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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2280062" data-attributes="member: 41816">Hi,High blood glucose and ketones are a potentially dangerous combination - in the absence of sufficient insulin.Type 2 usually have high insulin, which makes them less likely to experience ketoacidosis than type 1s (assuming that the T1/T2 diagnosis is accurate, of course!)My advice would be to yes, check for ketones if your blood glucose is high, and I think yours is often high.But you can ask your doctor or consultant for the ketone testing equipment.  Blood ketone tests are much better than urine ketone tests.  You can then also have a conversation with them about why they haven't already supplied you with this, since you have a history of high blood glucose levels, and you are on insulin.  At present, your insulin doses are not sufficient to control your blood glucose (as shown in your previous posts), so it just makes sense to test for ketones.You may find these two threads interesting to read:<a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/heat-and-blood-sugars.175253/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/heat-and-blood-sugars.175253/</a><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/ketones.175337/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/ketones.175337/</a></blockquote>

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