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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      The resources I use in managing my glucose levels once sick is my own personal experience after living with t1d for 46 years
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      Just did what makes sense to me- eating less carbs, watching blood glucose more often and taking corrections as needed. Also some level of activity if possible.
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      Been type 1 since the early 80's learned self management as therapies changed. Unless hospitalized(which I never am anymore) I decide how much insulin to put in my body based on my on going experience with the 1000's of reasons I may need more or less of it. I do love my pump, insulin and CGM so I guess I have to tell the doctor what I do once a year. .. I just keep throwing info and facts he isn't up on till he gets a glazed over look on his face and writes my scripts. I find the most inconvenient part of diabetes is all the people that want to help but don't know much about everyday life with the disease. And NO I do not want to join a discussion group!
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      Many times I have needed to adjust insulin intake amount in order to cope with illness, but only rarely needed outside help. In the early 1970’s I made some mistakes managing influenza. My BG went very high (no meter available for testing at home), and I ended up in the hospital then.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      Except for those brand new at this, we all know the drill. We know that we need to be flexible, make adjustments, and pay attention.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      only time that I have been sick was when I got COVID during Jan '22. my sugars were going crazy high and I couldn't understand why but when I tested positive for COVID, in retrospect it made sense.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      Except for those brand new at this, we all know the drill. We know that we need to be flexible, make adjustments, and pay attention.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
    • 12 minutes ago
      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
    • 12 minutes ago
      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
    • 12 minutes ago
      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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      Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
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    Have you ever experienced elevated ketones without high blood glucose levels?

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    36 Comments

    1. Mick Martin

      Many years ago I used to be a bit of a fitness ‘freak’, and one of the sports that I used to participate in was boxing. I used to ‘starve’ myself purposely to keep my weight down so that I could meet the requirements for the weight category that I used to box in. This resulted in ketone production as my body would deliberately break down fat reserves in order to ‘feed’ me.

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    2. Abraham Remson

      I have never had a problem with ketones. I was even given ketone sticks to test. Even when my sugar was high for a few days. This was an indication that I had some kind of virus or some other infection

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    3. Bonnie kenney

      I was on Jardiance…while on a pump…I am type 1. I started spilling ketones after taking it a few years. My Dr took me off immediately.

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    4. Henry McNett

      Yes, it is called nutritional ketosis resulting from a low carbohydrate diet.

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      1. Christina Trudo

        isnt this what killed karen carpenter?

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      2. KarenM6

        Hi Christina –
        No. What killed Karen Carpenter was Anorexia – which is, basically, not eating at all… no or too low of a caloric intake.
        A low carb diet does not preclude caloric intake from non-starchy vegetables or meat or fat.
        A low carb diet means the person is avoiding breads, fruits, starches and pastas also.
        I hope this information helps!

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    5. Sharon Lillibridge

      i would not know….not something I am concerned with.

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    6. Ernie Richmann

      I just don’t know.

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    7. Christina Trudo

      Not without any kind of high, but the one time I had ketones that landed me in the hospital my sugar was not super high, high 200s.

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    8. Sahran Holiday

      My endocrinologist told me not to bother testing for ketones even from an occasional high blood glucose. Probably on my lab tests. No one ever said anything.

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    9. Dave Barden

      Don think. Been a long while since I’ve checked for ketones. At what bs reading do people check for ketones.

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      1. AnitaS

        I know many people have been told to test if sugar levels go above 250, but not sure if that is what the people who are answering in this survey do.

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    10. Bob Durstenfeld

      I’ve never had high ketones, regardless of BG level.

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    11. Tina Roberts

      I have no idea. I don’t test for them.

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    12. Chrisanda

      I’ve never tested for ketones. So far my doctor has not required it.

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    13. Natalie Daley

      My endo never asked me to test or provided me with an Rx for test strips.

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    14. Carol Meares

      I put no, but I don’t ever measure ketones so I don’t really know.

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    15. Francisco Varea

      I answered other. I have only tested for them a couple of times and found normal levels. The strips are usually expired whenever I try to test. It is sort of useless in my opinion, unless your glucose levels are really out of of control.

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    16. Kate Hayes

      This question is automatically and inherently biased, though, because we Type 1s are taught to not even check ketones unless glucose levels are above 250 mg/dL. So – One of the answer choices should be “I don’t know”.

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      1. Ceara Glasgow

        When I was first diagnosed I was told to check for keytones every so often. And when I tried a somewhat ketogenic diet I had to test my levels everyday to make sure I wasn’t making way to many keytones. I think the healthcare for type 1 diabetes is so… in progress that different professionals have different understandings of treatment.

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    17. Cheryl Seibert

      My husband was in post-op after surgery and nursing care was thin. I wasn’t on the pump at the time and had BGs in the 150-170s for several hours. Waiting on training for wound care delayed my meal so I was very dehydrated after waiting all day at the hospital. That evening, I went into ketoacidosis even though my BGs were still in the 170s.

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    18. Ken Raiche

      Happens almost everyday due to the current diet that I’m on.

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      1. AnitaS

        Ooh, that doesn’t sound good. Maybe the diet needs to change in some way.

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      2. Ceara Glasgow

        Whenever I go low carb I make keytones too, people always think keytones are bad but they aren’t they are also a sign that your body is burnin fat for fuel instead of carbs or sugar.

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    19. Eve Rabbiner

      Why would I even check for ketones unless my BG was high? Maybe it I was feeling dreadful, but so far that hasn’t happened.

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      1. Ceara Glasgow

        Some people produce keytones more easily than others. I think mostly due to diet, hydration,and activity. I did a somewhat ketogenic diet for awhile and produced a lot of keytones most of the time, my blood sugars were always on the lower side tho.

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    20. M C

      Only once – it was after surgery – My body didn’t ‘like’ the anesthesia, so had to be kept overnight after a ‘day surgery’ as my heart rhythm became erratic…. I couldn’t eat due to extreme nausea, and thus ketones made an appearance (as explained by the doctor).

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    21. Steve Rumble

      Back in the test tape days I tested for ketones when my urine tested very high glucose. Haven’t tested for ketones since I first started using a blood glucose meter in the early 80s.

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    22. Patricia Dalrymple

      I said other because I’ve never felt sick enough to check for ketones and my Endo never says anything about it.

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    23. Jneticdiabetic

      I put No, but I’ve also never checked unless my BG is high and I’m feeling unwell.

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      1. Bea Anderson

        N/a…in 15 yrs it has never come up. Never checked. Is treatment for high ketones different than treating high blood glucose? When high I try to quickly correct to low normal. Assumed that was all that was needed. That said I do use Keto diet at times.

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    24. John Dowd

      I don’t really know what ketones are, so I put “other”

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    25. AnitaS

      While in the hospital recovering from surgery, I had keto acidosis. My sugars were high the whole time I was in the hospital and I kept telling them I needed more but they just didn’t seem to listen. My sugars weren’t astronomically high, but even staying between 200 and 250 the whole week I was there was enough to put me over the edge into keto acidosis.

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    26. Ceara Glasgow

      Yea I actually went into dka without having a high blood sugar. It was frustrating in the hospital a lot of the doctors and nurses didn’t understand that dka happens when you don’t have any insulin in your body regardless of blood glucose levels. I was luck my endocrinologist was on a shift at the hospital and was able to come in and lay down some education not just for me but also for the other medical staff.

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    27. Kevin McCue

      The wording doesn’t allow answers like having never experienced ketones or measuring ketones even though having T1d for 3 decades

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    28. Wanacure

      I was breathing out and urinating ketones when I first became T1D. Within a week my observant mom had me seeing an endocrinologist. That’s the only time. And I have checked for ketones over the years. I felt so much better after starting insulin. But I’m on a low carb diet now and may go ketogenic. Keto acidosis from high bg = very bad. But keto acidosis from ketogenic diet may not be so harmful & there may be some real advantages. I’m open to trying it.

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