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Ok, thank you. That is very helpful Resurgam. Perhaps when I go for my appointment at the diabetic centre, they will tell me about that as an option....I perhaps need to emphasize the low carb diet I had been on and want to continue - partly related to what I had been taught to do re. my so...

Yes, I have been making quite a bit of effort to document what i am eating and when the hypos fit into that pattern etc, so hopefully the GP and consulant and Diabetic Team will take that properly into account when adjusting insulin. The hypos have lessened now in frequency, but have not gone...

Yes, the losing weight because of the high BS makes sense doesn't it? maybe it had nothing to do with the kefir, although that is a claim with kefir...hence the confusion. I am muddle about the significance of the Ac1 test and the BG levels. I know the Ac1 refers to the amount of haemoglobin...

No, I am not sure that fully registered with them. I had done the X-pert Diabetes 2 course (which diagnosis they at that time had given me), which is run by the NHS ( a six weekly course) and learnt that carbs should be kept down. I probably kept them down more than I needed to, and also...

Thank you very much HelenSaraMay! I will look into this 'basal-bolus' thing. At the moment it is a 'mix' which means I think that though it is fixed, there is long term underlying amount of insulin, with some other amount running along, as it were, on top, if that makes sense? I do have an...

Yes, I presume I have had DKA as you say, the letter says so. At least it says "Treated on arrival AS DKA." which I suppose is saying the same thing, and not implying there might be doubt....I tend to read between the lines of things, and the actual language used....Probably I am far too...

Yes, I am in the UK, and no they have not referred to this yet, but I will be looking into it, and some kind of support group locally too for DT1. Thank you for your response.

Yes, thanks, I agree I must right now focus on the BG levels and not get too concerned about weight gain, but it seems that not enough attention is given to adjusting insulin levels until we pressed in that direction, and far too much focus on just eating more carbs in meals and snacks to halt...

It seems I had far too much insulin pumped into me at the outset of diagnosis when I was in intensive care. This caused so many hypos on discharge, I have had no option at this time but to seek to control high blood glucose with carbs, and reduce down the insulin. Diabetic District nurses now...

Hi Hi Michita, thank you for your comments. That is interesting what you say about the ph level mattering more. so would you say it is possible that I did not have DKA? Since I was on kefir there may well have been side effects, but I cannot say I felt terribly ill when the GP sent me...

hi MeiChanski, thank you for your response. I am on Novomix 30 Flex Pen. My BMI was 25.3 BEFORE this event, but now from 11stone 4, because of all the carbs to control the hypos, I am around 12 stone, which is very annoying! The kefir seemed to help me lose weight.....Now the insulin has...

I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes about a year ago, and had been religiously following advised diet, and exercising 30 mins a day on my exerciser. I started taking the probiotic which I was harvesting called Kefir, and quickly lost weight. But at the same time, I had a cold which turned...

Thank you yes that has already come up as an issue with supper tonight I did ask about it but they don't seem too concerned even giving me biscuits why are they not concerned about carbs the impression they give is it that is not important or even sugar. So do I even need to take responsibility...

Thank you so much for your help and advice it was really important and my situation was seen to be very dangerous in the end when I saw my doctor this morning if you read a thread you will see what has happened I am now in hospital having been admitted in emergency and staying having tests and...

Dka being addressed blood glucose going down as the evening goes on. Getting stabbed in a finger every single hour! I'm not at all used to hospital settings at least not admissions so this is all quite a strange experience and all feels quite surreal today

Again thank you very much for your very helpful response

Thank you so much for your response and advice and suggestions this has been really really helpful

Further to this I want to ask for people's views on here because the doctor I saw earlier said that this was very likely he thought to be diabetes 1 and had been misdiagnosed now I've done some research since on my phone and find that often with this diabetic ketoacidosis its most often with...

Hey I am in hospital having been admitted directly from my GP Surgery into the Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham I took in a urine sample this morning and she tested for kids ketones and I was 3 plus I think she said and she was clearly shocked and embarrassed and held her head in her hand and rang...

Thank you for this suggestion. I am seeing gp tomorrow and will ask for both re-run and antibody test!