@EllieM yes and yes still waiting
@HSSS I ment unwanted ketones. I am sorry if I used wrong terminology. I am new to all of these. Never heard of ketogenic diet before, learning something new each day
A ketogenic diet is just low enough carbs to mean that fat is being used as the main energy source, thereby generating ketones. I'm on a moderately low carb diet, and ketones of 0.3 or so are normal for me. (Only time I remember being over 1 I had a stomach bug and had fasted for a day.) I believe dietary ketosis is supposed to start at a blood ketone level of around 1 ??? (Not sure about this, so happy to be corrected by the more knowledgeable.)
If my personal ketones were over 1, I'd be concerned if I had accompanying high blood sugars, as I'm not aiming for a keto diet. (Waits for correction from more knowledgeable T1s),
I believe that pump users can go into DKA quite quickly if their pump stops working, because all their insulin is short acting. I personally have never had a DKA in 52 years of insulin use, but then I've always had injected insulin in my system. (Though my diabetic consultant was a little surprised when I told her this a few years ago, and immediately issued me with a ketone testing meter.
Before that I just used urine testing strips for ketones.)
Anyway, I hope you get your results soon.