treating lows, was Overnight Sugar control

July 16, 2008

Hi Bill

This woman was in her 50's at the time. She had been type 1 for over 30

years, and it ran in her family. She saw her doctor regularly and was

always working with various doctors to address her problems and adjust

insulin dosages. So what she did to treat lows was evidently sanctioned by

these doctors. As Harry and others have pointed out many times on this

list, doctors don't always seem to know what is best.

Becky

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[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Bill Powers

Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:58 PM

Subject: RE: Overnight Sugar control

Becky,

The girl that put sugar into her orange juice was really playing with fire.

That would be sure to jolt her sugars way up there. And if she had several

of these attacks during a given week, there was a real problem.

Now someone here correct me if I'm wrong, but if you continually bump up

your sugar as Becky stated her friend apparently did, wouldn't that actually

begin to make the body used to a higher BS? That said, if the body was

getting used to a higher BS, is it possible that anything below that new

high might then be perceived as a real low giving the same feeling as a real

low that most of us know already? And if that's the case, wouldn't we be

setting up a dangerous upward spiral with an ever-expanding rollercoaster?

Bill Powers

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