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<blockquote data-quote="Catsymoo" data-source="post: 2174653" data-attributes="member: 45466"><p>Hey guys,</p><p></p><p>Been off work the last 2 days with suspected tonsillitis, which has turned into the most vile cold-like virus I've ever had. I can't hear, I can barely breathe or swallow and I am maxed out on pretty much everything I can take for it. My eyes are watering and my head feels like it wants to explode. The pain behind my ears and below my eyes is unbearable and I am so miserable. This is just one month after being off work for a week with a UTI and the flu!!! I get so annoyed that people come into work ill and then people like me catch it and I end up really sick.</p><p></p><p>My levels haven't been too bad until today. They've been between 10 and 12 which is good for me considering I am ill. I went up from 9 to 17 between lunchtime and about 6pm, and I ate normal food and bolused for it like I usually would, I had rice noodles for dinner and my BG went up to 21, it's now down to 20. I've been keeping an eye on my urine with those multi test strips that show everything, noticed I've got some ketones going on. It's ''moderate'' on the scale, so it's somewhere between 1.5 and 4. I feel alright diabetes wise, I don't have any fruity breath or abdomen pain. I've gone up to 24-27mmol in the past and not had any ketones, just felt rubbish and lethargic. (This was in 2017) I might be dehydrated as I've not been drinking much due to pain when swallowing.</p><p></p><p>What do I do? I've started chugging water and testing my levels to see if it comes down, and slowly correcting every few hours. I don't think I am going to make it in to work tomorrow regardless, I feel so ill and bunged up. And I work on the phones!</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I've just done another test and my correction is starting to work, it's dropped to 18.9 now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catsymoo, post: 2174653, member: 45466"] Hey guys, Been off work the last 2 days with suspected tonsillitis, which has turned into the most vile cold-like virus I've ever had. I can't hear, I can barely breathe or swallow and I am maxed out on pretty much everything I can take for it. My eyes are watering and my head feels like it wants to explode. The pain behind my ears and below my eyes is unbearable and I am so miserable. This is just one month after being off work for a week with a UTI and the flu!!! I get so annoyed that people come into work ill and then people like me catch it and I end up really sick. My levels haven't been too bad until today. They've been between 10 and 12 which is good for me considering I am ill. I went up from 9 to 17 between lunchtime and about 6pm, and I ate normal food and bolused for it like I usually would, I had rice noodles for dinner and my BG went up to 21, it's now down to 20. I've been keeping an eye on my urine with those multi test strips that show everything, noticed I've got some ketones going on. It's ''moderate'' on the scale, so it's somewhere between 1.5 and 4. I feel alright diabetes wise, I don't have any fruity breath or abdomen pain. I've gone up to 24-27mmol in the past and not had any ketones, just felt rubbish and lethargic. (This was in 2017) I might be dehydrated as I've not been drinking much due to pain when swallowing. What do I do? I've started chugging water and testing my levels to see if it comes down, and slowly correcting every few hours. I don't think I am going to make it in to work tomorrow regardless, I feel so ill and bunged up. And I work on the phones! EDIT: I've just done another test and my correction is starting to work, it's dropped to 18.9 now. [/QUOTE]
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