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I had a horrible episode of DKA start on Sunday which landed me in hospital for two night
It all started in the early hours of Sunday morning - I had been out for a few drinks for a friends birthday but drank my usual amount, stuck to the same drink with a diet mixer, checking sugars etc (joys of a diabetic night out!) when i had returned home I was sick once and went to bed, put it down to the alcohol but it was unusual as I am rarely sick after drinking! I woke up and felt a bit queasy, checked my bloods and they were ok, around 8 but a few hours later I was sick again. I didn't eat the whole day and just injected a couple of units of insulin to keep my sugars stable but it had got to about 10pm, I still hadn't eaten a thing and was throwing up every 5 minutes without fail. I then developed a temperature and my blood sugars reached 27 (yikes) so luckily my mum called an ambulance and they rushed me to A and E where I was given treatment for DKA.
This was the first time in my diabetic life this had happened (type 1 for 11 years) and although I have fully recovered its something I never wish to experience again!!
Anyone else had a similiar story?
It all started in the early hours of Sunday morning - I had been out for a few drinks for a friends birthday but drank my usual amount, stuck to the same drink with a diet mixer, checking sugars etc (joys of a diabetic night out!) when i had returned home I was sick once and went to bed, put it down to the alcohol but it was unusual as I am rarely sick after drinking! I woke up and felt a bit queasy, checked my bloods and they were ok, around 8 but a few hours later I was sick again. I didn't eat the whole day and just injected a couple of units of insulin to keep my sugars stable but it had got to about 10pm, I still hadn't eaten a thing and was throwing up every 5 minutes without fail. I then developed a temperature and my blood sugars reached 27 (yikes) so luckily my mum called an ambulance and they rushed me to A and E where I was given treatment for DKA.
This was the first time in my diabetic life this had happened (type 1 for 11 years) and although I have fully recovered its something I never wish to experience again!!
Anyone else had a similiar story?