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<blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 1831880" data-attributes="member: 53162"><p>Hi and welcome [USER=473848]@AliceKeates[/USER]</p><p></p><p>Firstly ring your DSN now and explain what's happened and see if you can collect an emergency levemir pen today. You can also go to Boots and get one from there as they can check your husbands records online and give you a pen, however you may be charged for it.</p><p></p><p>What is really important is that he does not go low, he won't get hypo unawareness overnight, it takes a while for someone to lose this so don't worry about this, a sure way to know if he's hypo overnight is the fact he could wake up feeling hungover, if he's feeling fine then it's not been a problem, generally we do wake if we go low, we have vivid dreams and feel sweaty and disorientated. Novorapid should only be taken for food and correction doses when running high but without any background insulin on board he may of been ok, I use a pump which only uses novorapid as it steadily streams insulin into the body acting as a background insulin as well as for food and correction doses.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot to learn when diagnosed so keeping a good stock of supplies is important, I would also recommend getting a copy of ' think like a pancreas' written by a type 1 and useful for getting your head round things.</p><p></p><p>Hope you get this sorted out today, best wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Juicyj, post: 1831880, member: 53162"] Hi and welcome [USER=473848]@AliceKeates[/USER] Firstly ring your DSN now and explain what's happened and see if you can collect an emergency levemir pen today. You can also go to Boots and get one from there as they can check your husbands records online and give you a pen, however you may be charged for it. What is really important is that he does not go low, he won't get hypo unawareness overnight, it takes a while for someone to lose this so don't worry about this, a sure way to know if he's hypo overnight is the fact he could wake up feeling hungover, if he's feeling fine then it's not been a problem, generally we do wake if we go low, we have vivid dreams and feel sweaty and disorientated. Novorapid should only be taken for food and correction doses when running high but without any background insulin on board he may of been ok, I use a pump which only uses novorapid as it steadily streams insulin into the body acting as a background insulin as well as for food and correction doses. There's a lot to learn when diagnosed so keeping a good stock of supplies is important, I would also recommend getting a copy of ' think like a pancreas' written by a type 1 and useful for getting your head round things. Hope you get this sorted out today, best wishes. [/QUOTE]
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