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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2090428" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Type 2 with ketones? Okay... Does that mean you're following a ketogenic diet?</p><p></p><p>Okay, let me start at the beginning. If you have a lot of ketones floating around, your body is burning body fat. That is a good thing, <em>if </em>you're eating a very low carbohydrate diet. (Meaning 20 grams of carbs a day or less). But from the sound of it you didn't know the term ketosis before all this happened, and people who go that low carb, usually know the lingo. So I'm a little concerned here. If you've got ketones <em>and </em>high bloodsugars, I wonder what you're eating. Because you could be a T1, Mody or LADA instead, and if you are, you really, really want to know, as treatment is different. If you're still eating a carb-heavy diet (bread, spuds, pasta, rice, corn, cereal etc), go back to your doctor and ask for a C-peptide and a GAD test. Otherwise, if you're 100% certain you're truly a T2, have a read here: <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/</a> Don't follow the advice in there blindly if you're on insulin, just learn a little about the condition and go from there. Don't do or change anything without your doc's help. And get yourself Dr. Jason Fung's the Diabetes Code, it's an excellent read and a lifesaver.</p><p></p><p>As for your eyesight: The sugar in your eyes was distorting your vision. Now the insulin is reducing the sugar in your body, your brain, which has been correcting for your distorted vision all this time, has to get used to not doing that anymore. So getting cheap specs was a good move, because your eyesight'll return to normal in a week or two. </p><p></p><p>And careful with the 3's. Those are hypo's, and as you're on insulin they can knock you out, and worse. Make sure you always have dextro or jellybabies with you.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2090428, member: 401801"] Type 2 with ketones? Okay... Does that mean you're following a ketogenic diet? Okay, let me start at the beginning. If you have a lot of ketones floating around, your body is burning body fat. That is a good thing, [I]if [/I]you're eating a very low carbohydrate diet. (Meaning 20 grams of carbs a day or less). But from the sound of it you didn't know the term ketosis before all this happened, and people who go that low carb, usually know the lingo. So I'm a little concerned here. If you've got ketones [I]and [/I]high bloodsugars, I wonder what you're eating. Because you could be a T1, Mody or LADA instead, and if you are, you really, really want to know, as treatment is different. If you're still eating a carb-heavy diet (bread, spuds, pasta, rice, corn, cereal etc), go back to your doctor and ask for a C-peptide and a GAD test. Otherwise, if you're 100% certain you're truly a T2, have a read here: [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/[/URL] Don't follow the advice in there blindly if you're on insulin, just learn a little about the condition and go from there. Don't do or change anything without your doc's help. And get yourself Dr. Jason Fung's the Diabetes Code, it's an excellent read and a lifesaver. As for your eyesight: The sugar in your eyes was distorting your vision. Now the insulin is reducing the sugar in your body, your brain, which has been correcting for your distorted vision all this time, has to get used to not doing that anymore. So getting cheap specs was a good move, because your eyesight'll return to normal in a week or two. And careful with the 3's. Those are hypo's, and as you're on insulin they can knock you out, and worse. Make sure you always have dextro or jellybabies with you. Good luck! Jo [/QUOTE]
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