SC - Re: Grape must

[ChannonM@aol.com]

  I agree, however, in a hot climate such as here in So. Ca. in the summer, 
an epsode can go critical very fast.  I am a medical officer in another 
group, and have seen many who are borderline, but we have had a few where 
the paramedics have had to be called
  I now carry peanut butter crackers (packaged) for just such instances(the 
borderlines)

   Ldy Katherine McGuire


>From: Elysant at aol.com
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: SC - hypoglycaemia
>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 23:41:49 EDT
>
>-Poster: Elysant at AOL.com>
>
> > << A prolonged
> >  hypoglycemic episode can cause heart and  organic brain damage.
> >   >>
>
> > A prolonged hypoglycemic epiosde can cause death.
>
>Both of these statements are true, BUT but almost all people who suffer 
>from
>hypoglycemia learn to recognise their own signs and symptoms of when the
>sugar drops and it becomes so uncomfortable it becomes the number one
>priority in their lives to rectify the situation.
>
>I get it myself, and know when my vision starts going, I get shaky, get a
>gnawing uncomfortable sensation in my stomach, and/or a blinding headache,
>and get grouchy - and I haven't eaten in over 4 hours that I need to stop 
>and
>eat something NOW.  Usually it takes about 20 minutes to start forgetting 
>the
>symptoms again.
>
>If you can recognise the symptoms and take action, the problem can be
>resolved quickly and easily.
>
>I tend to take more smaller more frequent meals, and when travelling or
>eventing, usually take along a snack - usually cheese and wholewheat 
>crackers
>- in case I get busy or it creeps up on me.  A trick I learned years ago 
>when
>presented with a "hypoglycemic diet" by my doctor. :-)
>
>Just as with a diabetic, if a hypoglycemic ingests "empty" carbohydrate
>calories they are just going to quickly skyrocket their bloodsugar and then
>it will plummet  to potentially even a lower BS.  Adding a protein as was
>mentioned prevents this as it evens out the absorbtion and lasts longer in
>the system.
>
>Other choices to eat as a hypoglycemic snack would be something like peanut
>butter on celery, or a glass of skim milk and a light sandwich on whole 
>wheat.
>
>One last point.  Usually, in my experience, it has been a diabetic on 
>insulin
>or an oral  hypoglycemic who has not taken sufficient food against that
>medication and the medication is still working to lower what ever sugar is
>there that causes the coma and potential death situations.  Usually, from
>what I have seen and experienced, this does not happen with people who 
>suffer
>from hypoglycemic episodes who are not diabetics.
>
>Elysant
>also mundanely an RN
>
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