Re: Hypoglycemia - I goofed and overdosed on regular insulin


<guys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:15:25 -0500, "Billie" <mynewsaccount@xxxxxxxxxx>
: wrote:
:
: >Bill, I agree it is scary from my point of view, but I've never taken
: >insulin that way, so would have nothing to offer. I know a doctor with
that
: >attitude would not work for *me* but that is me and my personal
situation.
: >
: >If you want to just to talk hypos for your comfort, peace of mind, 40s to
: >16, just holler; can be very empathetic. ;-) Know the other end of the
: >spectrum, too, of over 300. It is scary to be out of whack. I'd never
have
: >gone to sleep/bed at your 81 dropped from 10x that night without being
good
: >and stable upwardly. Would have been scared of not waking.
: >
: >Hanging in there with you fellow "Bill".
: >
: >Billie
: >
: >
: >"Susan
: >:
: >: BillW50 wrote:
: >:
: >: > Well all my doctor cares about is what my BG is before I eat and
adjust
: >: > my insulin based on my BG before my meal. I don't think this is best
: >: > IMHO. I think the meal you are about to eat makes a big difference in
: >: > your peak. And my doctor doesn't care about my after meal readings,
just
: >: > before meals. But I must say, highs are much better than lows.
: >: >
: >:
: >: Bill, this is really scary. Can you get to another doctor for a second
: >: opinion and insulin/testing regimen?
: >:
: >: Susan
: >
: I, like so many other was very concerned over my hypos. They
: are very common for me. Except for mu old age senility,
: I never see any major damage.
:
: There is no easy out if you are prone.to them. I
: do not depend on docs anymore for help here. The
: info exists on how to manage them.
:
: The docs have been a great disappointment to me
: in this area. But they are were you have to start.
:
: Some where I think I read that the liver should correct
: low blood glucose. Wat happened?
:
: Guy

The lows have become common for me, too, Guy, too common, especially with my
having to sleep downstairs, and Jim up. All of my damage from highs and
lows was done way before an official diagnosis, and earlier in life (hehe,
#65 coming up!) with lab reports showing them going back to '71, and
continuing, but with doctors............ no more comment.

If we are prone to them, no, there is no easy way out, but we surely can
offer comfort for those going down into the unconscious area.
Unfortunately, my first awareness is going to sleep, and then it just
plummets. However, when I *do* catch lows in the 50s and 60s, I do have
some good recovery methods that do not send me upward and into a reactive
effect for hours.

My doctors nowadays are good. Of course, they are working with some pretty
rare and serious situations with me, and are having to keep close watch. My
endo does not *punch a clock* when he walks in the door with me, nor do we
have to keep it on subject if I need something more. Though Bill may not
have my complications, he *appears* to need a more aware doctor. I could
not have made it without my doctors (that I have now), and asd.

Guy, because of my eye problems associated with the myasthenia, I cannot do
all the reading I would like to do, but because I have had Cushing's
syndrome for some years, I think people should be reading Susan's articles
on cortisone more seriously. Mine is extrogeneous. I've been unable to
read in-depth beyond what I read when I was first diagnosed, and skimmed
most of her articles as I could read. The reason I say this is because *I
wonder* if somewhere I liver must have given up its recovery for the low
blood glucose to something. Since aging seems to play a part in everything,
who knows? Or maybe it is just you, and it is just me, in our own
particular ways, huh? But, I *do* believe the cortisol is a bigger part
than most realize. I'm hoping my eyesight will allow me to read Susan's
articles more deeply one of these days after my IVIG treatments somewhere
down the line.

I still cannot do as much *talking* here as I would love to do since this
last myasthenic episode, but feeling recovery on its way yesterday, and so
far today, so here's hoping! *s* Been reading up on the week I missed
while in the hospital before it is time to go back again for another
treatment. Who needs soap operas, especially when you read a week at a
time! haha

Billie


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