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From: "Mary Putman" <>
Subject: Re: [ML] News From My Corner Of The World
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:08:00 -0700
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I know which insulin is which...they come in 2 different sized bottles.
The one I take before bed is in the taller bottle, just was not paying
attention and grabbed the wrong one. I think my mind must have been in
"outer space" somewhere! The first time in over 6 years I finally found out
what low blood sugar feels like. Don't want that again!!! Mary P.

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Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ML] News From My Corner Of The World


>
> My husband's blood sugar goes quite low during the day. If it so low he
> doesn't take his shot at 5:00 p.m. Then, of course, it's high in the
morning.
> It's a confounding problem isn't it? We've noticed that if he works
really
> hard his blood sugar goes down dramatically. Remember to read the labels
> Mary!! He takes only one type of insulin so it's not the same. Sharon
K.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
>
> In a message dated 9/2/2006 4:34:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> Last night, I did a really dumb thing. Thinking about something foreign
to
> what I was doing, I took the amount of insulin that I would normally take
> before bed. Right amount, wrong kind! I realized what I had done
right
> away, so stayed up to monitor my blood sugars until after 1am. I fell
asleep for
> a short while, then woke up with a start and tested again...down to 58.
I
> had a glass of milk and ate some graham crackers and still stayed awake
until
> 2:30am. My blood sugar had raised to 79. That's the first time that has
> ever happened and the only time I've ever had that low of a blood count.
When I
> looked at the writing in my register this morning, the writing was very
> shaky and I could hardly read it. If I hadn't realized that I had made a
> terrible mistake, I likely would have been dead this morning. Scared
the "living
> padoodle" out of me! Just simply for not paying attention!
> Mary P.
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