Help re high levels

[Jaxx01]

Hi all

My mum was diagnosed two weeks after me as type 2. She came round mine one day feeling rubbish so I tested her and she was very high 20's :/

I sent her straight to docs who of course sent her for a fasting glucose and hba1c. She also had ketones??

my question us this : I have been swaying her towards lowering her carbs and have witnessed her really trying, she on 1000mg metformin a day but after three weeks now her levels are STILL in the twenties?? after a breakfast of very very low carbs she got a 23 :/

Does this sound right to you guys? It doesn't sound right to me? I'm wonderjng of she is type 2 or maybe type 1? Or may need some medicine? All I know it it's not nice for her to not have any kind of control whatsoever any advice?

 

[angieG]

Has she been tested for keytones since?
If she is still running high levels and has keytones present then I would suggest she is more likely to be a type 1 and wants to be going back to see the Doctor soon.

Regards
Angie

 

[Jaxx01]

No she hasn't been tested since and is actually worrying about the ketones she's got an appointment thus morning thank god! X

 

[Defren]

When you say mom has a low carb breakfast what does she usually have? It's much easier to see where problems may be, with a menu. For ketones, if you go to your local Pharmacy you can buy Ketostix, they are not expensive, and she can test to re-assure herself. Ketones and a high BG is not a good combination, it points towards Ketoacidosis which is very dangerous. I always have ketones, but mine are dietary and very safe, and I want to see ketones when I test.

Please let us know how your mom gets on, it's such a worry isn't it?

Take care - Jo.

 

[Jaxx01]

When you say yours are dietary what does that mean? And can you tell the difference? Sorry I'm just clueless lol x

 

[Defren]

When you say yours are dietary what does that mean? And can you tell the difference? Sorry I'm just clueless lol x

I eat a very, very low carb diet, so my body has almost no carbs to use as energy. The body then changes from a carb burning machine to a fat burning machine. This is called being in ketosis, and it's dietary and perfectly safe. When you have high BG levels, and ketones, that is a different matter, it's not safe at all. If your mom has high BG and ketones she must be seen by a qualified person. Often on the forum if someone reports those two things together, we advise they go to A&E that's how bad it can be. As your mom is seeing her GP today, then s/he will be able to suggest the appropriate treatment, and she will be absolutely fine, so don't worry, but do always keep high ketones matched with high BG in mind.

 

[Jaxx01]

Thanks for your replies she's had her meds upped to 2000mg of metformin and 40g gliclazide so hopefully that night help! She didn't have ketones today thankfully xx