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<blockquote data-quote="michaeldavid" data-source="post: 385924" data-attributes="member: 57211"><p>Provided you get some medical guidance about it, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to keep a glucagon pen and give such an injection yourself. However, I believe the effectiveness of glucagon depends on the store of something-or-other within the liver: the patient will need to have eaten relatively well quite recently, I believe.</p><p></p><p>Much simpler and quicker is the following course of action. If I began to have a hypo during the night, my mother would hear this. She would quickly grab some granulated sugar and a cup of water. And she'd dip her fingers into the water, and then into the sugar. She would then brush that sugar across my lips. (Nb. She had to watch out not to get her fingers bitten!) My unconscious response was to lick my lips. She'd keep doing that, and I'd soon start to come round without the need to telephone 999. (Nb. I'd need to eat or drink something further.)</p><p></p><p>Obviously, you'd have to make the judgement yourself regarding whether or not to 'phone 999 immediately. But you never know how long you may have to wait for the ambulance to arrive. Moreover, even using the telephone would take up vital moments. And if you catch the hypo early enough, then you would be able to bring your partner around in the quickest way possible. That's what my mother did on more than one occasion.</p><p></p><p>Your partner should look at, and think carefully about, his diabetic control. No hypo is inevitable. (I'll repeat that: no hypo is inevitable - or at least, not for me it isn't. But note that some people, even medical experts, erroneously count any mere blood-sugar reading below 4mmol/l as being a hypo.) And one should always learn something from ANY hypo.</p><p></p><p>Nowadays, my own control is excellent. And I have recently made quite few postings on this website with regard to my own diabetic control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michaeldavid, post: 385924, member: 57211"] Provided you get some medical guidance about it, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to keep a glucagon pen and give such an injection yourself. However, I believe the effectiveness of glucagon depends on the store of something-or-other within the liver: the patient will need to have eaten relatively well quite recently, I believe. Much simpler and quicker is the following course of action. If I began to have a hypo during the night, my mother would hear this. She would quickly grab some granulated sugar and a cup of water. And she'd dip her fingers into the water, and then into the sugar. She would then brush that sugar across my lips. (Nb. She had to watch out not to get her fingers bitten!) My unconscious response was to lick my lips. She'd keep doing that, and I'd soon start to come round without the need to telephone 999. (Nb. I'd need to eat or drink something further.) Obviously, you'd have to make the judgement yourself regarding whether or not to 'phone 999 immediately. But you never know how long you may have to wait for the ambulance to arrive. Moreover, even using the telephone would take up vital moments. And if you catch the hypo early enough, then you would be able to bring your partner around in the quickest way possible. That's what my mother did on more than one occasion. Your partner should look at, and think carefully about, his diabetic control. No hypo is inevitable. (I'll repeat that: no hypo is inevitable - or at least, not for me it isn't. But note that some people, even medical experts, erroneously count any mere blood-sugar reading below 4mmol/l as being a hypo.) And one should always learn something from ANY hypo. Nowadays, my own control is excellent. And I have recently made quite few postings on this website with regard to my own diabetic control. [/QUOTE]
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