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<blockquote data-quote="Lynnzhealth" data-source="post: 2099818" data-attributes="member: 436056"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px">I had posted earlier about my DKA episode back in May. I had an appt with the Specialist yesterday. I was diagnosed T2 in March 2017, but went into DKA in May 2019. I was in hospital for 4.5 days and was very sick according to the nurses/doctors. I knew nothing about DKA. The doctors sent bloodwork off Island to check the antibodies and whatever else so they could give me a correct diagnosis. I had my appt yesterday with the Specialist and he confirmed T1. He said in his 30 years he has had a few younger people do this, however I was the oldest so far. He said he has had three or four people since my episode come into the ER with DKA and they are in my age range, but a little younger. I'm 71. He is puzzled why this is happening now. I've been on insulin since my hospital stay and trying to cut back on bread/sweets. For the two previous years I was on low carb, healthy fat, lost 55 lbs, and my bloodwork results were excellent. He also confirmed this yesterday and said I look great. When I was in hospital I only got regular foods, like people without diabetes. Now, I'm having a very hard time going low carb again. I have put on 11 pounds, with most of it on my stomach and thighs. I know I have to be careful adjusting my insulin, but I'm thinking if I just stop eating bread (flours) and cookies (sugar) that will be an immense help. I find that eating those things really spikes my blood glucose. I need it to level off. He said a good range for me would be 5 - 7, because below 5 it can lower really quickly and that's not good because I live alone. He did say my A1C is coming back down to the good range again. So, now that I know it is actually T1, I can begin to work on putting things back in order with my 'bad' carbs and getting my BG back to where I had it before this incident.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lynnzhealth, post: 2099818, member: 436056"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]I had posted earlier about my DKA episode back in May. I had an appt with the Specialist yesterday. I was diagnosed T2 in March 2017, but went into DKA in May 2019. I was in hospital for 4.5 days and was very sick according to the nurses/doctors. I knew nothing about DKA. The doctors sent bloodwork off Island to check the antibodies and whatever else so they could give me a correct diagnosis. I had my appt yesterday with the Specialist and he confirmed T1. He said in his 30 years he has had a few younger people do this, however I was the oldest so far. He said he has had three or four people since my episode come into the ER with DKA and they are in my age range, but a little younger. I'm 71. He is puzzled why this is happening now. I've been on insulin since my hospital stay and trying to cut back on bread/sweets. For the two previous years I was on low carb, healthy fat, lost 55 lbs, and my bloodwork results were excellent. He also confirmed this yesterday and said I look great. When I was in hospital I only got regular foods, like people without diabetes. Now, I'm having a very hard time going low carb again. I have put on 11 pounds, with most of it on my stomach and thighs. I know I have to be careful adjusting my insulin, but I'm thinking if I just stop eating bread (flours) and cookies (sugar) that will be an immense help. I find that eating those things really spikes my blood glucose. I need it to level off. He said a good range for me would be 5 - 7, because below 5 it can lower really quickly and that's not good because I live alone. He did say my A1C is coming back down to the good range again. So, now that I know it is actually T1, I can begin to work on putting things back in order with my 'bad' carbs and getting my BG back to where I had it before this incident.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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