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Hospital trip..

keishamarie

keishamarie

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Nothing useful to say here just a moan

Ended up in hospital last night due to bloods being what we believe at over 35 for over 4 hours.

The joys of people not realizing giving people normal coke when they ask for diet could be very dangerous.
Woke up feeling like id been hit by a number of double decker buses and with some pretty impressive bruises on my arms from blood tests. yay diabetic life.
 
Hey @keishamarie Sorry to hear that hun, big hug, hope you are on the mend now ? Was it coke on draught ? as this is the normal culprit for diet coke, bottles are best or water, but i'm sure you know this, the important thing is that you are ok x
 
Hope ur ok hospital is **** I had pneumonia the last two weeks and had to go in for fluids as I was being sick! It took them mybe 4 hours until they eventually tested my blood sugars then once I was put into a slip and slide machine to help me the doctor said I could go home as long as I ate my lunch!!! I had been being sick for the last week how on earth do they expect u to eat a roast dinner and keep it down when u haven't eaten for a week!!! Generally shocked with the hospital service and will do anything not to have to go back!!!!!
 
I've not tried it (mainly because there's no Coke in the house), but I've read a few times that if you test your drink 'full fat' Coke will give a high sugar reading on a meter.

Hope you're feeling better.
 
As a diabetic patient we must know that all canned drink are full of sugar. Avoid it.
 
Hope you are feeling back to "normal". I've had the not-diet-coke thing happen too. People don't listen and don't understand. X
 
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@khkwong
that comment was just not helpful (and factually incorrect!)
the OP was telling of the result of being given Full Sugar drinks instead of diet1
 
khkwong said:
As a diabetic patient we must know that all canned drink are full of sugar. Avoid it.
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Not correct diet drinks are sugar free.
It sounds as if @keishamarie, was given full fat coke from a dispenser by ignorant staff in a pub or club.
 
Hope you're feeling better. What a horrible experience.

khkwong said:
As a diabetic patient we must know that all canned drink are full of sugar. Avoid it.
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Erm, no they're not. Diet and "zero" canned drinks have no sugar whatsoever. Furthermore, as T1, if you know you're going to have a sugary drink you can go ahead and have one so long as you bolus correctly.
 
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