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This will likely be more useful to our female friends here...
So I’ve been having uncharacteristically high blood sugars, and I ended up in the ER. Now I’m a VERY generously sized woman, and I don’t think they believed my self-reporting about the food intake and resulting blood sugars, so they admitted me. I had brought a few of my cheap pull-ups with me and was letting the nurse know what we were up against.
WELL, she told me they had this thing called PureWick, which you may know is a sort of external catheter for women that is attached to a suction system. An incontinent friend and I have been talking about it for at least a year but it’s insanely expensive and she’s convinced there was something she could rig to accomplish the same thing, but 1) does it work and 2) what compromises the catheter.
It’s only useful when you’re in bed, but that a big deal. It DOES work, well. Additionally, I was able to score a catheter part so we can see how it’s made. I was so excited to try it and to find out it works!
Now, the severe curtailing of food in the hospital did not provide any relief from the high blood sugars and they can’t find any medical reason for it. I’m in a particularly stressful time right now, so hopefully when that eases, the blood sugars will be better. Only in the hospital overnight.
So I’ve been having uncharacteristically high blood sugars, and I ended up in the ER. Now I’m a VERY generously sized woman, and I don’t think they believed my self-reporting about the food intake and resulting blood sugars, so they admitted me. I had brought a few of my cheap pull-ups with me and was letting the nurse know what we were up against.
WELL, she told me they had this thing called PureWick, which you may know is a sort of external catheter for women that is attached to a suction system. An incontinent friend and I have been talking about it for at least a year but it’s insanely expensive and she’s convinced there was something she could rig to accomplish the same thing, but 1) does it work and 2) what compromises the catheter.
It’s only useful when you’re in bed, but that a big deal. It DOES work, well. Additionally, I was able to score a catheter part so we can see how it’s made. I was so excited to try it and to find out it works!
Now, the severe curtailing of food in the hospital did not provide any relief from the high blood sugars and they can’t find any medical reason for it. I’m in a particularly stressful time right now, so hopefully when that eases, the blood sugars will be better. Only in the hospital overnight.
made me smile.