his sleep as a result of a sever hypo. The situation was a bit complex, due to alcohol in the mix, and therefore perhaps another bullet in the (Russian Roullette) gun, but nevertheless very, very tragic indeed.</p><p></p><p>The quantum and number of the donations received went some tiny way to demonstrate the devastation his passing caused to a far wider community than his family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCUKMod, post: 2335892, member: 345386"] I'm neither T1, nor insulin user, but my very basic take on this is that our liver will do what it can to help us ("us" being everybody, not necessarily the assembled few, if you know what I mean) out where it can, but that help comes without a sure-fire assurance of it being efficient or adequate. If the liver dump were full-proof, there would be no deaths by hypo, which we know is tragically untrue. My look on it is that for those with very disrupted, natural, metabolic blood glucose control relying on liver dumps is a bit like playing Russian Roulette with most of the chambers blank, but a random number of bullets on randomly placed chambers. Are you feeling lucky? Were I in that particular position, I'd probably rather not take the gamble. Our local Diabetes UK group received a couple of very significant donations of money raised after the death of a young man locally, who had died, in his sleep as a result of a sever hypo. The situation was a bit complex, due to alcohol in the mix, and therefore perhaps another bullet in the (Russian Roullette) gun, but nevertheless very, very tragic indeed. The quantum and number of the donations received went some tiny way to demonstrate the devastation his passing caused to a far wider community than his family. [/QUOTE]
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