I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 12 years ago, and i have been on insulin for 10 yrs, everything was ok, I was on 50 units of insulin (Humalog Mix 24) and 50 units in the evening, my HBA1C was fantastic and they were very happy with me. in March I snapped my Achilles Tendon and I was put on an Injection every day to stop any blood clotting, It was making me wee a lot. and I had my foot n a special boot for 4 months, I could not remove it, I even had to sleep in it, it was around this time i started having very low blood readings when i went to bed, it went as low as 3.5 at one time, and it also showed Keytones, I was vomiting and then started going very hot and clammy, I had to drink a bottle of Lucozade to bring my blood sugars up and lay underneath the cold ceiling fan after about 1 hour I would start to feel better, I contacted my doctor who told me to drop my insulin down to 45 units, I did this and it helped, but is still started feeling sick when I went to bed although my blood didnt drop as much, I told the doctor and he took me off one of my tablets Bezafibrate. (I also take Metformin). I had my boot removed 6 weeks ago and I stopped using the injection, but since then my bloods have been up and down drastically. when i go to bed at night my blood can be 7.5 i can lay in bed and read my book for an hour and my blood reading will drop within an hour down to 4.5, when i know it is dropping so drastically and I can also feel myself feeling poorly, I take some glucose tablets to bring my sugar up, when i get up in the morning my blood readings can be as high as 11. on one reading it also said 'Keytones' This frightened me because someone told me that if i get them it will poison my body and can cause death, tonight I started going light headed and feeling a bit strange, I checked my blood sugar and it was reading 7.5 i took it again half hour later (10 minutes ago) and it shows 6.5 so it is dropping again, I have just taken a glucose tablet to arrest it, and I have stopped feeling shaky, I am also losing weight, I was also told that this can be down to keytones. so its frightened me about these keytones and whats going on with my blood going up and down. I do not eat Chocolate, Cakes or Sweets. or sugar in my Tea / Coffe, my daily meals are usually, |Cornflakes and skimmed milk for breakfast about 09.00, a sandwich for dinner about 13.00/13.30 and for my evening meal Jacket Spud with Veg and some filling, Any help would be gratefully accepted as i am sure the stress doesnt help. Thank You.
Tankie
