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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2170407" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hi, welcome back to the forums. I was afraid that this would be the case after your last posts. (Did you go to A&E in the end, or see your doctor in the morning?) </p><p></p><p>They'll be reducing your levels gradually, as some organs can be damaged by too fast reductions, and they also don't want to overdo the insulin. (If your blood sugar goes too low your brain gets starved of energy, you can get confused, pass out and go into a coma. Lucky, hypoglycemia or too low blood sugar is easily treated (just eat something sweet) and most people get plenty of warning so that they don't feel worse than a bit hungry and shaky). They don't yet know how much insulin your body needs, so they have to start low and gradually increase the dose.</p><p></p><p>But now you're on insulin the risk of DKA has gone way down (they may ask you to check your ketones for a while) so they won't be worried about high blood sugars in the short or even medium term, though I'd expect them to start going down a bit pretty soon. (Not sure about the time scale though, since I was diagnosed 49 years ago, pre blood testing glucometers, and I was diagnosed very early by a T1 mother so never went near a DKA.) </p><p></p><p>Are you at home or in hospital? On a drip for DKA?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2170407, member: 372717"] Hi, welcome back to the forums. I was afraid that this would be the case after your last posts. (Did you go to A&E in the end, or see your doctor in the morning?) They'll be reducing your levels gradually, as some organs can be damaged by too fast reductions, and they also don't want to overdo the insulin. (If your blood sugar goes too low your brain gets starved of energy, you can get confused, pass out and go into a coma. Lucky, hypoglycemia or too low blood sugar is easily treated (just eat something sweet) and most people get plenty of warning so that they don't feel worse than a bit hungry and shaky). They don't yet know how much insulin your body needs, so they have to start low and gradually increase the dose. But now you're on insulin the risk of DKA has gone way down (they may ask you to check your ketones for a while) so they won't be worried about high blood sugars in the short or even medium term, though I'd expect them to start going down a bit pretty soon. (Not sure about the time scale though, since I was diagnosed 49 years ago, pre blood testing glucometers, and I was diagnosed very early by a T1 mother so never went near a DKA.) Are you at home or in hospital? On a drip for DKA? [/QUOTE]
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