| Do talk to him, that should be your first course of action to plan. have some cartons of orange juice in the car/purse/house is useful. The glucose tablets are good (if he is able to chew). A rule of thumb for a diabetic is to consume 15g of carbohydrates, wait 15 minutes and test, if the levels have not started to rise, then you may need to treat with more carbs. The reason the bread works is becuase it is full of carbohydrates which convert to sugar fairly quickly (not sure about nuts, they are mostly protein and certainly don't raise my levels by much) but not as fast as juice/glucose tablets. If you do a search on the forums you will find lots of different things people use to correct a low. I'd suggest you keep it simple, something that you can easily carry or have on hand. But the golden rule is, if in doubt dial 911 at the very least they will be able to provide guidance.
__________________  Cosmo the Duck: is with Gretchen in Cambridge, MA. Ping the Duck: is with Nancy
Metformin 500mg twice daily, Enap 5mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with BG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 10/09/09: 6.1%
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