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<blockquote data-quote="moonstone" data-source="post: 147982" data-attributes="member: 6133"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I understand what you're saying, but I think you might have missed the original poster's question and therefore why I was saying that in the first place - he asked, if he's having a hypo should he just sit down and wait for someone to go and get him some food? No, he needs to be prepared, it's not in question. If he's unprepared and something serious happens, yes it's his fault, of course it is. If you're prepared, yet unable to control the situation through no fault of your own, then of course you can't be blamed. I'm not talking about blame culture, I'm talking about going out with no sugar on you, ie putting yourself in a situation where disaster can happen. This is why people have been agreeing with me.</p><p></p><p>I hope you understand what I mean now, as I said I also understand what you're saying, and the night I called the ambulance I'd had about three-quarters of a litre of lucozade and it had only got up to 2.1 from a low of 1.9, and I was losing consciousness... so I know that you can be covered in sugar and still be in trouble. But if I had no lucozade/glucose at home, and just expected someone to go off and find me something sugary in the middle of the night....? No way, that's an abdication of all my responsiblities to myself and my loved ones to keep myself safe and not waste valuable NHS time + money with what could have been a perfectly avoidable hypo. I'm not being harsh at all here, just stating the truth. If you help yourself and do what you can yet it's still uncontrollable, then no-one's saying you did anything wrong, least of all me.</p><p></p><p>Moonstone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moonstone, post: 147982, member: 6133"] Hi there, I understand what you're saying, but I think you might have missed the original poster's question and therefore why I was saying that in the first place - he asked, if he's having a hypo should he just sit down and wait for someone to go and get him some food? No, he needs to be prepared, it's not in question. If he's unprepared and something serious happens, yes it's his fault, of course it is. If you're prepared, yet unable to control the situation through no fault of your own, then of course you can't be blamed. I'm not talking about blame culture, I'm talking about going out with no sugar on you, ie putting yourself in a situation where disaster can happen. This is why people have been agreeing with me. I hope you understand what I mean now, as I said I also understand what you're saying, and the night I called the ambulance I'd had about three-quarters of a litre of lucozade and it had only got up to 2.1 from a low of 1.9, and I was losing consciousness... so I know that you can be covered in sugar and still be in trouble. But if I had no lucozade/glucose at home, and just expected someone to go off and find me something sugary in the middle of the night....? No way, that's an abdication of all my responsiblities to myself and my loved ones to keep myself safe and not waste valuable NHS time + money with what could have been a perfectly avoidable hypo. I'm not being harsh at all here, just stating the truth. If you help yourself and do what you can yet it's still uncontrollable, then no-one's saying you did anything wrong, least of all me. Moonstone. [/QUOTE]
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