In my 31 years as a Type 2 diabetic,….and a 16 month insulin booster user,……this blogger has had only one diabetic shock. That occurred three years ago while on vacation in Mexico in January. At the time, I didn’t know what was happening to me at 5 am at the resort we were staying in, but thought it was the onset of a stroke.?
My wife scurried around to find someone who might know where a doctor could be located. Finding a nite housekeeper who notified the Hotel owner who immediately went to a small neighboring town (about three miles). By 6 am, a doctor was at my bedside, where by now, any symptoms had gone away. Within moments,….he advised it was not a stroke nor heart attack, but after questions identified it as a diabetic shock.! While I was not at that time using an Insulin booster, I became an insulin booster user 16 months ago, and pay more strict attention to the management of my type 2 diabetes at 81 yrs, old.
This is what I learned about Insulin,……….”it is a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans that is essential especially for the metabolism of carbohydrates and is used in the treatment and control of diabetes mellitus.”
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Diabetes and Insulin Shock?
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In my 31 years as a Type 2 diabetic,….and a 16 month insulin booster user,……this blogger has had only one diabetic shock. That occurred three years ago while on vacation in Mexico in January. At the time, I didn’t know what was happening to me at 5 am at the resort we were staying in, but thought it was the onset of a stroke.?
My wife scurried around to find someone who might know where a doctor could be located. Finding a nite housekeeper who notified the Hotel owner who immediately went to a small neighboring town (about three miles). By 6 am, a doctor was at my bedside, where by now, any symptoms had gone away. Within moments,….he advised it was not a stroke nor heart attack, but after questions identified it as a diabetic shock.! While I was not at that time using an Insulin booster, I became an insulin booster user 16 months ago, and pay more strict attention to the management of my type 2 diabetes at 81 yrs, old.
This is what I learned about Insulin,……….”it is a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans that is essential especially for the metabolism of carbohydrates and is used in the treatment and control of diabetes mellitus.”