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If a diabetes emergency occurs when you are alone, do you have a plan of action ready?
Yes, and I know it works because I've had to use it.
 
Yes, but so far I haven't had to use it.
 
No, but I'm working on it!
 
No. I'm not sure what to do.
 
I haven't thought about it.
 

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by Nicole Purcell
Glucagon is one of those things that hasn't changed much in the diabetes world, in terms of packaging, dosing, method of delivery, since the time of my diagnosis in 1982. It's also one of those items that you buy in the same vein as say a generator. You might never use it, but it sure as heck is handy to have should your lights go out. The first time I was given glucagon was on the front lawn of my childhood home. What I remember of that night was going to bed after a...