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<blockquote data-quote="LittleSue" data-source="post: 107987" data-attributes="member: 6295"><p>Did he tell the doctor about his night hypos, and that he drinks alcohol at night? It sounds like he only mentioned having high sugar at bedtime, in which case the doc's advice would be sensible. Perhaps he was trying (to "prove you wrong") to make the doctor tell him to inject more insulin. </p><p></p><p>You are right to be worried. But to clarify, if he has drunk alcohol, feeding him lucozade or wahtever will still raise his blood sugar - its the automatic rescue by his liver that the alcohol interferes with. </p><p></p><p>A Glucagon pen is a good idea, although this works by making the liver dump glucose, so I'm not sure if alcohol would stop Glucagon working. Rubbing some honey inside his cheek may also help as it would be absorbed through his cheek but less risky than liquid.</p><p></p><p>Your huband seems to have serious psychological issues around diabetes. Many of us are angry about diabetes at some stage but this is not the way to deal with it. Some youngsters get so-called 'diabulimia" where they avoid injecting becuase they don't want to put on wieght - this is a recognised syndrome. I'm sure the experts who help those youngsters could help your husband. But before he can be helped he has to be honest with medics about what's really going on.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps you could point out how scared your child would be if his daddy died in the night with a hypo, all the psychological trauma. Also since your husband has T1, there's a chance that his child may also get it. How scary for your child to have daddy die apparently because of diabetes, then get diabetes himself. Does he want the child terrified that he will die every time he goes to sleep, when really daddy died because of his own stupid actions? This mght take the focus away from the risks to himself, which don't seem to scare your husband.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleSue, post: 107987, member: 6295"] Did he tell the doctor about his night hypos, and that he drinks alcohol at night? It sounds like he only mentioned having high sugar at bedtime, in which case the doc's advice would be sensible. Perhaps he was trying (to "prove you wrong") to make the doctor tell him to inject more insulin. You are right to be worried. But to clarify, if he has drunk alcohol, feeding him lucozade or wahtever will still raise his blood sugar - its the automatic rescue by his liver that the alcohol interferes with. A Glucagon pen is a good idea, although this works by making the liver dump glucose, so I'm not sure if alcohol would stop Glucagon working. Rubbing some honey inside his cheek may also help as it would be absorbed through his cheek but less risky than liquid. Your huband seems to have serious psychological issues around diabetes. Many of us are angry about diabetes at some stage but this is not the way to deal with it. Some youngsters get so-called 'diabulimia" where they avoid injecting becuase they don't want to put on wieght - this is a recognised syndrome. I'm sure the experts who help those youngsters could help your husband. But before he can be helped he has to be honest with medics about what's really going on. Perhaps you could point out how scared your child would be if his daddy died in the night with a hypo, all the psychological trauma. Also since your husband has T1, there's a chance that his child may also get it. How scary for your child to have daddy die apparently because of diabetes, then get diabetes himself. Does he want the child terrified that he will die every time he goes to sleep, when really daddy died because of his own stupid actions? This mght take the focus away from the risks to himself, which don't seem to scare your husband. [/QUOTE]
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