Ketosis - from on extreme to the next

[KayeStevenson]

Hi All

Last night at 10pm I tested negative with Ketostix. Just tested and I now have high readings of 8mmol/L verging on 16mmol/L. I swear I can feel my body digesting its own fat....very odd. I'd really like to get back into normal range but with little success.

Apologies if I am being a bit of a hypochondriac today but not having a fun time.

 

[Brunneria]

Drink lots of water, and keep checking your ketones.

Have you been drinking enough? Concentration of urine plays havoc with the ketone readings.
And have you been eating? Starvation ketosis kicks in otherwise.

Personally, I think those Ketostix are pretty useless, but the alternatives (buying a meter and strips that test blood ketones, or one of the other gadgets are very expensive)

And hypochondria - or feeling like a hypochondriac - is traditional. I have had the Black Death and Meningitis, don't ya know.

Just bear in mind that as an RHer, the odds of ketoacidosis are minute.
So unless you get up higher (I will hunt out the graph, but I think it is over 13) you aren't being harmed.

 

[Brunneria]

Here you go:



Actually, memory is dredging back.
For ketoacidosis you need a combo of bg over 13, and ketones over 10.
So unless your bg shoots up, you should be fine.