High BG levels all week

Let us know what happens!
I'll have my fingers crossed you do have a stupid hidden infection or such and things will be back to normal in a couple of days with antibiotics.
Not that I think T2 is great fun but I have a hunch you prefer that one over T1. Should it turn out you were misdiagnosed, well, you know where to find us on that one as well and you'll be fine.

Just to make sure, you haven't had steroids in any form lately, have you?

 

Hi @Flora123 ,

I'm not certain what diabetes medication you are taking?
But you seem to be on (if not near.) a ketogenic diet? Which can cause nominal traces of ketones. Which would be acceptable with BGs in safe parameters.

However your BG appears to be higher, around & over 15mmol for a prolonged period.
Keep a close eye on both BG & ketone levels.
& don't hesitate to call 111 for a medical advisor. I used the 111 service once for a friend in difficulty . They can help & will dispatch an ambulance if need be..

Kind regards.

 

Better safe than sorry Flora. If your GP is bewildered you're not moving forward with him. As time goes on, you (and probably your GP) do need help and support with this.

Please don't think I'm having a go at your GP, but if he has no clue, then he can send an email to a consultant for guidance. They're usually quite responsive, as those emails tend to go into a departmental central email inbox, where they're picked off by the on-call consultant. My own GP used the system very well when she was scratching her head over my very atypical thyroid issues.

Please let us know how you get along.

 

Hi @Flora123 ,
I'm glad you're at the hospital. I suppose you've already decided on bicuits yay or nay, but in this case I'd eat them. Your bg is already through the roof and if a couple of biscuits send you even higher they'll have a clearer picture of what is going on.

(Forum was down or almost down for hours today, hence the lack of response!)

 

I agree. I'd get on with the biccies.

Whilst a wholly different set of circumstances, when I had a day case op, I had to eat before I went home. I was offered from a variety of sandwiches, plus crisps, biscuits cakes and so on.

To be candid, my view was the sandwich was the trigger to going home. Nothing more. Nothing less. It wasn't a good sandwich, but I couldn't be bothered to argue. This was in the days prior to going gluten-free. Today, I'd have the GF sandwich.

Flora, to be honest, if your blood sugars go higher, it will only amplify your need for help. It if makes you feel unwell, you are in the best place to get help.

My finger are crossed for you.

 

Where are you now, Flora? Wherever you are, your story continues. Whatever you do, don't just take the "uou're fine" line, which I would view as a thinly veiled "too complicated for me. I'll send back to primary care and hope someone else picks it up next time".

I'm not suggesting those are the word in their heads, but that would be, in my head, what it meant, and I would be frustrated and probably quite angry. (Been there, done that - once - with my thyroid)

Unfortunately, whilst now is not the time you feel it, this is the time when you have to be quite assertive and robust in your approach. There will never be a stronger advocate for our own health as ourselves.

 

Excellent. Sounds like they're taking an interest. I'd have been very concerned if you had been sent home.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you.