Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
At the height of her illness with diabetes, Marg Harrington was forced to give up a job she loved and became reclusive and frightened.
The school teacher had spent 25 years trying to control her insulin levels with daily injections but when she lost the ability to detect drops in her blood sugar levels, she also lost much of her independence.
"I started off on one injection a day, that built up to five and then I went on the pump for four-and-a-half years," Marg said.
"When you lose your hypo awareness you have no idea if you are high or low.
"A couple of times I was teaching and I woke up in hospital and had no idea how I got there, so that's when I had to retire."
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/10/29/3620959.htm
The school teacher had spent 25 years trying to control her insulin levels with daily injections but when she lost the ability to detect drops in her blood sugar levels, she also lost much of her independence.
"I started off on one injection a day, that built up to five and then I went on the pump for four-and-a-half years," Marg said.
"When you lose your hypo awareness you have no idea if you are high or low.
"A couple of times I was teaching and I woke up in hospital and had no idea how I got there, so that's when I had to retire."
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/10/29/3620959.htm