illness

So I’ve woken up with ketones of 2.8 and blood sugar just reading high…given a large bolus with my normal morning insulin and an hour in no change. Feeling rather nauseous and dehydrated and I can’t think why my sugars have done this… I had my normal dinner with insulin and didn’t eat anything...

Hello, Earlier in the week my blood sugars went up to 20, panic! As had been nicely in range. I called nurse and she told me to keep testing blood sugars and for ketones. To double my meds. She thought maybe I was about to be ill...sure enough Friday sore throat and bad stomach, general achy...

In the past few weeks since I've had libre, my dsn and consultant have been lowering my overnight degludec due to learning I've been having long hypos in the night. In the past week however I've had 3 bad night time hypos. I've been waking up shaking, feeling drunk etc and been around 2.3. I am...

I have a HBA1C of 6 type one diabetic I am 29 and I have for about a year now been feeling in the afternoons like I am coming down with something but it never comes on. The symptoms I experience are Extreme tiredness Constant yawning with muscle cramps headaches with eye pains Feelings of...

Hello, I am 24 and a type 1 diabetic, diagnosed 18 years ago. I work in the City of London and as we know, the UK is experiencing a heat wave. Temperatures this week are around 33/34 degrees - 91.4F. The office I work in does not have air con and minimal fans. The humidity in London is...

just having a moan really I have been doing so well with weight loss, low carb high fat diet my blood sugars have been on average 5ish before and pre meal but I got slapped cheek of my daughter and have felt like I have had flu for past two weeks, followed by the awful rash now bad joint pain...

Evening everyone, just wondered if anyone knew how to tell the difference between the two. I've just tested my ketones with ketostix an hour ago and it reads 8 m/mol. Is this dangerous? I'm on my 5th day of the Ketogenic diet. Blood sugars have been no higher than 11 m/mol this evening, and I...

Hi all, Does anyone else find once they get one illness such as a chest infection or cold other illnesses seem to pile on top? Just curious :) I had a chest infection then a cold and it turned into flu -.- not to mention the occasional urine infection every now and again...jolly days ;)

Ok! 11 years as a diabetic, and I made a serious blunder. But I am on my horse, as the saying goes - much embarrassed but better for it. Still a bit shaky on my feet but I am not letting myself wallow in self pity.

Think I have shingles (again, have had them previously before diagnosis). Rash all up right leg. Sugars in high teens in spite of corrections. Should I call the gp tomorrow or try the pharmacist? I have a work meeting I need to be at in the morning, groan.

hello all I've had my flu jab this year but have still managed to come down with a horrible case of the flu I haven't been ill in ages and this time I feel absolutely awful can barely lift my head off the pillow and I'm feeling really sick I'm worried about my diabetes throughout all of this my...

Hello there, I normally don't catch colds and haven't had the flu in years but this week I got hit with one hell of a cold. I started noticing something was going on last Sunday at the movies - half way in to the new Star Trek movie I started coughing a bit and thought maybe it was just a...

Hi I have been vomiting all day. Taking sips of water but nothing else. Now vomiting over what can I have? How do I get my bg to where it should be? Any tips please. Feel lousy High sugar