Comments on: Insulin Reactions http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2003/07/16/insulin-reactions/ for anyone who has been touched by this disease Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Caleb Erickson http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2003/07/16/insulin-reactions/#comment-3404 Caleb Erickson Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:00:58 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2003/07/16/insulin-reactions/#comment-3404 Hi Angela .... I have a 7 year old son with type 1 diabetes. His levels ahve been as low as 2.1(37.8 mg/dl )and at his diagnosis it was 34 (612 mg/dl). Nicolas has had a few really low ones But I have never had to use the glucogen kit as yet. I check him in the morning for breakfast .. then again at 3.10 pm when i pick him up then between 5-6 pm for dinner . Then round 7:30 -8pm for bed . I also check him when i go to bed usually round 10pm -midnight.I can only guess what you must have been feeling when you couldnt wake your daughter. I get scared when i go to wake Nicolas at night to go to the toilet and he takes a wee bit to wake up . He cries sometimes saying why do I have to have diabetes Mum it sucks. I hate it. We have cried together and I have cried for a long time asking myself the same question .. and I know this is going to sound terrible .. but I tell him that I am glad he has diabetes and not another sickness that isnt controllable or that he is so lucky that he hasnt got the illness the little boy in hospital across from him had where he couldnt talk or feed himself .. he sat there dribbling like a wee baby .. I cried for ages that night thanking the lord he didnt have what that young boy had. I know that it is self centred but i am glad he doesnt have it .. and if he had to get an illness he got diabetes. It is hard some days dam hard .. but then i remember it must be harder on Nicolas for he is the one truly living with this illness. My Specialist told me to ease up on Nicolas a bit and let him have a few treats I was so rigid on his eating to the point that Nicolas wa hiding food because he didnt want to eat the stuff i was feeding him all the time .. so now i have eased up and he is eating better and that makes me happy and him . I too fear for what the illness diabetes will bring my son when he is older .. I hate to think of those days ahead .. maybe jsut maybe by the grace of god there will be a cure by then.. There is no one else in my family with type 1. My father was diagnosed with type 2 in Jan last year 2 months before Nicolas was.. tho at the time we didnt know this. The specialist explained it to me this way .. when Nicolas was conceived we both gave him the get diabetes gene .. instead of one giving him the get it and one giving him the dont get it .. tht wa the easiest he could give it to me .. i thought I did this to my child in some way because i am an older mum .. i was 36 when i gave birth to Nicolas.. But he set me right i want too blame it is jsut one of those things. Nicolas is a bundle of energy and love .. he is the light of so many lives .. He says when he is older he will invent a cure for diabetes .. and you know maybe he will :) Thanx for letting me talk to you :) Hugs n take care ;) Good luck :)) Leanne mum of Nic aged 7 . Hi Angela …. I have a 7 year old son with type 1 diabetes. His levels ahve been as low as 2.1(37.8 mg/dl )and at his diagnosis it was 34 (612 mg/dl).

Nicolas has had a few really low ones But I have never had to use the glucogen kit as yet. I check him in the morning for breakfast .. then again at 3.10 pm when i pick him up then between 5-6 pm for dinner . Then round 7:30 -8pm for bed . I also check him when i go to bed usually round 10pm -midnight.I can only guess what you must have been feeling when you couldnt wake your daughter. I get scared when i go to wake Nicolas at night to go to the toilet and he takes a wee bit to wake up . He cries sometimes saying why do I have to have diabetes Mum it sucks. I hate it. We have cried together and I have cried for a long time asking myself the same question .. and I know this is going to sound terrible .. but I tell him that I am glad he has diabetes and not another sickness that isnt controllable or that he is so lucky that he hasnt got the illness the little boy in hospital across from him had where he couldnt talk or feed himself .. he sat there dribbling like a wee baby
.. I cried for ages that night thanking the lord he didnt have what that young boy had. I know that it is self centred but i am glad he doesnt have it .. and if he had to get an illness he got diabetes. It is hard some days dam hard .. but then i remember it must be harder on Nicolas for he is the one truly living with this illness. My Specialist told me to ease up on Nicolas a bit and let him have a few treats I was so rigid on his eating to the point that Nicolas wa hiding food because he didnt want to eat the stuff i was feeding him all the time .. so now i have eased up and he is eating better and that makes me happy and him . I too fear for what the illness diabetes will bring my son when he is older .. I hate to think of those days ahead .. maybe jsut maybe by the grace of god there will be a cure by then.. There is no one else in my family with type 1. My father was diagnosed with type 2 in Jan last year 2 months before Nicolas was.. tho at the time we didnt know
this. The specialist explained it to me this way .. when Nicolas was conceived we both gave him the get diabetes gene .. instead of one giving him the get it and one giving him the dont get it .. tht wa the easiest he could give it to me .. i thought I did this to my child in some way because i am an older mum .. i was 36 when i gave birth to Nicolas.. But he set me right i want too blame it is jsut one of those things. Nicolas is a bundle of energy and love .. he is the light of so many lives .. He says when he is older he will invent a cure for diabetes .. and you know maybe he will :) Thanx for letting me talk to you :) Hugs n take care ;) Good luck :))

Leanne mum of Nic aged 7 .

]]> By: Denise Elayne http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2003/07/16/insulin-reactions/#comment-3403 Denise Elayne Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:30:39 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2003/07/16/insulin-reactions/#comment-3403 Hi, Angela, Wow, that's rough. I know I've been through similar things, and it is devastating is so many ways. I think you did great. You're doing great. But I want to say a couple of things about that glucagel. First, a tube of gel is only about 15 grams of carbohydrate. It's generally just enough fast-acting calories to bring a diabetic out of hypoglycemia. But it's not always sufficient to solve the problem. In this case, you knew that the cause of the reaction was all of that insulin in her system, so you should have seen to it that she got more to eat. Second, glucose can be absorbed from glucagel through the membranes of the mouth. You should consider whether you are more likely to keep the gel in her if you squirt it down her throat or just into the side of her mouth, between her teeth and her cheek. If you can slip it <!--more--> into her mouth without disturbing her, and she's not going to spit it out, that could be better. But if that wouldn't work, you may have done the best thing by making sure she swallowed it. You mentioned you thought she might gag, though. I have a couple of suggestions for all insulin reactions. If you're sure she's low, treat the reaction first, then test as soon as you can. Then, in half an hour or so, check again. See how much her glucose has risen. If you gave her something fast-acting and she's still low, give her some more. If she's not low, but, as in this case, you know she's got a lot more insulin in her, feed her something. I think you're right about camp. It would be great for her. This is so tough. I was 15 when I was diagnosed, and even though I understood it much better than Theresa can, it was a source of conflict between me and my parents, who only wanted to help. Good luck, Jerry Hi, Angela,
Wow, that’s rough. I know I’ve been through similar things, and it is
devastating is so many ways. I think you did great. You’re doing
great.
But I want to say a couple of things about that glucagel.
First, a tube of gel is only about 15 grams of carbohydrate. It’s
generally just enough fast-acting calories to bring a diabetic out of
hypoglycemia. But it’s not always sufficient to solve the problem. In
this case, you knew that the cause of the reaction was all of that
insulin in her system, so you should have seen to it that she got
more to eat.
Second, glucose can be absorbed from glucagel through the membranes
of the mouth. You should consider whether you are more likely to keep
the gel in her if you squirt it down her throat or just into the side
of her mouth, between her teeth and her cheek. If you can slip it

into her mouth without disturbing her, and she’s not going to spit it
out, that could be better.
But if that wouldn’t work, you may have done the best thing by making
sure she swallowed it. You mentioned you thought she might gag,
though.
I have a couple of suggestions for all insulin reactions. If you’re
sure she’s low, treat the reaction first, then test as soon as you
can. Then, in half an hour or so, check again. See how much her
glucose has risen. If you gave her something fast-acting and she’s
still low, give her some more. If she’s not low, but, as in this
case, you know she’s got a lot more insulin in her, feed her
something.
I think you’re right about camp. It would be great for her.
This is so tough. I was 15 when I was diagnosed, and even though I
understood it much better than Theresa can, it was a source of
conflict between me and my parents, who only wanted to help.
Good luck,
Jerry

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