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<blockquote data-quote="JMK1954" data-source="post: 2294278" data-attributes="member: 352098"><p>Most of us have taken the wrong insulin on at least a few occasions in our lives. I keep the basal one (once a day, last thing at night) upstairs in a drawer at the side of the bed. My bolus mealtime insulin always lives downstairs, so I can grab it during the day. This prevents mistakes 99% of the time.</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed aged 10 and taught everything I needed to know while I was still in hospital. You have been particularly unlucky with the lack of basic info you were given. It would usually be a Diabetes Specialist Nurse who explains all the details about exactly what to do in any particular circumstances. You need fast-acting glucose/sugar to use to get your BS level up in an emergency such as you just experienced. You did well to correct the hypo the way you did. Everything is more difficult when you are struggling with low BS levels - including thinking straight. You clearly should have been given more basic advice.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest you label your pens if it helps. Make sure you always keep some fast-acting glucose type stuff handy, so it can be reached easily from your bed. The last thing you need is to have to stagger downstairs in the middle of the night if you are hypo. I become unsteady on my feet if my level drops below normal, but a broken leg or twisted ankle is to be avoided ! Having to move around to find a source of sugar will just drive your glucose level even lower and delay your being able to do anything about it. I find a sugary drink acts faster than anything else to get you out of danger.</p><p></p><p>Do you have an email address or phone number to contact a DSN at the hospital where you were diagnosed ? You may need to get hold of them more frequently for advice at the start. 8 mml is not a disastrously high figure for first thing in the morning. Was this the figure at which you were told you should stsrt insulin ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMK1954, post: 2294278, member: 352098"] Most of us have taken the wrong insulin on at least a few occasions in our lives. I keep the basal one (once a day, last thing at night) upstairs in a drawer at the side of the bed. My bolus mealtime insulin always lives downstairs, so I can grab it during the day. This prevents mistakes 99% of the time. I was diagnosed aged 10 and taught everything I needed to know while I was still in hospital. You have been particularly unlucky with the lack of basic info you were given. It would usually be a Diabetes Specialist Nurse who explains all the details about exactly what to do in any particular circumstances. You need fast-acting glucose/sugar to use to get your BS level up in an emergency such as you just experienced. You did well to correct the hypo the way you did. Everything is more difficult when you are struggling with low BS levels - including thinking straight. You clearly should have been given more basic advice. I would suggest you label your pens if it helps. Make sure you always keep some fast-acting glucose type stuff handy, so it can be reached easily from your bed. The last thing you need is to have to stagger downstairs in the middle of the night if you are hypo. I become unsteady on my feet if my level drops below normal, but a broken leg or twisted ankle is to be avoided ! Having to move around to find a source of sugar will just drive your glucose level even lower and delay your being able to do anything about it. I find a sugary drink acts faster than anything else to get you out of danger. Do you have an email address or phone number to contact a DSN at the hospital where you were diagnosed ? You may need to get hold of them more frequently for advice at the start. 8 mml is not a disastrously high figure for first thing in the morning. Was this the figure at which you were told you should stsrt insulin ? [/QUOTE]
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