Re: Lunochod 1 and 2 mission photos..



OM wrote:

...Yeah, it was really screwy there until they got the 4lb sack of
marbles out. The sugar levels were going between 120 and 400, and
nothing was making sense. I was off glucose and on straight saline,
and the levels would fluctuate. I went back on glucose, and they'd
stabilize to that 120 normal, then bounce all over the place if I ate
anything or took a pee. This went on until the day after the
operation, and things stabilized to 130-140, and they quit doing the
insulin injections. Prior to that, they were talking about me going on
the needle twice a day, and had actually shown me how to shoot myself
up just in case. I did my Tommy Chong impressions with this one,
putting one nurse in tears by arguing "hey man, I've been shooing up
since the 60's. I think I, like, know how to use a needle by now. Even
a clean one!"


I give myself on injection at bedtime (you know, around 7 AM... actually, I'm doing it at midnight).
There is apparently no consensus about where in the arm it should go...one booklet says the inside of the upper arm at a 90 degree angle, but the Norski Nurses swear it is the outside of the upper arm at a 30 degree angle.
Anyway, I'm not going to stick it into my stomach on general principles. I got way too many Heparin injections there during my stay in the hospital.


Pat
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