Re: Anybody even thinking about taking Insulin...

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: : Should read this little post I found on mfw... : : --------------------------------------------------------------- : : Subject: Insulin SCARE : : Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 01:47:21 -0800 : : From: Ray <drcraig@gte.net> : : Organization: GTE Intelligent Network Services, GTE INS : : Newsgroups: misc.fitness.weights : : : : I just wanted to let people on this newsgroup know that I just : : got out of the emergency room. : : I've been taking insulin for the last two weeks right after : : workout. I was drinking an Ultra Fuel at the gym and then taking 10 iu : : when I got home. Everything was fine before but for some reason today I : : got dizzy and very shakey. I tried eating some carbs real quick but I was : : still weak. My wife thaught I was going to pass out and called 911. The : : paramedics tested my blood and the sugar count was 48 so they urged that : : I go to the hospital. : : At the hospital I got an IV and basically just sat around for : : four hours while the kept chekcing my blood sugar. What really sucked is : : when I told the doctor what I had done he just could not believe : : bodybuilders were using insulin and he said I was insane. The doctor : : advised that using insulin when not diabetic is suicidal. The doctor told : : me that 10 units of insulin is a very high dose and that only very bad : : diabetics with blood sugar over 400 take more than 10 units. : : I'm still not sure what happened, everything was fine before but : : this time I got a real scare. Personally I threw my insulin in the : : garbage. I hope that other people using insulin be very carefull. : : Ray : : ------------------------------- : : Subject: Re: Insulin SCARE : : Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:25:10 -0400 : : From: wbrink@earthlink.net (Will Brink) : : Organization: BTS : : Newsgroups: misc.fitness.weights : : References: 1 , 2 : : : : In article <ooYnygxyYMaN091yn@interlog.com>, Robert Ames : : <amesr@interlog.com> wrote: : : > In article <329D5FA9.5EA6@gte.net>, Ray <drcraig@gte.net> wrote: : : > : : > >I just wanted to let people on this newsgroup know that I just : : > >got out of the emergency room. : : What are you an idiot? Dont mess with the stuff again. I must get 6-10 : : emails a week of some doof asking "how do I use insulin?" I tell them the : : same thing: "You dont use." : : > ... : : > >got dizzy and very shakey. I tried eating some carbs real quick but I was : : > : : > Note: no dextrose tablets available. : : > : : > >paramedics tested my blood and the sugar count was 48 so they urged that : : You are lucky (this time) : : > : : > Note: no glucometer. : : > : : > >when I told the doctor what I had done he just could not believe : : > >bodybuilders were using insulin and he said I was insane. The doctor : : why did you tell the doctor? Now it will be in the records as he wrote it : : down. Might even make a journal. : : > : : > It's just a matter of time before insulin is made a prescription : : > drug. A few more people showing up in emergency wards, one or two : : > deaths, and some newspaper hyping the dangers, is all it will take. : : You said it! : : > : : > I really wish people would stop recommending it. Maybe we can still : : > keep it underground. 99% of these instant insulin gurus don't know : : > what the fuck they're talking about. : : Thats a fact! : : > How many, for example, could : : > tell you what first aid measures are to be taken to revive a person : : > who has passed out from hypoglycemia? : : Unless you know **EXACTLY*** what your doing, STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM INSULIN! : : > : : > Recommend vanadyl sulfate - no one's going to kill themselves with : : > that. : : -- : : Will Brink : : "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." - PT Barnum. : Good advice!!!!!!!!!!!! I still cannot figure out : why one would use insulin wiht Hgh the two hormones are antagonistic : of each other.

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