gll
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
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My bg hasn't been 13 or below since the end of march. I am doing daily testing of ketones on the request of my GPs until I am sorted with medications.
I am still producing/being able to use insulin, to whatever extent I don't know.
Some days its the thirst fest to lower bg and other days my body just does it without excessive drinking which leads me to believe I am making insulin and being able to use it at that time. 20-24 is fairly normal for me to be at (this week).
This isn't a sudden crisis point for me, this has been a long slow build to get to today.
Ketones are coming and going and have been for a few weeks. I do get negative results as well as up to +1 so I would say I'm treading water but getting a bit tired. If I presented at a&e it is highly likely they would have gone back to trace already by the time I get there.
If I have more than trace I am testing frequently to make sure they go down and not up.
I promise you, I will 100% take action if it becomes a problem, either if a +1 doesn't go away, esp if I have other symptoms of DKA and/or it goes above that.
I genuinely can't make them respond and get stuff sorted any quicker (wish I could) and I'd need to be clearly in (at least) early DKA for a&e to really do anything.
Its frustrating and worrying but I just have to wait it out to either get stuff sorted via DSN clinic or things getting worse.
I am still producing/being able to use insulin, to whatever extent I don't know.
Some days its the thirst fest to lower bg and other days my body just does it without excessive drinking which leads me to believe I am making insulin and being able to use it at that time. 20-24 is fairly normal for me to be at (this week).
This isn't a sudden crisis point for me, this has been a long slow build to get to today.
Ketones are coming and going and have been for a few weeks. I do get negative results as well as up to +1 so I would say I'm treading water but getting a bit tired. If I presented at a&e it is highly likely they would have gone back to trace already by the time I get there.
If I have more than trace I am testing frequently to make sure they go down and not up.
I promise you, I will 100% take action if it becomes a problem, either if a +1 doesn't go away, esp if I have other symptoms of DKA and/or it goes above that.
I genuinely can't make them respond and get stuff sorted any quicker (wish I could) and I'd need to be clearly in (at least) early DKA for a&e to really do anything.
Its frustrating and worrying but I just have to wait it out to either get stuff sorted via DSN clinic or things getting worse.