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Thread ID: 128674	2013-01-07 23:28:00	Diabetics	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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1321906	2013-01-09 18:35:00	Having just recently being diagnosed as diabetic, I find it a scary thought what can possibly happen. I get sleepy quite suddenly sometimes and just want to shut my eyes. This can be a problem when I am driving somewhere, so I always carry some jelly beans and a water bottle in the car. So far I have been perfectly fine, but I like to think that someone would offer to help if they found me in a heap on the ground somewhere. Heaven forbid! LL It's only if you are on insulin. Pills, diet control, not so much of a worry. Also, husband has been type 1 for 43 years.......hypoglycemic unawareness is something that takes a long, long time to happen. He used to have symptoms. Anyway the thing is check the levels often, and before you drive. Type 2 is what you get in your older years......type 1 is a different cause, and occurs when young, 25 yrs or younger...even little kids.	pctek (84)
1321907	2013-01-09 19:29:00	I thought type 1 you were born with it. but from what i read type 1 is inevitable if you are going to get it?	Gobe1 (6290)
1321908	2013-01-10 02:06:00	I thought type 1 you were born with it. but from what i read type 1 is inevitable if you are going to get it? No. Type 1 diabetes usually begins in childhood or adolescence, a misfiring autoimmune response within the body starts destroying the pancreatic cells that create insulin, the hormone that removes glucose from the blood. In short, without insulin, you die. Type 2 diabetes, Sometimes called slow-onset diabetes, Type 2 generally appears over the course of several years. Here the body produces insulin, but cells don’t respond to it correctly. The first treatment for Type 2 diabetes is almost always a change in diet, exercise habits, and weight loss. Type 2 diabetes is said to affect the sedentary, obese, and elderly but it is often an unknown cause.	pctek (84)
1321909	2013-01-10 06:57:00	It's only if you are on insulin . Pills, diet control, not so much of a worry . Also, husband has been type 1 for 43 years . . . . . . . hypoglycemic unawareness is something that takes a long, long time to happen . He used to have symptoms . Anyway the thing is check the levels often, and before you drive . Type 2 is what you get in your older years . . . . . . type 1 is a different cause, and occurs when young, 25 yrs or younger . . . even little kids . Type 2 . Now under control with diet, exercise, and lost 8 kilos in a few months . BP and Cholesterol at normal levels . LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1321910	2013-01-10 07:54:00	Type 2. Now under control with diet, exercise, and lost 8 kilos in a few months. BP and Cholesterol at normal levels. LL Well done, you! :thumbs:	WalOne (4202)
1321911	2013-01-10 09:14:00	LOL. Nothing. Ring the ambulance. A normal diabetic low on sugar though? If they are conscious and able still, get them to drink any soft drink. The stuff has gallons of sugar in it, a small 300ml is fine, that will send it the other way. But if they are not responding properly, forget it, you can drown them. Thanks for the advice. Hopefully I will never have to put it into action but at least I will know what to do.	FoxyMX (5)
1321912	2013-01-10 18:11:00	Thanks for the advice. Hopefully I will never have to put it into action but at least I will know what to do. You wouldn't need the entire bottle....a 1/4 would be enough, and wait a bit. It's really only insulin people, once you take the stuff, you then have to keep up with it, so to speak.	pctek (84)
1321913	2013-01-12 00:59:00	I have a cuppa with sugar, when I get down in the 3's. A banana is good too.	Cicero (40)
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