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Originally Posted by RobiJo  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. |
Jo, this is a great invention. As a younger guy, i used to go out and get trashed quite often - and my BGL's wouldn't move...at all! Only recently (2 weeks ago) i experienced my first ever "Alcohol low" - i dropped so fast i didn't know what hit me. Luckily i was with about 15 other diabetics and i had glucose in me as fast as you could say "i'm finished". Had they had not been there, i would have collapsed. I was 1.9mmol when i started eating the sugar.
I am moving onto the Animas 2020 in a couple of weeks (from Lantus/NovoRapid), and i am very happy about this feature. I know it's not an excuse to go out and get blind and vomit everywhere like i used to, but a great way to prevent these issues from happening. With Lantus, i have to wait till my 24 hours is over before my BGL's will rise - and that's dangerous.
Alex
