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KCRack'em

KCRack'em

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Just read some of Geno's thread about diabetics playing pool.
Please, please make your pool buddies aware of any medical conditions you have.
We almost lost one of ours one night when I was in college. When J slowed down, none of us had a clue about what was going on. He couldn't speak to us to explain what was happening. I was ticked as I was certain someone had put something in his drink.
I can't explain why, but we decided to take him to his dorm room. One of the guys knew where he lived. The girl at the front desk recognized that there was a problem and called the clinic. We were told to take him there ASAP.
The doc asked us to stick around. He lectured J and we all listened. He also made it very clear that J would not have made it through the night had we put him to bed as we intended to do.
If you're diabetic, I can't imagine being in your shoes. I also don't ever want to be put in the position I was in that night many years ago.
Karl
 
That's some great advice: Make sure your friends know. Also wearing a medical alert bracelet is a good idea.
 
Chopdoc said:
That's some great advice: Make sure your friends know. Also wearing a medical alert bracelet is a good idea.
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Another good idea is to carry a pocket-sized personal medical profile in your wallet or purse. On mine, I have the name of my physician, my surgery history, a list of current medical conditions, the fact that I'm allergic to penicillin, and a list of my current medications and doses.
 
Yup, another great idea. When one ends up in the ER unconscious we often need to do a "wallet biopsy" to find info....a medical condition card is a rare find and very valuable when we need to treat you.

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Thanks for the greaT REPLY.

KCRack'em said:
Just read some of Geno's thread about diabetics playing pool.
Please, please make your pool buddies aware of any medical conditions you have.
We almost lost one of ours one night when I was in college. When J slowed down, none of us had a clue about what was going on. He couldn't speak to us to explain what was happening. I was ticked as I was certain someone had put something in his drink.
I can't explain why, but we decided to take him to his dorm room. One of the guys knew where he lived. The girl at the front desk recognized that there was a problem and called the clinic. We were told to take him there ASAP.
The doc asked us to stick around. He lectured J and we all listened. He also made it very clear that J would not have made it through the night had we put him to bed as we intended to do.
If you're diabetic, I can't imagine being in your shoes. I also don't ever want to be put in the position I was in that night many years ago.
Karl
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Thanks for the great reply.

About 6 years ago I had to pick a guy up at Walmart. The police had called me. He worked for me. I thought he was just nuts.

He was diabetic. I wish i would have known then what I know now.

We live and learn.

I know this though. Shawn Putnam is doing everything he can to keep his blood sugar right.

I talked to Shawn 2 years ago and I asked him how hw controls his. His answer was that his is always too high. He just doesn't eat.

I know you have to eat sometime but he must have meant that once he eats for the day he just doesn't eat again if he's playing pool. To keep it from going any higher.

It should be a good finals here.

Good luck to Shawn.
 
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