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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2065916" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Other things to check</p><p>1) injection sites - if overused they may develop lipohypertrophy and not absorb the insulin correctly.</p><p>2) insulin and pens (assuming you're on MDI, if a pump you've probably checked all this already). Make sure they are all working correctly, change the insulin cartridges to be on the safe side.</p><p>3) Could you have been on an extended honeymoon period which has now ended?</p><p></p><p>Most likely you've caught a (non-diabetes-related) illness of some sort, which is messing up your sugars, but as [USER=181361]@helensaramay[/USER] says there can be lots of causes. Often you never find out the cause for sure. The drowsiness and headache could be the cause or the result of the high blood sugars but they don't sound right. And if your blood sugars remain high you need to keep checking for ketones.</p><p></p><p>Here's a link to the DAFNE sick day rules, as supplied by [USER=53162]@Juicyj[/USER] </p><p><a href="http://www.dafne.uk.com/uploads/224/documents/G01.002,%20version%201%20(May%202018)%20-Sick%20day%20rules%20-%20Standard.pdf?0.05989376025650173" target="_blank">http://www.dafne.uk.com/uploads/224/documents/G01.002, version 1 (May 2018) -Sick day rules - Standard.pdf?0.05989376025650173</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2065916, member: 372717"] Other things to check 1) injection sites - if overused they may develop lipohypertrophy and not absorb the insulin correctly. 2) insulin and pens (assuming you're on MDI, if a pump you've probably checked all this already). Make sure they are all working correctly, change the insulin cartridges to be on the safe side. 3) Could you have been on an extended honeymoon period which has now ended? Most likely you've caught a (non-diabetes-related) illness of some sort, which is messing up your sugars, but as [USER=181361]@helensaramay[/USER] says there can be lots of causes. Often you never find out the cause for sure. The drowsiness and headache could be the cause or the result of the high blood sugars but they don't sound right. And if your blood sugars remain high you need to keep checking for ketones. Here's a link to the DAFNE sick day rules, as supplied by [USER=53162]@Juicyj[/USER] [URL]http://www.dafne.uk.com/uploads/224/documents/G01.002,%20version%201%20(May%202018)%20-Sick%20day%20rules%20-%20Standard.pdf?0.05989376025650173[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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