yes there’s no excuse in this day and age, when about 10% of the population has diabetes, to get such basics wrong!!! It’s really dumb.
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I heard about some WWII movie where someone gets injected with an overdose of insulin and then survives by eating a little chocolate.
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Well, at least they didn’t give him insulin to resolve it, as in the book mentioned by @Beacher!
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Apparently it was a murder attempt. The movie is called Black Book. Someone on TuD mentions it:
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How about the movie “Memento” where the guy is giving his wife insulin, and does it like an IV injection?
Here is the scene:
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OMG, dangerous!
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You’d have to be crazy to do such a thing!
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Are you saying you are crazy?! 
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It is an absolutely for-sure way of knowing your real correction factor. 
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wow. I never knew this. How does it work? You almost die the first time, and then almost die a couple of more times until you get it just right? LOL.
no, seriously, you must do this with a Glucagon kit beside you, right?
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No goofball! 
You don’t go crazy on the first time!
Like I think the first time I was 300 and took a half unit or something.
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and how did that work out for you?
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It was a million years ago, but I learned I could take more in that situation. And I learned to not be terrified of it. I learned that insulin works the same except for it being much faster.
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