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Treatment when in hospital

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litto-miss-loz said:
aww is it, I didnt know that, I always made sure that unused cartridges had to be kept in the fridge but thanks for letting me know. 🙂

No you have it right. Unused, ie not yet opened should be kept in the fridge and will be fine until the expiry date, opened insulin can be out of the fridge for 28 days before being discarded. 🙂
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Hi Kojak,
Glad your feeling better - i hadnt realised you had been ill! Hope the gall stones op goes ok too! 🙂 Bev
 
tracey w said:
litto-miss-loz said:
aww is it, I didnt know that, I always made sure that unused cartridges had to be kept in the fridge but thanks for letting me know. 🙂

No you have it right. Unused, ie not yet opened should be kept in the fridge and will be fine until the expiry date, opened insulin can be out of the fridge for 28 days before being discarded. 🙂
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ahh right i see lol klkl 🙂
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Type1_Sue said:
The nurses know very little about diabetes it's safer for you to do this if you are aware of what you are doing.
Also nurses are way over worked with far to many patients to look after they just can not find the time to do simple basic tasks half the time :(
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I would imagine sue that in some instances this may well be the case, but I must just say that when I had DKA and was on a sliding scale insulin infusion I relied upon my BG being checked every hour, and the same throughout the night. This was my biggest fear, if they didnt come I would easily hypo as the infusion would not be altered according to the result. I was astounded, I was checked on the hour on the dot, I was impressed.
 
Sugarbum said:
I would imagine sue that in some instances this may well be the case, but I must just say that when I had DKA and was on a sliding scale insulin infusion I relied upon my BG being checked every hour, and the same throughout the night. This was my biggest fear, if they didnt come I would easily hypo as the infusion would not be altered according to the result. I was astounded, I was checked on the hour on the dot, I was impressed.
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Yes Sugarbum you would have been checked as you were on a medical ward for DKA so your condition was being treated and the staff are dealing with this all the time. On a surgical ward it can and quite often is a different kettle of fish.
I had major surgery 2 years ago and one of the ward sisters was insisting a day case had to eat a sandwich before she went home. Her blood sugar was .........15 😱
Many years ago I was also given the wrong insulin and also overdosed by 4 times the amount of insulin I should have been given.
Hence why I say make sure you keep your own supplies and look after yourself if you are capable of doing so.
When I complained about the overdose the houseman laughed and said oh don't worry about it, you are not the 1st it has happened too and wont be the last. 😱
Funny enough it took nearly 30 yrs before I walked into another hospital.
 
Type1_Sue said:
...When I complained about the overdose the houseman laughed and said oh don't worry about it, you are not the 1st it has happened too and wont be the last. 😱
Funny enough it took nearly 30 yrs before I walked into another hospital.
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How shocking! How could he laugh at something like that? When I was in hospital and was on a drip they forgot to check me during the night. When they checked an hour after they should have I was down to 2.2. The nurse seemed to think that I would know what I needed to do to treat the hypo, despite the fact that I was in there newly-diagnosed and didn't have a clue!
 
Type1_Sue said:
Yes Sugarbum you would have been checked as you were on a medical ward for DKA so your condition was being treated and the staff are dealing with this all the time. On a surgical ward it can and quite often is a different kettle of fish.
I had major surgery 2 years ago and one of the ward sisters was insisting a day case had to eat a sandwich before she went home. Her blood sugar was .........15 😱
Many years ago I was also given the wrong insulin and also overdosed by 4 times the amount of insulin I should have been given.
Hence why I say make sure you keep your own supplies and look after yourself if you are capable of doing so.
When I complained about the overdose the houseman laughed and said oh don't worry about it, you are not the 1st it has happened too and wont be the last. 😱
Funny enough it took nearly 30 yrs before I walked into another hospital.
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Good lord, that is absolutely dreadful.
 
"I had major surgery 2 years ago and one of the ward sisters was insisting a day case had to eat a sandwich before she went home. Her blood sugar was .........15"

It's normal to check after a general anaesthetic that someone can eat without feeling sick, before allowing them home. So, that's probably what the ward sister was ensuring - admittedly, insulin was also required to deal with the high blood glucose reading. It would not be good practice to send anyone, regardless of diabetes, home without being able to eat / drink.
 
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