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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 770323" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>[USER=84857]@Molly56[/USER]</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, no one knows what the hypo feeling is like until they inject insulin, eat no food or not enough food, and then pick up on the weird strange feeling that comes about. It would be sensible to refrain from trying to a drive a car until a person learns to pick up on the hypo signs first and can deal with them by eating something sugary, but this is where bg testing comes to play. No one enjoys testing bg levels esp when it means pricking the finger for a blood droplet, but its a necessary evil that we do to keep ourselves ok everyday. 4 x times per day is the barest minimum but wont necessarily ensure safety when driving or allow diabetics to keep within the NICE bg targets. In the old days many used common sense and kept driving a car until after food had been eaten and not try to drive mid morning or mid afternoon unless a snack had been comsumed. That way, bg levels would be rising and not dropping due to the way insulin affected. Nowadays, most diabetics will have the sense to test and also make sure that they have some sweets or glucose tabs within easy reach of the steering wheel (not in the glove compartment) so that if they do get caught out, they can shove some sweets in their mouth first and then look to pull over safely to the kerb, switch off the engine and eat some food. Non perishable stuff is a must like a few pks of crisps. The lawful way is to get out of the car to treat the hypo and not stay in it, but unless the police get involved, there isnt really any need</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 770323, member: 8799"] [USER=84857]@Molly56[/USER] Unfortunately, no one knows what the hypo feeling is like until they inject insulin, eat no food or not enough food, and then pick up on the weird strange feeling that comes about. It would be sensible to refrain from trying to a drive a car until a person learns to pick up on the hypo signs first and can deal with them by eating something sugary, but this is where bg testing comes to play. No one enjoys testing bg levels esp when it means pricking the finger for a blood droplet, but its a necessary evil that we do to keep ourselves ok everyday. 4 x times per day is the barest minimum but wont necessarily ensure safety when driving or allow diabetics to keep within the NICE bg targets. In the old days many used common sense and kept driving a car until after food had been eaten and not try to drive mid morning or mid afternoon unless a snack had been comsumed. That way, bg levels would be rising and not dropping due to the way insulin affected. Nowadays, most diabetics will have the sense to test and also make sure that they have some sweets or glucose tabs within easy reach of the steering wheel (not in the glove compartment) so that if they do get caught out, they can shove some sweets in their mouth first and then look to pull over safely to the kerb, switch off the engine and eat some food. Non perishable stuff is a must like a few pks of crisps. The lawful way is to get out of the car to treat the hypo and not stay in it, but unless the police get involved, there isnt really any need [/QUOTE]
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