Bex72
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- 191
- Location
- East of England
- Type of diabetes
- LADA
- Treatment type
- Insulin
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- government policies that increase inequality, brussel sprouts, neighbour's karaoke at 2am
This sounds like your DN is aware of a possible misdiagnosis, and with those numbers testing for ketones is a wise course.A couple of days in and levels still rising (last night was 26.7mmol/l and 19.6 this morning).
DN doing a dip test on urine today and says if ketones present I will need to attend A&E, likewise if levels still high in a couple of days I should attend A&E.
Thanks so much Antje 77, I’m at home and finding some aspects of LADA easier than expected and some harder. The insulin injections are simple and painless. I am struggling to balance food, insulin and activity. Lots of hypos and hypers. This is a real learning curve. I’m sure I will get there. I’ll be calling the community diabetic nurses in the morning for advice though. I have blurred vision still and it will be an enormous relief to see clearly again. Thanks again for your kind words xxlife.
I'm so happy you are taking it in your stride and at least don't have a problem with injecting!Thanks so much Antje 77, I’m at home and finding some aspects of LADA easier than expected and some harder. The insulin injections are simple and painless. I am struggling to balance food, insulin and activity. Lots of hypos and hypers. This is a real learning curve. I’m sure I will get there. I’ll be calling the community diabetic nurses in the morning for advice though. I have blurred vision still and it will be an enormous relief to see clearly again. Thanks again for your kind words xx
Thanks Antje77I'm so happy you are taking it in your stride and at least don't have a problem with injecting!
I never found that part an issue either, but for the ones who do it can make their life much more difficult.
It definitely takes time to find the right doses.
The thing which helped me most was testing ridiculously often (before I had my Libre) and keep meticulous notes of food (carbs), doses, activity and the times of all these things in relation to my BG.
I did this by making a grid on a sheet of lined paper with the hours of the day on top for colums, and rows for insulin dose, food, BG, activity and notes.
This way I could easily see connections between all those things, and also patterns over the days to learn to tweak my doses. For instance, it quickly showed me I needed a lot more insulin for the same amount of carbs in the morning than in the evening, which very much surprised my practice nurse who was treating me at the time (I was a supposed T2 still then).
If you can get hold of a Libre sensor, you can use it pretty much the same way: it allows you to record doses, carbs and exercise, which will then appear at the right points in your graph.
The blurred vision is very likely your eyes needing to adjust to changing bg levels, it will go away! Try if cheap reading glasses are of any help for the time being.
Would you mind changing your profile to T1 or LADA? This will prevent confusion when members react to your posts.
Wish you all the best, and don't hesitate to post with questions or to vent when things aren't going the way you want them too!
While we can't give dosing advise, we can think along with you.
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