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Diabetes band saved my life

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Amberzak

Amberzak

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well, maybe in over exaggerating a bit, but it certainly helped.

So I wasn't on the underground when I felt a truly awful hypo coming on. I didn't have anything on me (having used it this morning) so I decided to wait until I got to Victoria, because if I had gotten off sooner I wouldn't have known where to find a shop.

Problem was, by the time I got into Victoria, I was so low I couldn't think straight. I ended up standing in the main area trying to figure out what I needed to do.

A police woman came over to me to check I was okay (I wonder what I looked like). I couldn't even speak properly. But she saw my bands around my wrist and said 'you're a diabetic?' I nodded and said I needed sugar. She sat me down on a seat then rushed to get my a Coca-Cola. She stayed with me while my sugars were coming back up.

From now on, I will replace hypo treatment before I get on the underground or anywhere else where I'm in a space where I can't easily get something.
 
Glad to hear you're ok now, that must have been quite an experience.
 
So glad you are OK, @Amberzak, and that the policewoman was there - that must have been really scary. I carry cards explaining I'm diabetic, among other things, but I do wonder if I'd think of getting them out and showing someone if I were too low to think straight - the wristbands are a really good idea.
 
A good job the police woman was on the ball, and knew what to do to help. I looked at various bands before or pendants, maybe its time to relook into them again as in the past week or so had more hypos than in the past couple or so years.

Which ones did you get?
 
Either DUK shop or Amazon for silicon bands.
The cheapest and easiest to see.

If you are a driver - you can also get a sticker to put on your side window to help the emergency services.
 
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Oops. Glad you got the help you needed.
 
What a great service from the police. I have never worn any band or anything, but I do have cards in my wallet. Your story by as made me reconsider, especially with new pump, thanks 🙂
 
Glad your ok and glad to know friendly people weather doing there job or just passers by aren't all misery guts and walk on by in london.
 
Sounds very frightening @Amberzak. Glad you got through it OK.
 
That's scary . So glad the police woman came over and knew what to do and most importantly that you're ok.
Perhaps try to keep an emergency supply on you for times when you can't easily replace hypo treatments.
 
Very frightening, great to hear a friendly bobby came to your rescue and knew what to do. Hope you're OK now x
 
Yeah. It is quite frightening. Glad there's people out there who could help. I'd highly recommend getting a wrist band if you can. I have two, the plastic ones. One says I'm a type one diabetic and the other says I'm on the pump.
 
We had open gardens in our little town this afternoon, and I had a hypo walking between gardens - got to the next one and desparately needed somewhere to sit and test and eat glucose. When I tried to explain this to the man at the gate (in the hope he'd lend me his seat for a few minutes) he wanted to direct me across the street to another garden where they had refreshments - not only not what I needed, I couldn't have made it that far! Thankfully I had both glucose and R with me to help, so I just sat on the kerb while all the other people arriving at the garden walked round me ... 🙄

Not sure what I'd have done if I hadn't had R & some glucose though, as I'd completely forgotten I had my cards in my pocket, and not sure a wrist band would have helped, because the man at the gate clearly didn't know what "Is there somewhere I can sit? I'm diabetic, my blood sugar's too low, I need sugar." meant. Though a lady did come across from the other garden a bit later to see if I was OK, and she seemed to have some idea about hypo treatment, so hopefully she'd have got to me before I collapsed completely!
 
So glad it had a happy ending. They probably train the police to look for things like the band or even look in your bag for any such identification. So good thing she was there. I believe anyone who deals with the public should have one or two training sessions so that they are aware about diabetes and also aware if someone has dementia. They should also be taught about autism and to realise that naughty screaming little child is not always a spoiled brat. Not only made aware what to look out for but to be taught how to react.
 
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