Ketones.

This morning was horrid, I woke up with a blood sugar at 23.3 and Ketones of the high variety.

This was due to my pump shutting down and failing to give me insulin, I don't know for how long this was happening as well but by the hight of my sugars it was quite a while.

The experience was not one that I wish to go though again any time soon, I felt sick all the time and I was sick at one point but because I had nothing to eat all I brought up was water and bile, which made my stomach pull and hurt. My mum was worried because I was upset and all I wanted to do was sleep. Which is very dangerous as I could have gone DKA which is very life threatening.

To resolve this situation I change the battery in my pump for a new one and had to give myself a lot of insulin, this was one of those occasions where I was saying to my mum "I wish I was normal" but with who I am this is normal for me and I can't change that.

The thing that saved my life today was my alarm clock because if I hadn't of hear "good morning it's the breakfast show on BBC Radio 1" I would not have woken up.

My sugars are coming down really nicely and are at 15 at this point in time. I know that this is still really high but I do not want to plummet where I go low.

Here are some things to remember if you go through this your self:
- always drink lots of water, to flush the Ketones out.
- keep very calm and do not panic.
- check your site to make sure you insulin has gone in.
- if you have injections make sure that the insulin is in date and the needle is a new one.
- before you start giving yourself insulin make sure you wash your hands and re test as you never know what could be on them.

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