I haven't posted here before, apologies if I'm not following protocol
but I just had to get something off my chest.

The November Edition of Glamour magazine has an article "It was meant
to be" by Rachel Pask. On page 73-4 the article tells of a couple
where Sarah was a diabetic, had a hypo, and Tom saved her by injecting
her with insulin.

This is sending out a very dangerous message. If he had injected her
with insulin she probably have died.

I've complained to Glamour magazine (via email) asking them print a
correction explaining how to deal with a hypo in their next issue and
emailed Diabetes UK.

I'm sick of the amount of misinformation out there. Anyone remember
the film "The Panic Room" ?

Anyone not having personal experience of diabetes seemes to think that
sugar is bad for diabetics and insulin will save them from hypos. I
worried that someone having a hypo will be "helped" by some do-gooder
trying to give them insulin and refusing to give them sugar cos they
think its bad for diabetics.

Lesley
Wife of Type 1 diabetic - who's had plenty of experience dealing with
hypos.

Lesley R <rudge_la@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi Lesley, welcome to the group.
There's very little 'protocol' here, aside from not spamming.

There was a spell a while back where I was seeing something misleading
quite regularly, though it's dropped off for some reason.
I asked about Panic Room here when I saw it, but they didn't actually say
it was insulin did they? Rather it was "my medication", still potentially
confusing to a non diabetic.
There was a similar thing on Jonathan Creek, and something on Corrie,
though I didn't see that one.
Before DX I wonder how much notice I would have taken though?

True, but in this day and age, a lot of people would be wary of doing
anything I suspect.

Anyway, please come back and vent some more :-)

Hmm, I wonder if Glamour magazine paid the couple for the story - perhaps
they should ask for their article money back and donate it to Diabetic
Research. The story does seem to be somewhat artificial given the course of
events outlined in the tale - but it does send out an incorrect message to
those readers unfamiliar with the diabetic condition - indeed any tale
advising well doers to apply another persons medication without having at
least some professional medical knowledge, or basically knowing the person
well enough is bad advice.

Then again, if "we" all write Glamour pointing out this error we'll get some
freebies??

Lorna and Paul (Paul's the type 1 diabolic, Lorna wants the free make-up,
and reads the magazine, not me honest......)


"Nigel" <bc62bc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 30-Oct-2003, rudge_la@hotmail.com (Lesley R) wrote:

If you'd asked me a year ago, I'd have thought the same thing. "Sugar is
poison to Diabetics and the Insulin injection saves them from it." Perhaps
we should try to come up with a "snappy" marketing type phrase to describe
diabetes that actually explains our problem. Something better than
"diabetic high insuli8n, hypo low give me a sugar glow" which is the best I
can do in the time it takes to post this. I'm sure the various medii would
be pleased to run it.

--
Bob
Dx T1 4/4/2003, Insulatard & NovoRapid

On 30 Oct 2003 15:22:05 -0800, Lesley R wrote:

Don't bother banging your head against a brick wall. The stress levels will
spike your BGs. :-)

What worries me is how misinformed I probably am about other diseases that
I haven't learned about. There are some pretty cranky ideas flying about
out there about all sorts.
--
Tom (Type 2)
Knowledge dispels fear!