Ill!!!

[Lel]

Hey all,

I woke up yesterday feeling terrible and today is even worse.
Seems to be some sort of cold thing and it's really messing me up.

BGs are all over the place!! I came into work (bad idea I think) and I have just had my lunch which I had counted all the carbs for and matched my insulin to it....the same as I do everyday and for some reason I am right up at 11.4 so I have just had to take a correction dose to make it come back down again.

It's been like this all day and it's really annoying me.

What do you all do when you are ill?? Do you always take a day off work?? I was off for 2 days about 6 weeks ago with a bad sickness bug i feel really bad when I do that.
How do you cope with haywire BG's?

I just want to go back to bed!!

 

[hanadr]

If you're likely to be infectious, Do the colleagues want it too?
Go to bed and look after yourself. you'll be back to being useful much quicker

 

[cugila]

Hi Lei.

Here's a link to some sound advice about what to do when ill, including Insulin users. Have a read.

Link: http://www.avondiabetes.nhs.uk/professi ... weston.htm

Me personally, I would have the time off and look after yourself.

Ken

 

[TROUBR]

as above, follow the sick day rules - lots of testing and GO HOME AND REST!

Hope you feel better soon!

Lou

 

[Lel]

Thanks for all your advice.

Think tomorrow might be a sick day so i can get myself well again.

x

 

[LittleSue]

You're doing the right thing. Trying to struggle on makes things worse (but sometimes we need someone else to tell us what we already know deep down). Remember that with raised sugar and possibly ketones, you effectively have a bad hangover on top of the viral symptoms that non-diabetics get (but without having enjoyed the alcohol). Non-Ds will be more insulin resistant when ill, but their bodies will deal with it automatically - no need for mental arithmetic, the blunt instrument of manual insulin doses or a crystal ball.

Hope you feel better soon.