Hypo 3.9 questions plus advice needed

I dont have a senser not going to get one as i have a old phone push button one.
Can i thsnk everyone whos been kind enough to reply to my posts
1030 Just had a coffee with sugar OMG it tasted so good i can feel it lifted my post hypo state Am going to have a good detailed chat with manager tomorrow so is nurse who was saying that they had given instructions to staff bout hypos when I moved in
 
gail2 said:
I dont have a senser not going to get one as i have a old phone push button one.
Can i thsnk everyone whos been kind enough to reply to my posts
1030 Just had a coffee with sugar OMG it tasted so good i can feel it lifted my post hypo state Am going to have a good detailed chat with manager tomorrow so is nurse who was saying that they had given instructions to staff bout hypos when I moved in
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Do you have your own meter? Or do you have to rely on staff to test you?
 
I'm so sorry to hear that you are having to put up with such 'indifferent' care. Everyone on the ward needs to be aware of how to deal with this.

You may wish to consider raising a concern on PALS https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/hospitals/what-is-pals-patient-advice-and-liaison-service/

As others have said, I would be demanding a couple of packs of Dextro tablets are next to your bed (or cartons of juice, jelly babies - whatever you prefer).

My father was admitted to hospital in the summer with a very high heart rate. The chap in the bed next to him kept popping out for cigarettes whenever the staff weren't around. He also kept stealing the sweets and chocolates that patients had bought in as a thank you to staff. My Dad had to pull the emergency cord as he saw that the chap was unconscious on his bed. Turns out he was diabetic and now in severe DKA. He was rushed to the emergency room and reappeared the next morning. The senior nurse on the ward held a very loud and angry meeting with the staff "why was no-one checking his BG levels?" etc. For the next 48 hours everyone on the ward was having regular finger pricks - Dad: "but I'm not diabetic!", nurse: "doesn't matter, Sister is adamant we don't have another problem like this!"

Sadly I think that medical practitioners presume that we can look after ourselves/ our condition when admitted to hospital.
 
Ivostas66 said:
I'm so sorry to hear that you are having to put up with such 'indifferent' care. Everyone on the ward needs to be aware of how to deal with this.

You may wish to consider raising a concern on PALS https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/hospitals/what-is-pals-patient-advice-and-liaison-service/

As others have said, I would be demanding a couple of packs of Dextro tablets are next to your bed (or cartons of juice, jelly babies - whatever you prefer).

My father was admitted to hospital in the summer with a very high heart rate. The chap in the bed next to him kept popping out for cigarettes whenever the staff weren't around. He also kept stealing the sweets and chocolates that patients had bought in as a thank you to staff. My Dad had to pull the emergency cord as he saw that the chap was unconscious on his bed. Turns out he was diabetic and now in severe DKA. He was rushed to the emergency room and reappeared the next morning. The senior nurse on the ward held a very loud and angry meeting with the staff "why was no-one checking his BG levels?" etc. For the next 48 hours everyone on the ward was having regular finger pricks - Dad: "but I'm not diabetic!", nurse: "doesn't matter, Sister is adamant we don't have another problem like this!"

Sadly I think that medical practitioners presume that we can look after ourselves/ our condition when admitted to hospital.
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@gail2 is not in Hosptial she is in Residential Care facility.
 
gail2 said:
I dont have a senser not going to get one as i have a old phone push button one.
Can i thsnk everyone whos been kind enough to reply to my posts
1030 Just had a coffee with sugar OMG it tasted so good i can feel it lifted my post hypo state Am going to have a good detailed chat with manager tomorrow so is nurse who was saying that they had given instructions to staff bout hypos when I moved in
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You can get a reader. My mum is in nursing care (was residential care up until August) and was prescribed a reader to go with her Libre.
 
am going to ask nurse for my own meter Had coffee with sugar at 1030 am felt it bringing up Bg Just had roast chicken with peas/carrots, cauli/carrots and 3 roast spuds yummy Hate to think wot BG will be in 2 hours May let self off from carb/cal counting just for this dinner
 
gail2 said:
am going to ask nurse for my own meter Had coffee with sugar at 1030 am felt it bringing up Bg Just had roast chicken with peas/carrots, cauli/carrots and 3 roast spuds yummy Hate to think wot BG will be in 2 hours May let self off from carb/cal counting just for this dinner
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A nurse should give you your own meter (& prescribe strips & lancets.) you are entitled to make your own informed choices on managing your lows. Good luck.
 
You can also get Gluco gel shots prescribed to treat hypos. I think it is probably unreasonable to expect the carers to stock jelly babies to treat your hypos. I could certainly get Gluco gels prescribed, but I prefer to provide my own hypo treatments in the form of Jelly Babies and Lift tablets.
Once you have a meter, test strips and whatever treatment you find most effective and easy to use, you then just need to decide on your response to hypos. For me I often just need one or two jelly babies rather than the suggested 4 which would be far too much for me and send me way too high.

I am really surprised that you hypoed again last night after 2 bananas or did you not eat them both?
 
Hope your meetings with the manager and nurse are helpful @gail2, and that they can put measures in place to sort out a proper response to low BGs - ideally treatment you can give yourself.

Good luck with it!
 
rebrascora said:
You can also get Gluco gel shots prescribed to treat hypos. I think it is probably unreasonable to expect the carers to stock jelly babies to treat your hypos. I could certainly get Gluco gels prescribed, but I prefer to provide my own hypo treatments in the form of Jelly Babies and Lift tablets.
Once you have a meter, test strips and whatever treatment you find most effective and easy to use, you then just need to decide on your response to hypos. For me I often just need one or two jelly babies rather than the suggested 4 which would be far too much for me and send me way too high.

I am really surprised that you hypoed again last night after 2 bananas or did you not eat them both?
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i did eat both had another 2 today this morning hypos that is
 
gail2 said:
i did eat both had another 2 today this morning hypos that is
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Sounds like you may need to discuss your doses with your nurse @gail2 - if you are having repeated hypos over several days it sounds like your insuln may need tweaking slightly?
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Sounds like you may need to discuss your doses with your nurse @gail2 - if you are having repeated hypos over several days it sounds like your insuln may need tweaking slightly?
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i was thinking that BG 11pm 6.2
 
733am BG 4.5 nothing done Breakfast at 815 normal marmite on toast
Nurse at 850am BG 8.8 not happy with them her boss is going to ring them today and read them the roit act and organise training for them
 
You shouldn't need a full hypo treatment at 4.5 which is actually a perfectly good reading and likely to go up on a morning anyway as your liver releases glucose, but I understand that your nurse would ideally like you above 5 on a morning, presumably to be more comfortable that you haven't hypoed overnight. If you wanted to nudge your levels up a tiny bit, literally half a jelly baby 2-3g carbs should be enough to nudge you above 5 and if you have more than that and then your breakfast on top, you will likely end up high. It really is quite a fine balancing act and it doesn't usually take many carbs to raise your levels by 1mmol.
 
my nurse thinks my insulin needs looking at
 
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