update on me xx

Did they give you a ketone meter or strips? Hope you feel better soon.

Ask your GP for a ketone meter and test strips so you can monitor your own risk of DKA and know when to go to A&E.

Hi Nina, what is this 'plan' they have sent you out with? x

ninaleonard78 said:

been in to hospital with high blood levels at 30.7 and chest pains and not feeling right, been discharged home with plan....more test and anagram for heart within a few weeks, close monitoring of blood levels increase of medication, referral to cholesterol nurse as levels at 7.5.
managed to get my habc1 level..136!!!!.....

been told my not atypical of all signs and symptoms, so will be being poked pricked and pulled about for a number of things in the coming weeks ....
on another note, said i was handling it all well.....but i really dont feel like i am...

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How are you feeling today?

ninaleonard78 said:

as above...appointment with diabetic nurse 19th...increase of gliciazide every 3rd day until im on 2 twice a day....blood level checks by myself 7 daily...if over 28 call dr go to dr for ketone test....thats it....

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frankly i find that scandalous after the symptoms you've shown earlier..
you over 11 days away from an appointment with an expert...beyond belief

So did you even get a BG meter to test your blood sugars from the doctors/chemist or have you bought your own ?

I do hope you are feeling more comfortable, terrible how you seem to have been left to your own devices after such a scary time.

Best wishes.

So basically @ninaleonard78, you have been sent off with no idea whether you are type 1 or 2 (understandable at such an early stage), you still have high glucose levels (17 is very high and potentially dangerous) and you have no means to test whether you have ketones. I really do despair. They have told you to go into hospital if your levels go over 28? I'm sorry but that is reckless in my opinion. Please don't take this lightly, you have to put yourself first at this time, forget the housework. Are you eating enough? x

Is porridge the best option? If you’re type 2 it’s a lot of carbs. If it’s type 1 then til your meds are adjusted correctly it’s asking a lot of them for the same reason. How about eggs in some way? Or left overs? Maybe some precooked (with previous nights dinner) sausages

ninaleonard78 said:

been in to hospital with high blood levels at 30.7 and chest pains and not feeling right, been discharged home with plan....more test and anagram for heart within a few weeks, close monitoring of blood levels increase of medication, referral to cholesterol nurse as levels at 7.5.
managed to get my habc1 level..136!!!!.....

been told my not atypical of all signs and symptoms, so will be being poked pricked and pulled about for a number of things in the coming weeks ....
on another note, said i was handling it all well.....but i really dont feel like i am...

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I am so worried about you. Your blood sugar levels are extremely high! I don’t understand how they thought it was ok to discharge you from the hospital.
I agree with other posters who think that it is scandalous you were sent home in this condition. Already a bg of 18 is dangerously high anything over thirteen and you are told by doctors to test for ketones... telling you to go to the doctor’s surgery only when you are over 28 is criminal. I think you should check yourself into A&E as soon as possible. From what you have written I think you are type one. I realize that I am not a doctor and I am type one and not type two so I haven’t much knowledge of that type of diabetes but I really feel you are in danger.
Doctors don’t always get it right, we read about their mistakes all the time, because there is still an idea that you only get type one as a child so therefore you must have type two if you are an adult.
I was misdiagnosed many times before I was correctly diagnosed and they found me with blood sugar of 44! I almost died. I have no idea what the habalc was, but I can tell you I was pretty ill.
You really need to go to A&E those high numbers can cause lots of damage to your body.
If you hit 28/30 diabetic coma is very, very possible.
How are you feeling now?
You can buy ketone sticks from the chemist, they’re probably under 10 pounds as they cost around 11 euros where I live and you shouldn’t need a prescription. If you need a prescription, get an emergency one from your doctor today.
Please stay in touch on the forum to let us all know how you are. I’m sorry if I am alarming you I just want you to be safe.

I think your food is too high in carbs ,sweet potato are high carbs 20 grams per 100 grams , not sure on the soya sauce , but depending on how many grams of sweet potato you have that's quite high .

ninaleonard78 said:

really i thought sweet pot was tge best option i had about 6 fries

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Sadly the colour of carbs makes little difference. The clue is in the name.

Hi,
how are you feeling this morning?
Are your bg levels better this morning?
Hope you are feeling better today.