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<blockquote data-quote="colsan" data-source="post: 657056" data-attributes="member: 131199"><p>Hi Elaine, I've just recently been diagnosed as LADA after going into DKA. Was previously diagnosed T2/MODY...my levels had been rising for a while, increased metformin to 2 x twice daily. However, made no difference to HBA1C which was retested few days before admission to hospital. Like yourself I was started on low doses of insulin basal and bolus but still having BG of up to 27mmol. Therefore was started back on metformin and basal increased to 30 units daily and bolus at a ratio of 2.5 to 10 grams of carbs....my levels have came right down. I know this sounds like a massive dose but it's keeping me alive and from going into DKA again. Maybe your doses need to be increased. I don't want to frighten you, but it's less than 4 weeks ago that it happened to me, previous to that I hadn't even heard of DKA. I didn't test my blood or ketones as I was supposedly T2/Mody. I guess what I'm saying is, take what is needed, your BG doesn't even need to be massively high to go into DKA....the second time it happened to me (2 hospital admissions in one week) my BG was just over 13 mmol! Good luck with it - it really isn't as bad as going into DKA and being told that your life was seriously at risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="colsan, post: 657056, member: 131199"] Hi Elaine, I've just recently been diagnosed as LADA after going into DKA. Was previously diagnosed T2/MODY...my levels had been rising for a while, increased metformin to 2 x twice daily. However, made no difference to HBA1C which was retested few days before admission to hospital. Like yourself I was started on low doses of insulin basal and bolus but still having BG of up to 27mmol. Therefore was started back on metformin and basal increased to 30 units daily and bolus at a ratio of 2.5 to 10 grams of carbs....my levels have came right down. I know this sounds like a massive dose but it's keeping me alive and from going into DKA again. Maybe your doses need to be increased. I don't want to frighten you, but it's less than 4 weeks ago that it happened to me, previous to that I hadn't even heard of DKA. I didn't test my blood or ketones as I was supposedly T2/Mody. I guess what I'm saying is, take what is needed, your BG doesn't even need to be massively high to go into DKA....the second time it happened to me (2 hospital admissions in one week) my BG was just over 13 mmol! Good luck with it - it really isn't as bad as going into DKA and being told that your life was seriously at risk. [/QUOTE]
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