Scariest Diabetes Moment...

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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on June 19, 2009 at 8:36pm

Mine was the day I was told I had to take insulin after being on oral drugs before. I had LADA, not type 2. It can be tough to accept you have to start taking shots, when you are an adult used to how life is supposed to be... and that doesn't include syringes. :\

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Permalink Reply by Brad on June 19, 2009 at 8:58pm

Mine was when my Dr. was telling me all the whats that could happen if I did not take care of myself,then took me down to see the Dialysis treatment. His version of scared straight, it worked I was scared. I was a teen then and it really made a impression on me.

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Permalink Reply by Yvonne on June 19, 2009 at 9:26pm

It was when I lost my eyesight - temporarily. One day I could see normally, and the next I couldn't and almost couldn't drive. I'm not talking about blurry vision. I couldn't see anymore. I was diagnosed a couple of weeks after that and it took another 2 weeks for my retinas dry out and return to normal. Fear of blindness is only half the motivation to manage the D. Every time I see someone at the grocery store creeping around in a motorized cart, I think that could be me.

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Permalink Reply by brandi on June 23, 2009 at 5:13pm

ok so this is something ive never really understood...what do you mean by "it took another 2 weeks for my retinas dry out and return to normal?" i dont get it...

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Permalink Reply by Peter on June 19, 2009 at 9:53pm

Just last week when I had a low blood sugar. I got shakier than usual, my heart was shaking and hurting. I was nauseaus and I tried to stand up to go get some soda to drink I couldn't. It felt like someone had kicked me in the groin. I tried again and the same thing. My mom slowly got me some soda, my niece got me my D bag and got me the sugar tablets out, I was literally grabbing at stuff on the table trying to eat it. This low lasted with shakiness, heart and groin pain for about 45 minutes, before I could eat. I was downing RC, Coca-Cola, the sugar tablets from CVS. I thought I was going to die.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Hagen on June 19, 2009 at 9:59pm

Its a tie. After a steriod injection not being able to get my bg down from the 400 range for more than a few minutes it seemed. No control and I seriously thought of checking myself in to the hospital for help.
Waking up after a seizure with 4 emt's in my room saying it took all four of them to hold me down to inject the glucagon. That is a fear I wish I could describe. A lot of you know what I am talking about.
Waking up in an ambulance after a low and being told I had driven myself and daughters into the woods to a logging sight. A diabetic parents' worst nightmare, they said they didn't know anything was wrong until we got to this parking lot and I just sat there. Luckily there was a man working there who called 911. My eldest learned how to use my cell that day she was 7.

Take your pick. I now check bg before driving if at all possible. Check twice before bed to get an idea of level and direction. And will avoid steroids no matter the pain. Life's little lessons.

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Permalink Reply by Sheila Green on June 25, 2009 at 11:41am

Been there done that - after 55 years of varying degrees of low- I had a seizure this Xmas and my husband and the police had to hold me down for him to give me my shot. This has only ever happened once and I woke up to see all these strange men in my bedroom. The CGM has helped me big time. It doesn;t catch all the lows and highs, but just being able to see the trend it is travelling in has saved me a lot. Always check your BG before driving....I sat at Newark airport one time telling people I was diabetic and needed help - no one, no one, no staff, no passengers going through the security offered to help. I felt horribly alone and I got myself to a cafe place and got some cake. I had glucose tablets in my purse but didn;t think to use them.....?? how silly are we when our brain fails to function during a low !!
Sheila

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Permalink Reply by Scott on June 19, 2009 at 10:01pm

it was waking up one morning (regaining consciousness) to my wife (now ex) feeding M&Ms one at a time. It was when I was starting to try and take aggressive control of my D on MDI and 2 or 3 tests a day... yea, that equals a fail esp when 2 kids are involved.

Other than that it was more of a general memory of being a kid in the 70's learning that I had a disease, it would be with me forever, and would kill me in 20 years... 40 years laters, I think a lot of those doctors may have already died...

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on June 19, 2009 at 10:06pm

Being told that I had a fully detached retina and woud need emergency surgery that afternoon. Then being told that the recovery would involve me laying face down, not moving, for 7 days. Then being told that it woud take 4 months before they'd know how much vision I'd regain.

Fast forward 7 years..........I can see just fine.

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Permalink Reply by kerry on June 19, 2009 at 11:36pm

Kathy,
Wow, did they hospitalize you for the 7 days? Was the detached retina a complication of diabetes?

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Permalink Reply by J.A. (Jeff) Neitzel on June 22, 2009 at 8:51pm

Ouch, similar question here... What in the world causes a detached retina?

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Permalink Reply by Teena on June 20, 2009 at 12:57am

Mine was the time I was first diagnosed with Diabetes. The emrgency room doctor scared the crap out of me. He was talking about possibilities of going blind, losing limbs and slow painful death. At that time I was ignorant and was too scared to eat anything. Until I tried to get myself informed by researching, reading books, joining support groups and surfing the net. And yes...I changed my doctor the soonest time I was able to.

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