victorhill
Active Member
:cry: o dear o dear
i should not say this ,but after a visit to a hospital i was saddened to the following ,
after seeing 2 nurse s attending to a gentleman they gave him a cup of tea and biscuits ..
i asked what had happened he said his blood sugar was 2.4 and he was improving .
then after my visit was all done .
half an hour had gone by i had a cup of coffee in the cafe ..
the gentleman came and sat down near a table to me .what had he got eat the following ,one large mars bar one turkish delight bar , and 2 big bread rolls now i reckon his carb intake would be estimate 50 grams of fast acting carbs then
60 grams of slow acting .
i spoke to him on my way out said was he ok .yes came the reply .had he taken insulin to cover his meal no why had not got any glucose when he first gone no. he a had left in his car .
i left thinking why are people in denial of diabetes THE NURSES THE NHS have all done a super job giving this person his health back but the training of him to look after himself he can only do this . he poss was fed up of going low .and now he will have a big boost for the next few hours . but to what cost
sorry this just a note for all of us vic ps i was like this years ago back in th 70 s
i should not say this ,but after a visit to a hospital i was saddened to the following ,
after seeing 2 nurse s attending to a gentleman they gave him a cup of tea and biscuits ..
i asked what had happened he said his blood sugar was 2.4 and he was improving .
then after my visit was all done .
half an hour had gone by i had a cup of coffee in the cafe ..
the gentleman came and sat down near a table to me .what had he got eat the following ,one large mars bar one turkish delight bar , and 2 big bread rolls now i reckon his carb intake would be estimate 50 grams of fast acting carbs then
60 grams of slow acting .
i spoke to him on my way out said was he ok .yes came the reply .had he taken insulin to cover his meal no why had not got any glucose when he first gone no. he a had left in his car .
i left thinking why are people in denial of diabetes THE NURSES THE NHS have all done a super job giving this person his health back but the training of him to look after himself he can only do this . he poss was fed up of going low .and now he will have a big boost for the next few hours . but to what cost
sorry this just a note for all of us vic ps i was like this years ago back in th 70 s