Diabetes: Discussion thread.

[Trendseeker]

Could have been this one?
https://www.theguardian.com/australi...el-beer-garden

[b0son]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

This time, he was much more insistent about turning the alerts on. Recent news of a diabetic killing 5 people while driving with low glucose and not having the alerts turned on

He had alerts turned on, but chose to ignore them. One way or another someone was going to provide him with a table so he could have lunch.

Sorry, but he was a stubborn old fool and I hope they throw the book at him. Diabetics lived for years without apps and real-time monitoring. Hell, even us non-diabetics know what low BG feels like, my diabetic dad went for years without a monitor just by feel.

Hasnt stopped his lawyers from trying to get him off describing this as nothing more than a medical episode. But at what point do you hold him responsible? He ignored *nine* alerts.

[prydey]

Originally Posted by b0son

. Hell, even us non-diabetics know what low BG feels

Sorry to be blunt, but no you don't.

[b0son]

Originally Posted by prydey

Sorry to be blunt, but no you don't.

Plenty of people get reactive hypoglycemia these days since plenty of people are obese and/or have T2D.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by b0son

He had alerts turned on, but chose to ignore them. One way or another someone was going to provide him with a table so he could have lunch.

Sorry, but he was a stubborn old fool and I hope they throw the book at him. Diabetics lived for years without apps and real-time monitoring. Hell, even us non-diabetics know what low BG feels like, my diabetic dad went for years without a monitor just by feel.

Hasnt stopped his lawyers from trying to get him off describing this as nothing more than a medical episode. But at what point do you hold him responsible? He ignored *nine* alerts.

From what I was told yesterday, yes he ignored the warnings from the sensor. And in that regard, he has no argument to make.

I guess my intent with the post was to say the sensor can be used against you in a case like this. In this case, he is quite rightfully screwed.

I've had Diabetes since 1992. The stuff that I had to use to manage my diabetes is a world away from what is used today. My parents had to pin me to the bed to give me injections from nasty syringes, no pretty pens with tiny little needle tips, huge lances to draw blood from, glucose meters that were the size of a brick and took ages to deliver a result.

It's now 2024 and I have only been on a glucose sensor for two years now, and I still refuse to have a pump. So, I know what it takes to manage the condition with or without modern tech.

Originally Posted by b0son

Plenty of people get reactive hypoglycemia these days since plenty of people are obese and/or have T2D.

Not to discredit or argue with you, more out of curiosity, can I ask what symptoms you get when presented with hypoglycemia? It can be different for every person, so I'm interested to hear what someone without a full diabetic diagnosis experiences.

Personally, I decent level hypo for me can be quite a nasty feeling -

- Elevated heartbeat
- Lethargy
- Sweating
- Shortness of breath
- Pins and needles in my extremities
- Blurring vision (black lines in extreme cases)
- Loss of coherence (extreme cases)

I've been close to lights out a couple of times as well. Quite often, all of the above then leads to fatigue, headaches and exhaustion later on.

[b0son]

Racing pulse, cold sweats/clammy hands, pale skin, tremors in hands. I used to get these episodes when I was younger and underweight after major physical activity. Then when I got older and overweight, it would happen after having a softdrink on an empty stomach - 5-10min later, hands get clammy, hands shake, heartrate goes up. Stops happening altogether when I lose weight.

My dad refuses to go on a pump, but he manages his sugar pretty poorly. Wildly overestimates how much sugar he needs to get himself back to a healthy range. So his BGL is chronically high, and he has eye issues now :/