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<blockquote data-quote="MillieT" data-source="post: 2191539" data-attributes="member: 462792"><p>hi, I'm now over 2 weeks into doing this carb free diet, like i have said i have lost weight, my sugars are way down to what they were, i'm hitting 4's and 6's which i never did for over a year, trouble is i am on empagliflozin and after speaking somewhere else here on the forum and i'm told that this should not be taken when on a keto diet... now, i do have quite a few dizzy spells, i feel nauseous but never actually sick, i do go to the loo like i lost count how many times a day but then i also drink a couple of litres of fresh water every day too, i keep getting this nasty acid like tummy ache and have had diarrhea yesterday but only the one day and though it could be some form of cleansing due to the diet.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, these dizzy spells, the hot flushes and i do get very thirsty are symptoms of the KA but my sugars are not high at all, today i woke up on 5 exactly and after breakfast i went to 6.2, i have one of these urine testing kits (EconoTest) and it shows i have lots of ketones as i expected from the diet- but this test strip also says that i have high glucose and this is where i'm getting confused, how can i have high glucose when my sugars are low and sorry to seem thick- i get dreadful brain fog since radiotherapy. I have to admit, i feel thinner but also quite rotten, i have been really irritable too or more than usual.</p><p></p><p>I am due to see my nurse next week too so shall be mentioning all of this but due to my horrendous anxiety I kind of need some advice to try and at least settle down a bit, i have paced up and down, washed the same washing 3 times today and just don't know what to do with myself.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]37550[/ATTACH] .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MillieT, post: 2191539, member: 462792"] hi, I'm now over 2 weeks into doing this carb free diet, like i have said i have lost weight, my sugars are way down to what they were, i'm hitting 4's and 6's which i never did for over a year, trouble is i am on empagliflozin and after speaking somewhere else here on the forum and i'm told that this should not be taken when on a keto diet... now, i do have quite a few dizzy spells, i feel nauseous but never actually sick, i do go to the loo like i lost count how many times a day but then i also drink a couple of litres of fresh water every day too, i keep getting this nasty acid like tummy ache and have had diarrhea yesterday but only the one day and though it could be some form of cleansing due to the diet. Anyway, these dizzy spells, the hot flushes and i do get very thirsty are symptoms of the KA but my sugars are not high at all, today i woke up on 5 exactly and after breakfast i went to 6.2, i have one of these urine testing kits (EconoTest) and it shows i have lots of ketones as i expected from the diet- but this test strip also says that i have high glucose and this is where i'm getting confused, how can i have high glucose when my sugars are low and sorry to seem thick- i get dreadful brain fog since radiotherapy. I have to admit, i feel thinner but also quite rotten, i have been really irritable too or more than usual. I am due to see my nurse next week too so shall be mentioning all of this but due to my horrendous anxiety I kind of need some advice to try and at least settle down a bit, i have paced up and down, washed the same washing 3 times today and just don't know what to do with myself. [ATTACH=full]37550[/ATTACH] . [/QUOTE]
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