Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
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Pastor Constance ?Connie? Olson worked 70-hour weeks, tending to the needs?spiritual and otherwise?of her congregation. She was also a type 1 diabetic, suffering from hypoglycemic unawareness. This complication meant that she didn?t experience early warning signs of dangerously low blood sugar?such as sweating, dizziness, and extreme hunger?causing her to unexpectedly have seizures and lose consciousness.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mmf/news/diabetes/2013/crossing-the-finish-line.html
Pastor Constance ?Connie? Olson worked 70-hour weeks, tending to the needs?spiritual and otherwise?of her congregation. She was also a type 1 diabetic, suffering from hypoglycemic unawareness. This complication meant that she didn?t experience early warning signs of dangerously low blood sugar?such as sweating, dizziness, and extreme hunger?causing her to unexpectedly have seizures and lose consciousness.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mmf/news/diabetes/2013/crossing-the-finish-line.html