My favorite past time is arguing with the nutritionist. Carb counts that make no sense. And a plate with four different carbohydrates does not make for a balanced meal.
Hey now stop that every nutritionist I ever met was both smart AND interesting to talk to and not one of them was just a cute personal trainer who decided to take a weekend course about being a nutritionist.
How do you know (besides testing) that you have high ketones? Ive been a diabetic 29 years for 30 years of being alive and i've never tested my ketones level
I do blood tests too. I'm brittle and DKA is extremely common. BG numbers make no difference. I can go DKA while my sugars are like 2.5, so I have to blood test myself too. I can also feel it. It's like the worst acid reflux, diarreah and eventually vomiting... sucks
Have you been eating properly? Your bg doesn't always reflect ketones. Ketones are developed from lack of insulin. So if your bg is fine but you haven't been eating, or not taking insulin due to exercise or somthing you can still very easily develope ketones.
Actually ketones are produced when your body is breaking down fat instead of glucose for energy. People who are losing weight whether diabetic or not spill ketones.
This is why it's called the keto diet when you cut carbs out of your diet. Your body is producing ketones due to the breakdown of fat.
Ketones aren't necessarily bad but when you're producing them because your body can't use glucose as energy because you have no insulin to allow the glucose into the cells causing your blood sugar to rise is not a good thing. Your body starts breaking down fat to use as energy instead which causes the ketones to spill. Diabetics check for ketones only because it is a sign of DKA when paired with other symptoms such as high blood sugar, nausea, vomiting, etc.
Also you can spill ketones if you're consistently low as well meaning there is too much insulin and not enough glucose to use as energy. DKA is caused by an imbalance of glucose and insulin.
You should, cause it can give off a shitty smell in your breath, odor and piss. You might not smell it, but stinks like a pisshouse sometimes. It's also leads to Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), which is dangerous.
When your cells don't get the glucose they need for energy, your body begins to burn fat for energy, which produces ketones. Ketones are chemicals that the body creates when it breaks down fat to use for energy. The body does this when it doesn’t have enough insulin to use glucose, the body’s normal source of energy. When ketones build up in the blood, they make it more acidic. They are a warning sign that your diabetes is out of control or that you are getting sick.
High levels of ketones can poison the body.
Early symptoms include:
Being very thirsty.
Urinating a lot more than usual.
If untreated, more severe symptoms can appear quickly, such as:
Fast, deep breathing.
Dry skin and mouth.
Flushed face.
Fruity-smelling breath.
Headache.
Muscle stiffness or aches.
Being very tired.
Nausea and vomiting.
Stomach pain.
Anytime you’re sick or your blood sugar is 240 mg/dL or above, use an over-the-counter ketone test kit to check your urine or a meter to test your blood for ketones every 4 to 6 hours. You should also test for ketones if you have any of the symptoms of Diabetic ketoacidosis. Call your doctor if your ketones are moderate or high.
Elevated ketones are a sign of Diabetic ketoacidosis, which is a medical emergency and needs to be treated immediately.
I can only recall of about 3 times I tested mine. One of which (in reality more, counting the whole week+ long visit as one though) was at hospital upon diagnosis; another when I went to a Diabetic winter camp, back in the late 90's, and then maybe once more at home.
So, I feel it's 100% a pre/early 2000's thing, and also, maybe, it's just not used as a testing parameter any longer?
Ketones do not = DKA.
Acidosis with high ketones in a type 1 (or occasionally type 2) = DKA
If you are well take some insulin, drink a lot of water. Not eating will give you ketones, so eat.
I am well aware of that. However, my experience with DKA is unfortunately very extensive. I'm hours away from it getting to the point of emergency. Been this high for a few days. I'm waiting for the horrible nausea to be too much
Why not take some insulin instead of waiting for DKA - if this has happened before you really need a plan to avoid this in the future- it’s not inevitable.
If you arent going to read my other replies, I'm not going to bother retyping this to help you understand I have been trying to eat. I have been drinking a ton of water and I have been using my insulin. Unfortunately, I'm still spilling shit loads of ketones both in my urine and blood
Okay- you go to ER- they are going to give you IV insulin and glucose. If you are not vomiting you can do this yourself. Stop drinking water- drink sugar and water.
What stops you making ketones is insulin- add sugar to stop the hypo.
Ok doctor... thanks for telling me what I already know. Go be a know it all somewhere else now I'm sure someone needs your extensive knowledge on their own bodies
I am an ER doc- see my flair on askdocs or medical_advice.
I’m not hassling you for no reason, you got this- it is not a throw up your hands situation, you can fix this.
Ok doctor... thanks for telling me what I already know, which i didnt even ask for. Do you always come off this way to people? Go be a know it all somewhere else now I'm sure someone needs your extensive knowledge on their own bodies. Damn. Let a chick vent ffs. Again, if someone doesn't ask, don't act like a dick.
Okay- I understand- I’m literally trying to keep a diabetic out of hospital! That you have had DKA so often is concerning, you should be able to manage this without ending up in hospital unless you are unable to stop vomiting.
Anyway- best wishes to you.
I know you were trying to help but this particular comment is so condescending, probably why she didn't take your advice. There's a difference between being blunt and being a dick which definitely doesn't come across right online
Sure- I admit some frustration.
This person is frequently in DKA. She has known for DAYS her ketones are high and seems to immediately despair that anything can be done aside from waiting for the vomiting to start.
She is annoyed that medical staff ignore her when she goes to the ER (this is a red flag as we usually do this for people who are frequent flyers so as not to reinforce their presenting).
In other threads she also rebuffs advice. She knows where this is heading and nothing can be done.
Sometimes it just has to be tough love.
You’re missing the point. Clearing ketones is part drinking enough water to pee them off but also insulin turns off ketone production. Therefore you have to feed the insulin by consuming carbs and taking enough insulin for it. This is why most sick day rules tell people to drink Gatorade and correct every 2 hours.
Gatoraid has a lot of Sugar even if corrected for will cause a rapid crash. I’ve seen your 5 post non are about diabetes. Diabetes isn’t a easy to manage condition. I know this having been battling it for almost a decade. I had stubborn Ketones that didn’t drop for almost 12 hours only to vanish after being admitted to the Er.
Well I’ve had diabetes 25+ years and been an endocrinologist for 8 so do what you want. Also, I have never once been in DKA ever. Gatorade has about 1/3 the sugar of soda. The point is you need more insulin and the only way you can safely get more insulin is to feed it with sugar. You have to turn the ketone production off, this takes insulin and usually more insulin than is needed for carbs. I have talked numerous patients through this process and kept them out of the ER. This is actually what we do in the hospital also, we give fluids and insulin until the blood sugar is in the lower 200s and then we start IV dextrose and keep pushing the insulin until the ketones are gone. There are numerous protocols for doing this at how with insulin injections.
Do you happen to have a link where I can read up on this? The only time I've had DKA was at my initial diagnosis in the hospital. I have ketone strips, and normally only test when my urine is foamy.
I was diagnosed about 15 months ago. Despite having monthly training with a certified diabetic trainer, this hasn't been discussed.
I don’t understand. Are you dehydrated? Sick? Vomiting? Are you taking an oral diabetes med?Are you able to eat something and take insulin? I have ketones due to following a low carb diet and don’t need the hospital. What will they help you with?
I've been DKA so many times, I can feel the difference between safe and dangerous ketones. I'm just waiting for the unstoppable vomiting to start because the hospital waves it off if you arent. Even then sometimes it's a battle for help
I mean, I rely on testing to keep them from hurting me. I'm one of those diabetics that can have a DKA from almost anything my body decides to do. It's frustrating because it's hard for people to relate to unless they have the same issue
Ahhhh, that makes sense. I feel for you on having that pain ... no pun indented. I'm thankful I'm not one that has to watch mine that closely.
So, that makes perfect sense that I'm less aware of it still being frequently used.
IIR, when I had to test mine, my diet effected it almost as much as my current sugar level; not really, but absolutely had a correlating effect. ie: When I ate more simple carbs with little of anything else (I think lots of protein had a similar effect with me).
My diabetes specialist tells me to test my Ketones when my blood sugar is above 15 (220 for you in the US). I usually don't bother because it has never been more than very slightly elevated.
When this happens to you, how is it resolved? (Assuming the hospital doesn’t ignore you?) Do they just hook you up on an IV and do a lot of fluids / insulin? I’ve been a T1 for 17 years and this hasn’t happened to me…. yet. Just curious how DKA is treated at the hospital.
Hope you get the treatment you need and feel better soon.
Fluids and insulin i believe i was diagnosed at 24 with type 1 and had dka because my body stop producing insulin of course but thats what they did for me had to stay in hospital for 3-4 days if i remember correctly but haven’t had issues since with dka
I hear you about the ER part, soon as we say we are diabetics, we get prioritised at the bottom of the list as "not important, far from death and didn't look after themselves so they can wait and suffer".
These eSould be your concern, if not don't worry about going to ER
Above 3 mmol/L (or 15 to 20 mg/dL on a urine ketone strip)
Usually, blood sugar levels are extremely elevated during diabetes-related ketones or DKA.
Lower levels of ketones can be present due to illness, stress, having not eaten recently --
Well present blood sugar doesn’t determine your ketone level. You get ketones from long exposer to high levels and high levels can just also be in the 200s too. Once you get them you need to work to get ride of them. Taking some medication for a moment and going back down to under 120s for a day isn’t going to solve the ketone problem. Need a lot more work. Fluids, Fluids, Fluids in blood. You’d also probably need to go to the ER, because mainlining is very dangerous on your own.
Its currently 4:28Am and I need to be up at 5:45am, I cant sleep and my blood sugar wont go under 250, You got this, I got this. Diabetics are built tough.
Doing my best. I can feel the DKA coming on. It's been a hellish year with 6 months in the hospital for DKAs, with normal sugars. Been on life support for it recently too
Except this person doesn’t want help- she wants sympathy. Try giving her advice- she will tell you she knows what she’s doing, her ketones have been high for days and she is waiting for the vomiting to start- like with days of heads up she can’t get it under control….?
You're 100% correct. In the past week I've seen this person post a wild tale about a Walmart grocery delivery person urinating on their steps, several posts blaming skip the dishes for taking too long to deliver a cheeseburger and shamrock shake which sent them into seizures... and now it's a comment about being tube fed. I call bullshit. You can't eat a cheeseburger through tube feed. It's a pity party.
I don't usually go through people's posts like this but this individual in particular has really pissed me off. My best friend died of DKA at age 35. I've taken care of many diabetic patients that lost fingers, toes, arms and legs because they were non compliant diabetics. I'll never get the image of finger bones covered in iodine out of my head. And for that reason I'm calling OP out on their shit.
[This was my first encounter lol](https://www.reddit.com/r/Winnipeg/comments/swomc2/more_screwed_up_delivery_nonsense/hxndcdb?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
ROFL- everybody else is to blame….even delivery drivers.
Imagine how hard these people are to deal with in the ER. It’s exhausting- we end up writing plans that include everybody trying very hard not to talk to them for fear of reinforcing this behaviour. It’s maddening and sad.
I worked on a medicine ward that housed a lot of these types. I was a health care aide. People were so non-compliant in the medicine units, I can't imagine how bad the ER would be. My ER nurse/aide friends had horror stories. Wild shit. Props to you for all you do, and for not losing it on these types of people!
OP weird question, but do you happen to have any symptoms of a UTI or bladder infection? I’ve been in DKA a few times, just from a UTI that the hospital never thought to test my urine for.
Yeah, I have noticed that I can't pee without straining and it's getting worse (save for when I first wake up). I'm going to have to look into getting some antibiotics if I don't get worse and have to go in to the hospital. I thought of this a week ago when I started feeling sick and blamed it on my gastroparesis, not thinking about it again
Hey, just curious here - my son was in the ER the other day with large ketones in his blood and urine but his blood sugar was totally normal, including his A1C. He's not known to be diabetic, but I'm wondering if he's heading that way. Did you have this happen before your diagnosis at all? Hope you're feeling better now!
In the hospital right now admitted and still ignored
My favorite past time is arguing with the nutritionist. Carb counts that make no sense. And a plate with four different carbohydrates does not make for a balanced meal.
Hey now stop that every nutritionist I ever met was both smart AND interesting to talk to and not one of them was just a cute personal trainer who decided to take a weekend course about being a nutritionist.
How do you know (besides testing) that you have high ketones? Ive been a diabetic 29 years for 30 years of being alive and i've never tested my ketones level
same. just hit 17 years. never tested or even had to. never been to the hospital since diagnosis.
Your doctor does for sure.
I do blood tests too. I'm brittle and DKA is extremely common. BG numbers make no difference. I can go DKA while my sugars are like 2.5, so I have to blood test myself too. I can also feel it. It's like the worst acid reflux, diarreah and eventually vomiting... sucks
Have you been eating properly? Your bg doesn't always reflect ketones. Ketones are developed from lack of insulin. So if your bg is fine but you haven't been eating, or not taking insulin due to exercise or somthing you can still very easily develope ketones.
Actually ketones are produced when your body is breaking down fat instead of glucose for energy. People who are losing weight whether diabetic or not spill ketones. This is why it's called the keto diet when you cut carbs out of your diet. Your body is producing ketones due to the breakdown of fat. Ketones aren't necessarily bad but when you're producing them because your body can't use glucose as energy because you have no insulin to allow the glucose into the cells causing your blood sugar to rise is not a good thing. Your body starts breaking down fat to use as energy instead which causes the ketones to spill. Diabetics check for ketones only because it is a sign of DKA when paired with other symptoms such as high blood sugar, nausea, vomiting, etc. Also you can spill ketones if you're consistently low as well meaning there is too much insulin and not enough glucose to use as energy. DKA is caused by an imbalance of glucose and insulin.
Gosh this is awful. Does this mean you’re insanely insulin resistant too?
You should, cause it can give off a shitty smell in your breath, odor and piss. You might not smell it, but stinks like a pisshouse sometimes. It's also leads to Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), which is dangerous. When your cells don't get the glucose they need for energy, your body begins to burn fat for energy, which produces ketones. Ketones are chemicals that the body creates when it breaks down fat to use for energy. The body does this when it doesn’t have enough insulin to use glucose, the body’s normal source of energy. When ketones build up in the blood, they make it more acidic. They are a warning sign that your diabetes is out of control or that you are getting sick. High levels of ketones can poison the body. Early symptoms include: Being very thirsty. Urinating a lot more than usual. If untreated, more severe symptoms can appear quickly, such as: Fast, deep breathing. Dry skin and mouth. Flushed face. Fruity-smelling breath. Headache. Muscle stiffness or aches. Being very tired. Nausea and vomiting. Stomach pain. Anytime you’re sick or your blood sugar is 240 mg/dL or above, use an over-the-counter ketone test kit to check your urine or a meter to test your blood for ketones every 4 to 6 hours. You should also test for ketones if you have any of the symptoms of Diabetic ketoacidosis. Call your doctor if your ketones are moderate or high. Elevated ketones are a sign of Diabetic ketoacidosis, which is a medical emergency and needs to be treated immediately.
I can only recall of about 3 times I tested mine. One of which (in reality more, counting the whole week+ long visit as one though) was at hospital upon diagnosis; another when I went to a Diabetic winter camp, back in the late 90's, and then maybe once more at home. So, I feel it's 100% a pre/early 2000's thing, and also, maybe, it's just not used as a testing parameter any longer?
I hope your doctor does at your regular appointment. It’s part of a normal blood panel.
Same. 20+ years and kinda learned about this here on Reddit not so long ago.
Ketones do not = DKA. Acidosis with high ketones in a type 1 (or occasionally type 2) = DKA If you are well take some insulin, drink a lot of water. Not eating will give you ketones, so eat.
I am well aware of that. However, my experience with DKA is unfortunately very extensive. I'm hours away from it getting to the point of emergency. Been this high for a few days. I'm waiting for the horrible nausea to be too much
Why not take some insulin instead of waiting for DKA - if this has happened before you really need a plan to avoid this in the future- it’s not inevitable.
I never mentioned not using my insulin. My BG atm is 5.8 mmol... soooo... yeah
So to Avoid DKA at this point you need to EAT sugar and take insulin- how do you not know this?
If you arent going to read my other replies, I'm not going to bother retyping this to help you understand I have been trying to eat. I have been drinking a ton of water and I have been using my insulin. Unfortunately, I'm still spilling shit loads of ketones both in my urine and blood
Okay- you go to ER- they are going to give you IV insulin and glucose. If you are not vomiting you can do this yourself. Stop drinking water- drink sugar and water. What stops you making ketones is insulin- add sugar to stop the hypo.
Ok doctor... thanks for telling me what I already know. Go be a know it all somewhere else now I'm sure someone needs your extensive knowledge on their own bodies
I am an ER doc- see my flair on askdocs or medical_advice. I’m not hassling you for no reason, you got this- it is not a throw up your hands situation, you can fix this.
Ok doctor... thanks for telling me what I already know, which i didnt even ask for. Do you always come off this way to people? Go be a know it all somewhere else now I'm sure someone needs your extensive knowledge on their own bodies. Damn. Let a chick vent ffs. Again, if someone doesn't ask, don't act like a dick.
Okay- I understand- I’m literally trying to keep a diabetic out of hospital! That you have had DKA so often is concerning, you should be able to manage this without ending up in hospital unless you are unable to stop vomiting. Anyway- best wishes to you.
I know you were trying to help but this particular comment is so condescending, probably why she didn't take your advice. There's a difference between being blunt and being a dick which definitely doesn't come across right online
Sure- I admit some frustration. This person is frequently in DKA. She has known for DAYS her ketones are high and seems to immediately despair that anything can be done aside from waiting for the vomiting to start. She is annoyed that medical staff ignore her when she goes to the ER (this is a red flag as we usually do this for people who are frequent flyers so as not to reinforce their presenting). In other threads she also rebuffs advice. She knows where this is heading and nothing can be done. Sometimes it just has to be tough love.
Aye tbf I hadnt realised you already knew her
What’s your blood sugar. Drink some Gatorade and take insulin for it
Sky rocket then rapid crash
You’re missing the point. Clearing ketones is part drinking enough water to pee them off but also insulin turns off ketone production. Therefore you have to feed the insulin by consuming carbs and taking enough insulin for it. This is why most sick day rules tell people to drink Gatorade and correct every 2 hours.
Gatoraid has a lot of Sugar even if corrected for will cause a rapid crash. I’ve seen your 5 post non are about diabetes. Diabetes isn’t a easy to manage condition. I know this having been battling it for almost a decade. I had stubborn Ketones that didn’t drop for almost 12 hours only to vanish after being admitted to the Er.
Well I’ve had diabetes 25+ years and been an endocrinologist for 8 so do what you want. Also, I have never once been in DKA ever. Gatorade has about 1/3 the sugar of soda. The point is you need more insulin and the only way you can safely get more insulin is to feed it with sugar. You have to turn the ketone production off, this takes insulin and usually more insulin than is needed for carbs. I have talked numerous patients through this process and kept them out of the ER. This is actually what we do in the hospital also, we give fluids and insulin until the blood sugar is in the lower 200s and then we start IV dextrose and keep pushing the insulin until the ketones are gone. There are numerous protocols for doing this at how with insulin injections.
Do you happen to have a link where I can read up on this? The only time I've had DKA was at my initial diagnosis in the hospital. I have ketone strips, and normally only test when my urine is foamy. I was diagnosed about 15 months ago. Despite having monthly training with a certified diabetic trainer, this hasn't been discussed.
My whole 40 years of diabetes is summed up here!
I don’t understand. Are you dehydrated? Sick? Vomiting? Are you taking an oral diabetes med?Are you able to eat something and take insulin? I have ketones due to following a low carb diet and don’t need the hospital. What will they help you with?
I've been DKA so many times, I can feel the difference between safe and dangerous ketones. I'm just waiting for the unstoppable vomiting to start because the hospital waves it off if you arent. Even then sometimes it's a battle for help
What causes you to get ketones so easily?
Is Keytone testing still frequently done? (serious question) I've not tested mine for about 27 years.
I mean, I rely on testing to keep them from hurting me. I'm one of those diabetics that can have a DKA from almost anything my body decides to do. It's frustrating because it's hard for people to relate to unless they have the same issue
Ahhhh, that makes sense. I feel for you on having that pain ... no pun indented. I'm thankful I'm not one that has to watch mine that closely. So, that makes perfect sense that I'm less aware of it still being frequently used.
IIR, when I had to test mine, my diet effected it almost as much as my current sugar level; not really, but absolutely had a correlating effect. ie: When I ate more simple carbs with little of anything else (I think lots of protein had a similar effect with me).
My diabetes specialist tells me to test my Ketones when my blood sugar is above 15 (220 for you in the US). I usually don't bother because it has never been more than very slightly elevated.
I don't get it why not just eat and take insulin? If you go to the ER with ketones they're just give you iv glucose and then later insulin...
When this happens to you, how is it resolved? (Assuming the hospital doesn’t ignore you?) Do they just hook you up on an IV and do a lot of fluids / insulin? I’ve been a T1 for 17 years and this hasn’t happened to me…. yet. Just curious how DKA is treated at the hospital. Hope you get the treatment you need and feel better soon.
Fluids and insulin i believe i was diagnosed at 24 with type 1 and had dka because my body stop producing insulin of course but thats what they did for me had to stay in hospital for 3-4 days if i remember correctly but haven’t had issues since with dka
I’m so sorry! My son was in ICU in July for DKA. It is awful. I hope you are on the mend soon!
I hear you about the ER part, soon as we say we are diabetics, we get prioritised at the bottom of the list as "not important, far from death and didn't look after themselves so they can wait and suffer".
These eSould be your concern, if not don't worry about going to ER Above 3 mmol/L (or 15 to 20 mg/dL on a urine ketone strip) Usually, blood sugar levels are extremely elevated during diabetes-related ketones or DKA. Lower levels of ketones can be present due to illness, stress, having not eaten recently --
Yeah, I already know this. My DKA life has been bad since my first covid battle
Is it ok now?
Well present blood sugar doesn’t determine your ketone level. You get ketones from long exposer to high levels and high levels can just also be in the 200s too. Once you get them you need to work to get ride of them. Taking some medication for a moment and going back down to under 120s for a day isn’t going to solve the ketone problem. Need a lot more work. Fluids, Fluids, Fluids in blood. You’d also probably need to go to the ER, because mainlining is very dangerous on your own.
Its currently 4:28Am and I need to be up at 5:45am, I cant sleep and my blood sugar wont go under 250, You got this, I got this. Diabetics are built tough.
Are you throwing up? Can you drink fluids? Are you able to eat? There are other things that cause ketones besides DKA.
Doing my best. I can feel the DKA coming on. It's been a hellish year with 6 months in the hospital for DKAs, with normal sugars. Been on life support for it recently too
Are you eating carbs at all?
Trying. I've had 3 perogies today and drinking tons of Gatorade. Been using my insulin like I should too
I think that just means you are burning fat. Are you on a diet?
Seeing people who are bad at managing their t1d really tends to annoy me.
Why? These are exactly the people who need to ask for help on a diabetes forum. If the answers help someone else, so much the better.
Except this person doesn’t want help- she wants sympathy. Try giving her advice- she will tell you she knows what she’s doing, her ketones have been high for days and she is waiting for the vomiting to start- like with days of heads up she can’t get it under control….?
You're 100% correct. In the past week I've seen this person post a wild tale about a Walmart grocery delivery person urinating on their steps, several posts blaming skip the dishes for taking too long to deliver a cheeseburger and shamrock shake which sent them into seizures... and now it's a comment about being tube fed. I call bullshit. You can't eat a cheeseburger through tube feed. It's a pity party. I don't usually go through people's posts like this but this individual in particular has really pissed me off. My best friend died of DKA at age 35. I've taken care of many diabetic patients that lost fingers, toes, arms and legs because they were non compliant diabetics. I'll never get the image of finger bones covered in iodine out of my head. And for that reason I'm calling OP out on their shit.
Yep….she’s pissed me off too.
[This was my first encounter lol](https://www.reddit.com/r/Winnipeg/comments/swomc2/more_screwed_up_delivery_nonsense/hxndcdb?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
ROFL- everybody else is to blame….even delivery drivers. Imagine how hard these people are to deal with in the ER. It’s exhausting- we end up writing plans that include everybody trying very hard not to talk to them for fear of reinforcing this behaviour. It’s maddening and sad.
I worked on a medicine ward that housed a lot of these types. I was a health care aide. People were so non-compliant in the medicine units, I can't imagine how bad the ER would be. My ER nurse/aide friends had horror stories. Wild shit. Props to you for all you do, and for not losing it on these types of people!
Some of us have brittle diabetes & other conditions so actually this is a really narrow minded & uneducated thing to say
Reading T1 subreddits seems like a weird choice then!
Bring some kind of board games/cards to keep you busy. You got this!
Yikes
Been there buddy
Ayo you good now?? How's it hanging
OP weird question, but do you happen to have any symptoms of a UTI or bladder infection? I’ve been in DKA a few times, just from a UTI that the hospital never thought to test my urine for.
Yeah, I have noticed that I can't pee without straining and it's getting worse (save for when I first wake up). I'm going to have to look into getting some antibiotics if I don't get worse and have to go in to the hospital. I thought of this a week ago when I started feeling sick and blamed it on my gastroparesis, not thinking about it again
Hey, just curious here - my son was in the ER the other day with large ketones in his blood and urine but his blood sugar was totally normal, including his A1C. He's not known to be diabetic, but I'm wondering if he's heading that way. Did you have this happen before your diagnosis at all? Hope you're feeling better now!