On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:51:31 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
> wrote:

>On 4 Feb 2005 00:37:08 GMT, Thelma Lubkin >
>wrote:
>
>> 2.6 is a misprint: 4.0 is approximately equivalent to an
>> *average*--not fasting, blood glucose reading of 65. 2.6
>> and you'd be fighting for your life.
>
>When I went to the ER last week for pneumonia, there was a woman who
>sounded like she was dying. Then she got really quiet. The doctor talked
>at length with the husband, explaining that his wife had likely just
>suffered a stroke. She couldn't talk, etc.
>
>Then the lab work came back. Her blood sugar was 30. They gave her
>glucose, and she was a new woman! Kept her overnight for observation.
>
>I know what 40 feels like, and I don't ever want to go there again.
>
>Thanks for the clarification, Thelma.
>
>Carol

I woke up in the middle of the night with 28 once. I was on prednisone
and I had serious crashes before on it, but this one was a doozy. I
woke The Hub (darling that he is about it all) and he knows exactly
what to do - pay no attention to what I say, make sure I get some
glucose tabs into me, along with juice or milk and help me keep
checking the BGs until they get above 50.

I amazed my MD with the story, until I was at her office a couple of
weeks later & told her she better get the blood work done fast, as I
was crashing. She did and it came back from the lab at 30 (I was still
on the prednisone)

(and yes, the meter is accurate)

Boron