Re: [IP] Rather serious input
While you're driving pull over and test, even if you gobble a bit of sugar
first.
On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:58 PM, email @ redacted wrote:
> On too many lists people have said they never treat for a low or high
> unless they test their BG's first. I agree with the person below. Trying to
> test and figure it out (am I high or low) while driving is like texting. It
> should not be done. If you misjudge, and you are low, and you guessed wrong,
> and are actually high, a glucose tablet or sugared drink can have a
> correction made later. With a low you don't have a second chance.
>
> Mary
>
> ***********************************
> (snip) If I feel funny at all, I don't try to figure it out. I just eat
> some carbs
> because if not by the time I try to figure it out while low, my sugar could
> still be dropping. (snip)
> .
Sue Ann Bowling
email @ redacted
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