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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Wolfala on January 05, 2006, 04:00:47 AM
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It was a normal day for most. We went to the gym later in the evening and I did hardcore raquetball with a coworker of mine for a little over an hour. I'm type 1 diabetic so for most people this isn't a big deal - and even I admit it isn't for me as well, but this night would prove different. We went to sleep around 1:00 am, and my blood sugar was at 87, (Normal is between 70 and 130) so I had a little snack before turning in.
That was the last thing I remember. The next thing to happen was waking up with 8 paramedics surrounding me at 0520. Apparently she was woke up by me having a seizure brought on by low blood sugar. So bad was this that she couldn't get sugar into my mouth in either powder or liquid form. So, she calls the paramedics. But the strange thing is that she said my eyes were open and attentive to her, i.e. she was slapping me in the face and the eyes would follow her, but no response otherwise vocally. Which I guess suggests to me I was in a coma, and the lights were on but no one was home.
Anyways, they gave me an sugar IV and I remember everything being black, then comming back into focus, where first I heard nothing, then I heard voices. And I think about going back to sleep because I think its a dream or some ****, but the lips are moving, so I decide to wake up - and its for real. The guy said they got there and said my sugar level was at 22. Then begins the usual interigation of 'do you know your name, SSN, what year it is, the president, who you work for, etc'.
The admiral (the boss) called me this morning asking if I was 'back in battery', to which I answered 'i'm not firing on all cylinders yet, but give me another day and i'd be good to go. (Back in battery being the gunnery lingo for our old battlewagons - he was the last CO of BB-64 USS Wisconson during Gulf War 91).
Its a strange thing at work - doc said I would've been dead had she not been there. So 2 years ago I saved her sisters life. January 3rd my wife saved my life. I don't think I could be in a better place.
S!
Wolf
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22???? Holy s****!
As good as dead doesnt even do it justice. Youre one lucky man to be still kicking. And keep that girl!
>S<
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Wow.
Very scary. Your wife is an angle.
Enjoy every day of the rest of your life. You dodged a big bullet there.
Don't work out in the evening. Do it in the morning so you can monitor your recovery during the day.
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if you croak, can i have your girlfriend?
seriously, glad ur ok.
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Originally posted by Habu
Your wife is an angle.
lol I think you mean angel. She is indeed...and a babe as well.
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I was hoping this was going to be a story about Eva Longoria.
In any event, glad to hear everything came out OK. :)
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Glad to hear you're ok, S! to you and your wife. :)
I've also had some close calls (I'm type 1 diabetic too), luckily I've had friends and/or family near who knew what to do. I have had the paramedics check on me twice during the 20.5 years I've had diabetes...
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Glad to hear you are doing well!! Now I have a question for you. How much are you worth dead to your lady there, you know life insurance? Then think what she just turned down.......... DON'T make her mad. :p :O
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As I said the other time when it was your birthday, you're both very lucky to have each other. Now that's love.
Glad you're ok!
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Would of been dead if she wasn't there?
Ain't nothing more closer to the truth.
Blood sugar of 22 is woa!
Great girl, true love, and can I have a candy cane too?
:p
Glad to see yall are allright.
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WOW!:O
Incredible story!
Was it true or just a way to get us to vote on you and your lady friend.
If so, she definitely wins.
Seriously, though, glad you made it. Used to be an EMT. You really did cut it close there.
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Good to hear you made it through ok... it is difficult managing sometimes, a simple cold, a missed meal, and a little sleep can really have negative results.
I had a patient that ended up hypoglycemic for too long and it gave the 33 year old woman permanent brain damage, turning her into a 1 year old cognitively.
Take care of yourself, hopefully, some of the newer devices approved by the FDA will start being used.
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Wolf you arent old enough to die, cut that watermelon out :)
Love Fubby, Glad you are still around
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Hypoglycemic coma in 4 hours from 87 down to 22? It's better to kill you right now :-) BTW, you must pray that it happen not in air.
P.S. It's another one argument to learn her to fly ;-) I'll tell this to Eva in few days. Have no choice to use Skype at night these days.
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Glad to hear wolf,
Like i've told you before my mother is a diabetic and there were many times as a kid I forced orange juice and frosting into her mouth while she was passed out on the kitchen floor waiting for the paramedics to come. Glad to hear.
~S~
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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!
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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....
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Whoa
Glad that didnt happen while you were flying or something.
Does something like that effect your flight status?
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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
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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?
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now Nuke, he isnt too young because he is OLD. O.L.D. OLD.
hehe Nuke, fubby wubz you
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Glad you're OK!!! <
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Les
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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.
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Holy Crap Wolf..thats a mad drop in Sugar for such a short period.
Better make sure you have sex in the morning too :D
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 :rofl
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I hate your sig SHawk.
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Glad to hear you're OK wolf.
But that pic is *cough* too much information.
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Originally posted by Habu
Your wife is an angle.
Definately acute.
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Originally posted by Thrawn
Definately acute.
A bit of an understatement, IMHO. :t
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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.
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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?
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Originally posted by FuBaR
I hate your sig SHawk.
My Sig?...What part???? The part where you get dissed?
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Originally posted by United
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?
I do shots - don't want the pump till the pump can read the sugar levels in real time and mimic the pancres function. My A1C is 5.7 % which is pretty much piss perfect as far as the endocrinologists are concerned.
Pooch's can be trained? How - what smell is different to them?
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Originally posted by Wolfala
Pooch's can be trained? How - what smell is different to them?
An aceton smell markings as I remember.
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Ketones in the blood stream occur in hyperglycemia, not hypoglycemia.
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Originally posted by Shaky
Ketones in the blood stream occur in hyperglycemia, not hypoglycemia.
Yep, correct.
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Humm... she looks familliar, mind sending some pics without the robe so I can doublecheck?:t
Happy u fine, make sure it doesn't happen again.
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Originally posted by Estel
Yep, correct.
That was a statement of fact, not a question requiring an answer :D