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<blockquote data-quote="magicshaz" data-source="post: 156713" data-attributes="member: 29774"><p>On 23 Sept my partner (aged 43) was diagnosed with 'type 2' diabetes and told to take "one metformin a day, and I will see you next week" by his GP. he had supplied a urine test, but the gp did not follow up with glucometer check only sending him for a fasting glucose the following day, and we were going away that weekend. I am type two, and told him that he needed to take 2 tabs a day, and moved him up to that, and as he did not have a meter, I changed my lancet and tested him I was concerned his BM was climbing, but he said he was ok and refused to seek medical help. 6 days from diagnosis, he was admitted to hospital drifing in and out of conciousness with DKA. The blood gasses revealed a bm of 60 (meters dont register over 35 only say HI Ketones). His kidneys were 'stressed' and his core temp was 34. He spent 4 nights in ICU on a 'sliding scale'. He is now on 4 jabs a day. I was diagnosed 8 years ago (aged 47). The common denominator in both our diagnoses was I at the time was in a stressful position at work, working 7am to 10 pm 3 out of 5 working days, with no breaks (not even for the loo) He was promoted at the end of last year into a stressful position, 12 - 13 hour long days 5 days plus alternate saturdays. Literature states there is no link. How come I have not had the same reaction, and is his reaction more common than we think??</p><p></p><p>Also, why is the smell on the breath from ketones always described as 'pear drops'. This is very misleading, I kept checking his breath and all I could smell was something akin to farmyard manure (he has excellent oral hygiene) I was told in the hospital that this smell was more the 'ketones' smell. It certainly was not sweet!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="magicshaz, post: 156713, member: 29774"] On 23 Sept my partner (aged 43) was diagnosed with 'type 2' diabetes and told to take "one metformin a day, and I will see you next week" by his GP. he had supplied a urine test, but the gp did not follow up with glucometer check only sending him for a fasting glucose the following day, and we were going away that weekend. I am type two, and told him that he needed to take 2 tabs a day, and moved him up to that, and as he did not have a meter, I changed my lancet and tested him I was concerned his BM was climbing, but he said he was ok and refused to seek medical help. 6 days from diagnosis, he was admitted to hospital drifing in and out of conciousness with DKA. The blood gasses revealed a bm of 60 (meters dont register over 35 only say HI Ketones). His kidneys were 'stressed' and his core temp was 34. He spent 4 nights in ICU on a 'sliding scale'. He is now on 4 jabs a day. I was diagnosed 8 years ago (aged 47). The common denominator in both our diagnoses was I at the time was in a stressful position at work, working 7am to 10 pm 3 out of 5 working days, with no breaks (not even for the loo) He was promoted at the end of last year into a stressful position, 12 - 13 hour long days 5 days plus alternate saturdays. Literature states there is no link. How come I have not had the same reaction, and is his reaction more common than we think?? Also, why is the smell on the breath from ketones always described as 'pear drops'. This is very misleading, I kept checking his breath and all I could smell was something akin to farmyard manure (he has excellent oral hygiene) I was told in the hospital that this smell was more the 'ketones' smell. It certainly was not sweet! [/QUOTE]
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