> The good news is that it is actually really hard to die from low blood sugar, assuming good medical care is available.
Except it's extremely hard to get medical care when your mind and body shuts down because of a severe case of hypoglycemia. There isn't always somebody around to call an ambulance.
If you haven't experienced a severe episode of hypoglycemia yourself, you really don't understand fully how it can effect both the mind and body, even if you've seen it in your wife.
And like the other poster mentioned, 6-10% of T1D's die of hypoglycemia. It's a lot easier to die of than you're giving it credit for.
If COVID had a 6-10% death rate, I don't think anyone would be saying "it's actually really hard to die from COVID".
> And I'm not sure a 20% insulin overdose would trigger coma
You can experience hypoglycemia without any insulin overdose. There are many other factors that impact your BG, and sometimes a combination of those will hit a T1D with a severe hypo, even if they took what should have been the correct insulin:carb ratio.
Except it's extremely hard to get medical care when your mind and body shuts down because of a severe case of hypoglycemia. There isn't always somebody around to call an ambulance.
If you haven't experienced a severe episode of hypoglycemia yourself, you really don't understand fully how it can effect both the mind and body, even if you've seen it in your wife.
And like the other poster mentioned, 6-10% of T1D's die of hypoglycemia. It's a lot easier to die of than you're giving it credit for.
If COVID had a 6-10% death rate, I don't think anyone would be saying "it's actually really hard to die from COVID".
> And I'm not sure a 20% insulin overdose would trigger coma
You can experience hypoglycemia without any insulin overdose. There are many other factors that impact your BG, and sometimes a combination of those will hit a T1D with a severe hypo, even if they took what should have been the correct insulin:carb ratio.