Where not to have hypos :(

[pav]

Well spent all day in hospital in A & E with mom. In the process my BS dropped rather quicker than expected. Had to excuse my self to correct the hypo was only 3.9 and dropping, thought that was the end of that.

Lunch time came and felt funny again, made way to the restraint ordered what turned out for a passable lamb casserole (unusable for hospital food) checked before eating it was 3.1 😱 went back for a normal bottle of coke urg how disgusting it tasted, think I over did it and was in the 14.0's 😱

What surprised me was some docs and nurses new I was hypo and did not offer to ask if I needed any thing, good job I knew what was happening and self corrected.

Finally back home and back to normal.

 

[Northerner]

Glad to hear you are back to normal pav 🙂 I experienced my first hypo in hospital and the nurse went into a tizz and didn't know what to do - neither did I as I had only been diagnosed two days! I had dropped to 2.0 and she gave me some tea from the machine and a tumbler full of sugar. I just poured a load in as I didn't have a clue and subsequently shot up to the high 20s 😱

 

[trophywench]

Well you are expected to be self sufficient, cos you aren't their patient! - but having said that if you go hypo in the Diabetes Centre at our hospital, they feed you Lucozade and biscuits!

But stress can send you either way - up or down - and it isn't consistent.

None of us should ever under-estimate what stress can do.

 

[newbs]

I spent 6 hours in A&E with my mum recently, rushed her up there just before I would have had tea so had had nothing to eat since lunchtime. My Mum told the nurses that I was diabetic and hadn't eaten but they said they couldn't give me anything as I wasn't the patient - the vending machine was out of order. Luckily I had a kitkat in my bag and that kept me going until Mum was discharged.