How often do you have hypos? - Page 3

soremom · #31 (**permalink**) 01-15-2005, 05:41 PM

The glucagon shot didn't hurt any worse than a regular injection. It took me a good half hour to get it up to 100 before I felt I could drive home. I only live a couple miles away and wanted to get home as soon as I could, rather be with family than at work when I am low. Luckily I have not had to do that again, and hope I never will.

Kim

docta-docta · #32 (**permalink**) 01-16-2005, 02:10 AM

Wow, that really sounds scary, soremom. Can you think back about the cause of it? (Too much insulin / not enough food?)

Jabbing a glucagon shot into oneself reminds me of the movie where Nicholas Cage had to jab the atrophine (VX gas antidote) syringe directly into his own heart muscle in order to survive after exposure to VX when he killed the last bad guy with it.

(It was amusing that he walked away so healthy looking after that).

soremom · #33 (**permalink**) 01-16-2005, 05:45 PM

I was going through a period of dropping extremely low very quick. We never found out why. I finally went back on my pump and it has help so much. I would never feel these lows coming on. I could test and be 105 and within a half hour be waking up to someone jabbing me and being soaked. I was scared to death to go anywhere or doing anything. I was testing constantly. Still do even though things are under control. Wish I knew what caused it so I could prevent it from happening again, but I will just keeping testing.

Kim