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Confused at my current situation after illness

alhubb said:
Hopefully this conversation will inspire you to investigate what happens in your body more.
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How many of your posts on this thread received an agree or any positive rating for that matter @alhubb?

Once you've contributed a little more than a handful of posts to the forum; and have received multiple instances of positive feedback from our members - then I guess you can tell me to "investigate what happens in my body more".

Have a nice weekend,
Grant
 
rickykemp said:
sorry to cause any arguments here. Regarding taking my insulin, I am now that I am able to eat, but at a reduced dose (1:1 rather than 1:1.5). I am pretty much back at my normal diet, but again, my blood readings are extremely stable and havent budged from 6.0 to 7.0 all day, even after a bottle of locozade (the sport one with the electrolytes as i'm still recovering) and some digestives. I had a sandwich at lunch, and with my normal novarapid dose I would go to 9, then a gradual decrease to 4-5 but my blood hasnt budged and has stayed within the 6.0 to 7.0 range.

I've even tested my meter, and that is working fine according to the control solution instructions.
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No arguments here, just friendly debate:) You have nothing to be sorry about!

Can you advise what your ratio of 1:1 and 1:1.5 refers to? Are you using carbohydrate portions by any chance?

Did you bolus at all for your lucozade?

From the information you've provided; and the surprising ability to go 4 days without insulin during illness and not experience hyperglycaemia or the development of ketones; it would seem that you may be making some of your own insulin still. The tests which @catapillar mentioned are these two:

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/gad-antibody-test.html

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/c-peptide-test.html

In addition to @catapillar's link regarding sick day rules for T1's; you may find this flowchart of use the next time you're feeling under the weather:

http://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/ketocard/ketosheet.pdf

I wish you a swift recovery and hope you're back fighting fit soon:) There's nothing worse than being unwell; especially when trying to manage diabetes at the same time.
 
Please be wary and make sure apart from the diabetes that you do get back to full nutrition as my stepdad and mom got it on a cruise recently and 4 weeks later my stepdad immune system so low he got pneumonia and pleurisy.
Hospital put it down to immune system still under attack after the novovirus.

You need to get your immune system bolstered and eating good nutritional food or a multivitamin etc will help.

Sorry about the debates before... I would advise speaking to a DSN / GP and asking if they did a GAD test on you for the T1. It may just be a late honeymoon period but dont delay with going back to insulin if levels do jack up... dont think That they will jyst come down.
 
GrantGam said:
How many of your posts on this thread received an agree or any positive rating for that matter @alhubb?

Once you've contributed a little more than a handful of posts to the forum; and have received multiple instances of positive feedback from our members - then I guess you can tell me to "investigate what happens in my body more".

Have a nice weekend,
Grant
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What has that got to do with anything? I'm not sure how many posts I put on a diabetes forum has anything to do with my knowledge of science or biology. But it clearly shows your level of knowledge about the subject as you base your information on the number of "likes" and posts on the internet.

After that comment, I really am not going to debate this with you anymore.
 
Thanks guys... You know why I posted. o_O

I'll say no more providing the "debate" follows suit.... :facepalm:
 
alhubb said:
What has that got to do with anything? I'm not sure how many posts I put on a diabetes forum has anything to do with my knowledge of science or biology. But it clearly shows your level of knowledge about the subject as you base your information on the number of "likes" and posts on the internet.

After that comment, I really am not going to debate this with you anymore.
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It's not about chasing popularity @alhubb, but typically if a post has weight to it - it tends to get backed up by other forum members, one way or the other. If you were to read back through any of my posts, you can see popularity is something I am in no way concerned about:)

Good luck with the ol' science and biology!
 
rickykemp said:
I've recently suffered a spell of norovirus which hit me particularly hard. I'm a T1 coming up to 3-4 years with good control (average HBA1C around 40) and to make sure I didn't crash blood sugar wise (I almost went into hypo coma last time I had food poisoining) I decided not to take either insulin as I wasnt able to eat anything, and for the last 4 days, including the time I was ill, my blood sugar has remained steadfast in the 5-8 range even when I have been able to eat/drink.

Obviously, people with T1D don't get better. There isn't a cure. I know that.

I've always suspected I've been able to produce some insulin (hence my low HBA1C) which helps my control, but surely if I wasn't eating/drinking anything, my blood sugar would have dropped, and when I do eat, it should have risen without insulin.

Could it be something related to my immune system being 'distracted' from attacking the islet cells by the norovirus? Has anyone else had something like this?
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Hi Ricky,

Hope you're feeling better. I imagine your glucose stayed within range as your body was using up glucose as it needs energy to fight the infection and for normal function etc. However, that doesn't mean it will always be the same situation day-day etc. I see other people have mentioned sick day rules and speaking to your DSN/GP, I would also recommend this.

Also, a good overall summary on insulin action and role of insulin in regulation of glucose storage/absorption/use.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin
 
GrantGam said:
It's not about chasing popularity @alhubb, but typically if a post has weight to it - it tends to get backed up by other forum members, one way or the other. If you were to read back through any of my posts, you can see popularity is something I am in no way concerned about:)

Good luck with the ol' science and biology!
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Benefit of the doubt.. Posts crossing over.

@alhubb too. Please read my earlier comment.

We're talking thread derailment.
 
I have been struggling as a t1 with a persistent pleurisy and lung infection. When it flares up my blood sugar goes sky high and now it is reasonable under control I still struggle to get back to normal. My insulin intake hS more then doubled over this period and remains on this level. If your bs stayed normal with an infection you should discussing this with your care team. For a t1 not taking insulin while sick can be deadly as ketones build up quickly
 
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