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Group 7-day waking average?

jalapino said:
Sorry to hear you still have the lurgy alan!!

I have it as well and the kids 🙄

I think that is why my numbers have been high 🙂
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More than likely Ant, I hope you are all feeling better very soon 🙂 Keep an eye on those levels though - if they get too high then you should contact your nurse/doctor about increasing your insulin doses. Do you have some ketone test strips?
 
Northerner said:
More than likely Ant, I hope you are all feeling better very soon 🙂 Keep an eye on those levels though - if they get too high then you should contact your nurse/doctor about increasing your insulin doses. Do you have some ketone test strips?
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Ketone strips?.....nope! I thought they were for t1?
 
jalapino said:
Ketone strips?.....nope! I thought they were for t1?
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No, ketones can become dangerous if there is not enough insulin circulating - because you are having to inject insulin to keep your levels under control it means that there is a possibility that when you are ill you might not have enough to help clear the ketones from your system. I can't imagine for one minute that your doctor/nurse would go so far as prescribing you blood ketone strips, given their cost, but I do think that at the very least you should have some urine ketone testing strips. Get some added to your repeat prescription as soon as you can. Usually only becomes a problems when blood sugar levels are persistently in the high teens, but always better to be able to check. 🙂
 
Northerner said:
No, ketones can become dangerous if there is not enough insulin circulating - because you are having to inject insulin to keep your levels under control it means that there is a possibility that when you are ill you might not have enough to help clear the ketones from your system. I can't imagine for one minute that your doctor/nurse would go so far as prescribing you blood ketone strips, given their cost, but I do think that at the very least you should have some urine ketone testing strips. Get some added to your repeat prescription as soon as you can. Usually only becomes a problems when blood sugar levels are persistently in the high teens, but always better to be able to check. 🙂
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Ok alan..........I see what you are saying, I might just do that...better safe than sorry!! 🙂
 
Glad to hear that your cold is going Northerner. 5.0 for me this morning🙂
 
Unexpected 10.1 this morning but BGs were perfect yesterday. However I haven't been feeling very well so that may explain it
 
9.7 this morning after a really awful weekend of pain and high numbers. I've been in double figures most of the time since Friday and got up to 18.1 yesterday. Waiting call back from DSN/Consultant for advice.
 
8.5. Still too bloomin high.
 
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