Hi
I've learnt a big lesson the hard way.
Just got back from a few badly needed few days away.
We were half way on our 6 hour drive to Cornwall and stopped for a break. As usual I took my BG and needed to correct. This is when I realised I didn't have my pump with me - I'd forgotten to put it back on after a shower before we left. No problem I thought - backup pens and needles are in the case so a couple more hours then I can sort things out. Only I'd forgotten to pack them !! 😱😱 I had spares of everything including insulin but no way of getting itinto my body.
Rang Medtronic to see if they could help and they were fantastic - arranged for an emergency loan to be delivered to my hotel the next day so I only had to get hold of some insulin to cover the next 18-24 hours. I visited the local hospital who confirmed my BG was high 🙄 but they had no insulin pens of any kind. I eventually got some after a late night drive through some of the darkest, bendiest roads Cornwall has to offer. By this time, however, my BGs had been in the 20s for over 18 hours - waaay higher than I would normally get. Not only that, it seemed to take ages to get my BGs down to normal levels.
Over the next few days my mouth started to hurt and it just got worse and worse to the point all I could eat was yoghurt. Local doctors, pharmacists etc wouldn't look at my mouth (because of Covid) so I did some research and decided it was oral thrush and bought some gel which soother but didn't cure. I'm back now and have spoken to my GP (but not seen her) - she agrees it is probably oral thrush and has prescribed a strong antibiotic. If they work then it was thrush, if they don't then it has either 'gone deep' or is something else. In the meantime, my whole mouth hurts like crazy.
Lesson learnt !
I've learnt a big lesson the hard way.
Just got back from a few badly needed few days away.
We were half way on our 6 hour drive to Cornwall and stopped for a break. As usual I took my BG and needed to correct. This is when I realised I didn't have my pump with me - I'd forgotten to put it back on after a shower before we left. No problem I thought - backup pens and needles are in the case so a couple more hours then I can sort things out. Only I'd forgotten to pack them !! 😱😱 I had spares of everything including insulin but no way of getting itinto my body.
Rang Medtronic to see if they could help and they were fantastic - arranged for an emergency loan to be delivered to my hotel the next day so I only had to get hold of some insulin to cover the next 18-24 hours. I visited the local hospital who confirmed my BG was high 🙄 but they had no insulin pens of any kind. I eventually got some after a late night drive through some of the darkest, bendiest roads Cornwall has to offer. By this time, however, my BGs had been in the 20s for over 18 hours - waaay higher than I would normally get. Not only that, it seemed to take ages to get my BGs down to normal levels.
Over the next few days my mouth started to hurt and it just got worse and worse to the point all I could eat was yoghurt. Local doctors, pharmacists etc wouldn't look at my mouth (because of Covid) so I did some research and decided it was oral thrush and bought some gel which soother but didn't cure. I'm back now and have spoken to my GP (but not seen her) - she agrees it is probably oral thrush and has prescribed a strong antibiotic. If they work then it was thrush, if they don't then it has either 'gone deep' or is something else. In the meantime, my whole mouth hurts like crazy.
Lesson learnt !
