Insulin Pump Users

Here’s something interesting I received from Dr. Joe’s e-news today - Jan
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Everyone fears hypoglycemia. It sure is an awful feeling. I volunteered
for a test while I was in fellowship at UCSF that had me take enough
intravenous insulin to quickly bring my glucose down to 10 mg. I was not a
happy camper. Nothing was given to raise the glucose, it was supposed to
rise to normal without any help.

I lived through it.

The fear of death is very real for many people while using insulin. I only
know of one death that resulted from a small child going through the same
testing that I did, but never during treatment for diabetes.

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