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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 377542" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>When I was admitted to hospital at diagnosis I was put on what they referred to as an insulin drip, an intravenous drip that gave me insulin and I assume saline, it couldnt have been all insulin as they changed the bottles several times a day!!</p><p></p><p>I was kept on it over night to bring my bg levels down from 29 mmol/L and the next afternoon got a visit from a very helpful SDN who instructed me on all things insulin/diabetes/diet/portion control/exercise/alcohol etc etc. She actually talked to me for a good couple of hours and then came back the next day and showed me how to inject myself, it was at this time the drip was removed and I took over my own control and was discharged. </p><p></p><p>I assume the intravenous insulin would have been based somehow on my weight and bg levels, they were taking my bg levels every hour for the first 24 hours, a right pain as I was woken up every hour, sliding scale perhaps?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 377542, member: 19121"] When I was admitted to hospital at diagnosis I was put on what they referred to as an insulin drip, an intravenous drip that gave me insulin and I assume saline, it couldnt have been all insulin as they changed the bottles several times a day!! I was kept on it over night to bring my bg levels down from 29 mmol/L and the next afternoon got a visit from a very helpful SDN who instructed me on all things insulin/diabetes/diet/portion control/exercise/alcohol etc etc. She actually talked to me for a good couple of hours and then came back the next day and showed me how to inject myself, it was at this time the drip was removed and I took over my own control and was discharged. I assume the intravenous insulin would have been based somehow on my weight and bg levels, they were taking my bg levels every hour for the first 24 hours, a right pain as I was woken up every hour, sliding scale perhaps? [/QUOTE]
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