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Posted: 4/16/2024 8:55:36 PM EDT
I wear a blood sugar monitor and I accidently knocked it off when taking
off my shirt. It kept reporting that I had very low (40) blood sugar and my Doctor, who gets sent reports on my sugar, called 911 to have them check on me. Very mixed feelings: Embarrassment that I caused so much anxiety and wasted time for all involved and reassurance that others care enough about me to do what they did. I'm just not used to people caring about me. A nice new change. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 8:57:45 PM EDT
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If you feel stupid now, wait until the bill for the Amber Lamps shows up.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 8:58:01 PM EDT
[#2]
Count yer blessins
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Posted: 4/16/2024 8:58:32 PM EDT
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Did the medics offer to sell you some Girl Scout Cookies to bring your glucose back up to normal?
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KY, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 8:59:30 PM EDT
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As a first responder myself let me say we are OK with showing up and not being needed. I do suggest you talk to your doctor and have them call you first next time.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 8:59:50 PM EDT
[#5]
Why didn't the dr call you first?
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:00:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By scopedope: If you feel stupid now, wait until the bill for the Amber Lamps shows up. Never heard of anyone being billed for a non-transport. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:00:49 PM EDT
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You should get a bill just because they showed up. If they treated you, that may be a different story.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:02:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Explorer225: As a first responder myself let me say we are OK with showing up and not being needed. I do suggest you talk to your doctor and have them call you first next time. She did but kept getting a busy signal. Fuck ATT. Gave her a cell phone number so won't happen again. Thanks for being a first responder. I can't help but think it might have been for real. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:04:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By scopedope: If you feel stupid now, wait until the bill for the Amber Lamps shows up. I live in a tiny community and these guys are all volunteers so I'll be surprised if I get a bill. If I do, it was worth it to know they're there. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:14:53 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By jungatheart: Snip I'm just not used to people caring about me. A nice new change. I care. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:17:16 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By jungatheart: I wear a blood sugar monitor and I accidently knocked it off when taking off my shirt. It kept reporting that I had very low (40) blood sugar and my Doctor, who gets sent reports on my sugar, called 911 to have them check on me. Very mixed feelings: Embarrassment that I caused so much anxiety and wasted time for all involved and reassurance that others care enough about me to do what they did. I'm just not used to people caring about me. A nice new change. These are the best calls to go on. Glad you’re ok, and glad you have the extra layer of protection! |
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MI, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:19:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Racer_X]
[#12]
I would be concerned about:
A monitor that doesn't realize when it's been disconnected. A monitor that reports 40 even when it's disconnected. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:26:41 PM EDT
[#13]
Why wouldn’t your doc just call you to see if you responded? Seems like it would’ve been a better first step.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:28:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: JustDaniel]
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By amannamedjed: I care. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By amannamedjed: Originally Posted By jungatheart: Snip I'm just not used to people caring about me. A nice new change. I care. #metoo Glad you’re good and that the medics were not needed |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:31:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Marksman14: These are the best calls to go on. Glad you’re ok, and glad you have the extra layer of protection! This! |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:41:41 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By jungatheart: I'm just not used to people caring about me. A nice new change. I've always thought you seemed like the sort of guy who would be a good next door neighbor. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:51:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: HourOfAngle]
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During the Covid bullshit my meter would be 120 then 350 then 40 then 350 and then go black. It checks every 5 minutes and I knew it wasn't going up and down that fast. I talked to Dexcom a number of times about it. Happened a few times. Finally one person I talked to told me the truth. During Covid they moved their production of the sensors from CA to AZ because they couldn't keep up with all the Covid BS in the state and were having problems making them. Nice to know. Oh but they would send me a shipping label to ship the sensor back to them to look at and determine what was wrong with the ones they were making. Similar happened to a friend that had an insulin pump going up and down up and down.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:56:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By amannamedjed: I care. 
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:58:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Useafortyfive: Why wouldn’t your doc just call you to see if you responded? Seems like it would’ve been a better first step. She did, kept getting a busy signal. ATT here is a disaster. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:59:59 PM EDT
[#20]
First responder. I'm a fan of your type of call, and glad you're all right!
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:00:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By McGuy: I've always thought you seemed like the sort of guy who would be a good next door neighbor. Thanks. I think so too but only for people like you. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:02:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HourOfAngle: During the Covid bullshit my meter would be 120 then 350 then 40 then 350 and then go black. It checks every 5 minutes and I knew it wasn't going up and down that fast. I talked to Dexcom a number of times about it. Happened a few times. Finally one person I talked to told me the truth. During Covid they moved their production of the sensors from CA to AZ because they couldn't keep up with all the Covid BS in the state and were having problems making them. Nice to know. Oh but they would send me a shipping label to ship the sensor back to them to look at and determine what was wrong with the ones they were making. Similar happened to a friend that had an insulin pump going up and down up and down. Thanks, that helps. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:02:39 PM EDT
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Glad they showed up. I have a friend who went into a diabetic coma and never recovered . It was 2-3 days before someone went by the house to check on him.
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MO, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:02:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By scopedope: If you feel stupid now, wait until the bill for the Amber Lamps shows up. Yikes. Is getting a bill for pt refusal common in TX @scopedope ? You're saying you get billed for a 911 call you didn't initiate, and from the way you worded it at significant cost even if you refuse transport. Sounds like the swatting equivalent of EMS to bankrupt someone. If so, your state or municipality has some outrageous policies/laws. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:06:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By whiskerz: Glad they showed up. I have a friend who went into a diabetic coma and never recovered . It was 2-3 days before someone went by the house to check on him. Sorry. That's what I expected would happen to me. My doc is the best doc I've ever had. By a long shot. |
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OK, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:16:59 PM EDT
[#26]
If you’re ever curious wether anyone cares about you or not, let a bill or two go past due…
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:18:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GlockPride: If you’re ever curious wether anyone cares about you or not, let a bill or two go past due… I suspect we're talking about a different kind of caring. 
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:22:36 PM EDT
[#28]
I’m actually up nursing a blood sugar that my sensor read as “lo”. Kind of glad my doctor doesn’t call the amber lamps for me. Also kind of pissed I slept through the alarm a couple times. Now I’m drenched in sweat and shaky as hell.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:45:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Elijah1: I’m actually up nursing a blood sugar that my sensor read as “lo”. Kind of glad my doctor doesn’t call the amber lamps for me. Also kind of pissed I slept through the alarm a couple times. Now I’m drenched in sweat and shaky as hell. Been there. Scary shit. What's even more scary for me is my brain doesn't work when I get like that. On the plus side, eating chocolate to end a low blood sugar event is kinda cool. "I'm doing this for medical reasons." |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:50:40 PM EDT
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I'm sure EMS would rather respond to a false alarm than the alternative.
I get texts from my wife's monitor thing when her sugar level is low. Thankfully I've never seen 40. Hope you're doing OK OP, and managing things well. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:51:32 PM EDT
[#31]
glad you’re ok, op!
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Posted: 4/17/2024 12:54:51 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jungatheart: Been there. Scary shit. What's even more scary for me is my brain doesn't work when I get like that. On the plus side, eating chocolate to end a low blood sugar event is kinda cool. "I'm doing this for medical reasons." Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jungatheart: Originally Posted By Elijah1: I’m actually up nursing a blood sugar that my sensor read as “lo”. Kind of glad my doctor doesn’t call the amber lamps for me. Also kind of pissed I slept through the alarm a couple times. Now I’m drenched in sweat and shaky as hell. Been there. Scary shit. What's even more scary for me is my brain doesn't work when I get like that. On the plus side, eating chocolate to end a low blood sugar event is kinda cool. "I'm doing this for medical reasons." My SO claims my lizard brain kicks in. Says it’s scary for her. But Milky Way bars are awesome. |
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Posted: 4/17/2024 1:05:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PR361: Never heard of anyone being billed for a non-transport. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PR361: Originally Posted By scopedope: If you feel stupid now, wait until the bill for the Amber Lamps shows up. Never heard of anyone being billed for a non-transport. Lol.... $260 flat rate for a refusal of transport. Even if you never called for us. Cops call for people all the time "check them out" $260 each of them. |
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Posted: 4/17/2024 2:41:33 AM EDT
[#34]
Glad you are ok man and it was just what happened, not an actual event.
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Posted: 4/17/2024 5:58:33 AM EDT
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Sounds like a successful test.
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Posted: 4/17/2024 7:19:19 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jungatheart: I live in a tiny community and these guys are all volunteers so I'll be surprised if I get a bill. If I do, it was worth it to know they're there. Hear! hear! for they're there. |
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