I wanted to get an idea of how many people have used glucagon.
It can be either having given it to yourself, or someone given it to you if you were not able.
On your answer, if you are a parent or caregiver, it is of course for the one you are managing, not yourself.
To keep the poll from being weighted incorrectly, if just one of your group answers instead of both, that would be better (for example, either Michel or Kaelan, either Chris or Cody, either Kim or EH, etc.)
@Eric - Yes. My understanding of polls is that a Moderator (doesnāt have to be Admin) can make typo changes to existing poll āoptionsā (although not adding or deleting a category) without erasing all the votes.
Donuts and chocolate taste a heck of a lot better than glucagon. Even a glucose tab (yuk) would be better than an injection.
Actually, Iām sure Iāve had glucagon injected into me by paramedics while I was unconscious. But neither myself nor my wife has been the perpetrator of said injection.
I was pretty sure the A1c poll choice was changed after votes were cast.
I had read a thread on the discourse site on this topic and I was pretty sure the result of all the back and forth was that Mods would be able to make typo changes. Maybe I recalled incorrectly or that is a planned change not yet released.
Anyway - I am going to delete my comments here so it doesnāt look like a hijack.
@Eric AFAIK I have not been given glucagon. I can only surmise that I might have been. Like I said, I was unconscious at those times. And the last time was at least 15 years ago.
Yes, although as someone trying to watch my weight, I would love to be able to treat lows with microdoses of glucagon sometimes. Treating lows is one of the reasons I think it can be really hard for some T1s to lose weight, since each one is more calories a person might not have planned or wanted to consume.
I have never used glucagon, but I think I might use it when my BG drops below 2 mmol/l. It takes so much time to get my BG back to normal when my BG is that low and it feels terrible, so I wonder if using half a glucagon shot would be a good idea.
Be careful, once you use up all of the glycogen that your liver can dump you are in a somewhat precarious position until your body replenishes it. In the US if you give someone glucagon they are supposed to go to the hospital to recover. It goes without saying that this doesnāt apply to the sick day mini-glucagon, but 1/2 of a syringe is a big amount.
