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Originally Posted by MinimedPumper07  Its good you got taken to the ER. What I am concerned about is what happens if no one is around? Do you just die? |
I've never been to the ER. Just got the glucagon at home. In some cases after a complete passout, your liver will dump out glucose. It may take a while and the situation is not ideal, your body will attempt to bring you out of the hypo. When alcohol is involved it can be very deadly however, as your liver is busy with that alcohol.
To combat this situation I have my pump set to an automatic shutoff at 12 hours. (You can set the number of hours) If I don't touch my pump for 12 hours, it will start alarming loudly (much louder than the normal alarms) to get my attention. The shutoff stops delivering insulin. In the case that I was having a hypo, the lack of insulin would allow my bg to rise. In my case it would only take about 1-2 hours of no insulin and I'd be in the 200's at least.
This is nice "safety net" that can be set up in MM pumps.
Here's how to get to it from your home screen:
ACT--Utilities--Alarm--Auto Off--
My sensor trainer showed me this last summer, I never knew this existed before.
The other trick she showed me what that you can turn the backlight on when you are in any screen by hitting the B and down arrow at the same time.
