Author Topic: So Eva saved my life the other morning (Read 1558 times)

Bodhi · « **Reply #15 on:** January 05, 2006, 02:31:42 PM »

Glad to hear you are ok.

The night before my wedding, a couple of friends of mine and I had shared a room near the wedding site, anyways, one friend, Seth is diabetic. At around 3am I could hear some tapping coming from the other side of the room, so I told the two of them to knock it the hell off and go to bed. It kept up. I turned the lights on, and looked up at the top bunk bed Seth was in, and he was thrashing around. I ran over to his bed, and yanked him off the top to see his eyes wide open, and he was in the midst of a diabetic seizure. Luckily, I remembered what to do, and was able to get sugar into his system by rubbing it on his gums to help him dissolve it. When I got him to stop the seizure, I ran across the road and got orange juice from another guest's cottage. That got him back to normal. Scary as all get out. Oh, and the reason I did not dial 911 was because there was no phone in the room, and no cell coverage.

Again glad you're ok!

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 05, 2006, 03:12:06 PM »

Glad to hear your ok. Glad to hear you wife new what to do.

I just found out a friend died tuesday. If his stupid mother****ing ******* dip**** friends had three braincells to rub together between them he would still be alive....

LePaul · « **Reply #17 on:** January 05, 2006, 04:24:29 PM »

Whoa

Glad that didnt happen while you were flying or something.

Does something like that effect your flight status?

Wolfala · « **Reply #18 on:** January 05, 2006, 09:15:00 PM »

Anytime your hospitalized you have to mention it on your medical application, but I got mine renewed in early december. Irregardless, since this thing happened while being asleep its just a matter of hedging against the possibility of being hypoglycemic during the night.

As for flying, I need to test every 30 minutes and I never fly when below 100 and in most cases push the higher side of 130. The mental strain actually lowers the sugar levels just as easily as exercise.

Like Estel said, it helps to have someone next to you who can put it on the ground - or atleast get it close enough to the ground as to be survivable. But I don't fly in a physical condition at anytime which would warrent that - but nevertheless i've taught my brother and father how to get it down and use the radios.

In anycase, I got very lucky and was luckier that Eva was next to me.

Wolf

NUKE · « **Reply #19 on:** January 05, 2006, 09:19:35 PM »

Wolfala, that's pretty scary man. Glad you're okay and that you have such a wonderful wife.

How does blood sugar drop so far, so fast? If you had eaten a little more, would that have mattered? How can you prevent it from happening again?

FuBaR · « **Reply #20 on:** January 05, 2006, 09:24:26 PM »

now Nuke, he isnt too young because he is OLD. O.L.D. OLD.

hehe Nuke, fubby wubz you

Leslie · « **Reply #21 on:** January 05, 2006, 09:34:24 PM »

Glad you're OK!!! <>

Les

Wolfala · « **Reply #22 on:** January 05, 2006, 09:45:30 PM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
Wolfala, that's pretty scary man. Glad you're okay and that you have such a wonderful wife.

How does blood sugar drop so far, so fast? If you had eaten a little more, would that have mattered? How can you prevent it from happening again?

Well like I said, its random and sometimes the sugar drops b/c of the daily activity, in my case whatever exercise I was doing, or could be mental activity in some cases. Really what it comes down to is eating a snack before bed IF you have to. I have tight control on my sugar - and for some people they take less medication on days they have heavy activity - it really depends. Its not a precise science - nor will it be till they get something that can replace the function of the pancres and monitor the sugars in real time.

Irregardless, the best countermeasure I can have is probally keep my levels higher at night. Beyond that, its just a roll of the dice if it happens or not.

SHawk · « **Reply #23 on:** January 06, 2006, 12:37:46 AM »

Holy Crap Wolf..thats a mad drop in Sugar for such a short period.

Better make sure you have sex in the morning too

Well I'm glad to hear your OK, who else could I trust to run my 2nd wing?
I'm sure Nuke would try to take over for ya as CO and at home

FuBaR · « **Reply #24 on:** January 06, 2006, 09:09:02 PM »

I hate your sig SHawk.

Scherf · « **Reply #25 on:** January 06, 2006, 09:33:14 PM »

Glad to hear you're OK wolf.

But that pic is *cough* too much information.

Thrawn · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2006, 11:29:16 AM »

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Originally posted by Habu
Your wife is an angle.

Definately acute.

Sandman · « **Reply #27 on:** January 07, 2006, 12:13:19 PM »

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Originally posted by Thrawn
Definately acute.

A bit of an understatement, IMHO.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2006, 02:14:25 PM »

Dogs can now be trained to sense when a persons blood sugar level falls below the go/no go level, 20 minutes in advance. You might want to check into that. It could save your life if your wife isn't around.

United · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2006, 02:55:37 PM »

Dayum! 22! My biggest fear being Type 1 as well is just what happened to you. Glad you made it and that you're ok.

Just wondering, are you on shots or do you have a pump?