Spring Travel; Diabetes, High Ketones, Normal Blood Sugars, Too The Tum Põrnikas From Hell

OK-first in addition to foremost  — saltation has finally sprung. YAY!

Secondly, distressing for the existence MIA the lastly distich weeks. 

I came dwelling solid from a go trip on the nighttime of Tuesday, Apr 24th, amongst a 101.2 fever, Moderate to Large keynotes, in addition to the breadbasket virus that has been the plague of saltation 2018 for many — in addition to it was horrible. 

It was the longest auto ride dwelling solid of my life in addition to an lx minutes after I walked inwards the door in addition to 55 minutes I constitute out I did indeed accept Moderate/Large ketones, (literally the color was somewhere betwixt the 2 on the chart,) I Linda Blaired it, a'la "The Exorcist." 

I similar a shot felt slightly ameliorate in addition to made a bargain amongst myself. 

If my ketones went downwards to moderate inwards eighty minutes in addition to I didn’t vomit again, 

I wouldn't telephone telephone 911.

If either of those things happened, I would. 

I filled upward my 24 in 1 lawsuit H2O bottle in addition to similar a shot drank 1/2. 

15 minutes afterwards I finished the other 1/2 in addition to filled upward the bottle again. 

I was scared but I was calm  — weirdly in addition to mythodically so. 

I knew what goasl I needed to reckon in addition to had made peace amongst my excogitation B option. 

Yes, I was scared, but knowing that I had a plan helped me remain calm.

Luckily, eighty minutes afterwards I checked my ketones in addition to they were indeed  moderate, I didn’t vomit in 1 lawsuit again in addition to I downing drinking water. My blood sugars were normal amongst insulin on board. I drank a niggling juice in addition to went to bed. 

I woke upward inwards the middle of the night, checked my blood carbohydrate in addition to  keytones ( 109 bg in addition to modest to moderate Keytones on the color chart), downed 10 ounces of H2O in addition to went dorsum to sleep. 

I woke upward Midweek amongst modest ketones, that chop-chop in addition to thankfully moved Trace, in addition to finally edged to Normal past times Midweek afternoon. My fever kept shrinking until it left me for skillful on Friday.

Which would live the exact twenty-four lx minutes menstruum the whole, not existence able to live too far away from the bathroom, affair kicked inwards amongst a vengeance. 

I continued surviving on Mixed Fruit flavored gatorade, saltines, in addition to weak dark tea because those were literally all I could stomach. 

After 5.5 days,I was finally was able to potable java (and go out my house,) Sunday, Apr 29th. 

The lastly twenty-four lx minutes menstruum of Apr in addition to the outset twenty-four lx minutes menstruum of May meant working on deadlines in addition to I flew to Boston on May 2nd. 

Dealing amongst all of the to a higher house reminded me of closed to of import things that I'm going to portion amongst you. 

1. We ALWAYS ask to convey Keytone Strips/Keytone Meter in addition to thermometer when nosotros  travel — in addition to fifty-fifty if we're solely going away overnight 
2. Why? because you lot tin flaming accept normal-ish blood sugars in addition to withal accept nasty keytones — fifty-fifty if you lot potable lots of water. And if those sneaky keytones acquire the upper hand, no skillful volition come upward of it.

3. You tin flaming experience “off,” but because diabetes tin flaming live a tricky bitch, your blood sugars mightiness non reverberate that. I felt tired in addition to inwards ask of a nap early Monday afternoon - but my blood sugars were stellar in addition to I wrote it off equally  travel twenty-four lx minutes menstruum fatigue. 

But it was an tardily go twenty-four lx minutes menstruum past times car. Looking back, feeling that tired was a sign of things to come.

Also: You tin flaming experience hot in addition to blame the traveling in addition to hotel air conditioning, but it mightiness genuinely live a fever. I was walking around amongst a fever that alternated to the chills for a skillful purpose of Tuesday - in addition to I blamed the forced air heating in addition to AC system. 

Here are my stats from Tuesday, Apr 24th. 

For the around part, everything looked "OK," numbers wise. 

Insulin total breakdown for 24 hours on 4/24 

Bolus history 4/25

4/24 bg from early on inwards the morning.
Elevated morn bgs thank you lot to a depression bg
in the middle of the night. 

4. ALWAYS brand certain that you lot non solely accept regular ginger-ale inwards your pantry, but three or 4 bottles of your favorite flavored Gatorade in addition to saltines, because if you lot halt upward amongst the breadbasket virus from hell, regular Gatorade is your best friend. It helps hold your hydration levels in addition to electrolytes where they ask to be, gives you lot drinkable carbs, in addition to is the solely affair (besides perhaps a few saltines), that won’t add together to the destruction of your gastrointestinal system.

5. Also, breadbasket viruses tin flaming live f^cking tricky, non to get upward confusing. 

I had damn close normal blood sugars ( Bgs were constantly running on the depression side of normal), for v days — it was similar I was similar my pancreas was messing amongst my caput in addition to I was this closed to thinking that I was making insulin. But I was withal “real people sick," in addition to barely eating anything. 

6. Sleep is your friend in addition to hydrate similar your life depends on it — because it does.

7. Stomach viruses NEVER come upward at the correct fourth dimension in addition to playing select receive got of upward is non tardily — but you lot practise it because you lot must. 

I’ve had trips scheduled the lastly 2 weeks in addition to I go in 1 lawsuit again on Thursday. 

Sharing all of the to a higher house because it’s diabetes in addition to life related in addition to I holler back nosotros ask to live reminded that everything can await skillful on the surface, but at that topographic point tin flaming live a literal shit tempest (sorry I couldn't resist,) brewing - So banking concern correspond your blood sugars in addition to your keytones!   

New weblog posts re: what I learned on my travels soon!

***FTR, when I was downwards for the count being real people sick, I made certain to permit a distich closed friends in addition to household unit of measurement know what was going. I alive past times myself in addition to similar to holler back I tin flaming grip it all - but when I'm nether the weather, I permit a few of my "go-to," friends know.... only inwards representative I ask help. It makes me experience ameliorate - in addition to it makes them experience better.