SC - Translating measurements

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

I am not a diabetic either, nor am I inselin dependent.
This is a very dangerious disorder to take lightly. That is what I'm saying.

  Ldy Katherine McGuire


>From: Donna Ford <evfemia at mail.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: SC - hypoglycaemia
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 15:25:01 -0500
>
>KallipygosRed at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 6/26/00 9:26:34 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> > lcatherinemc at hotmail.com writes:
> >
> > << A prolonged
> >  hypoglycemic episode can cause heart and  organic brain damage.
> >   >>
> >
> > A prolonged hypoglycemic epiosde can cause death. Diabetics who take too 
>much
> > insulin know this. They end up with very low blood sugars, coma, and 
>death.
> > My mother once registered 10 on a glucose test when the doc thought she 
>had
> > high sugar because he misread a chart and gave her too much regular 
>insulin.
> > She was epashic (like a stroke victim, drawn features and sounds but no
> > words) blind, seizured, and went into light coma. When she came out of 
>it she
> > had recent memory loss of about two years that never returned. But we 
>were
> > lucky to get her back, she almost died. So, it can have very bad side 
>effects
> > if not treated properly. In light cases of it, the headache and overall 
>"ill"
> > feeling that precedes it should be enough to get you to do something to
> > correct the situation, but for those who choose to ignore it, it can be
> > harmful.
> >
> > That aside, I don't believe the person who said there were no side 
>effects
> > was saying that there were **no** side effects that were really bad; 
>what she
> > was saying was she didn't know and hadn't heard of any **herself**....
> >
> > Lars
>
>Exactly.  I said that I knew of no SERIOUS side effects, not that there
>were no serious side effects.  I listed side effects that I did know of,
>such as dizziness, sweating, shaking, slurred speech.  I was also
>speaking of primary hypoglycemia, NOT low blood sugar in
>hyperglycemics/diabetics brought about by insulin shock.  I am not
>diabetic.  I am hypoglycemic.
>
>Thank you for your support Lars.
>
>Evfemia at mail.com
> > 
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