[Danno34]

Hello to everyone. Type 2 since December of '03 here.

Some weird things are going on. First, I must admit I have never taken my diabetes seriously since I was diagnosed. I've been an idiot believing that as long as I've taken my meds my numbers didnt matter. I've seen the light, and I'm scared.

It is not unusual for my BS to be 300-400, sometimes even higher, because as I said, I'm an idiot. Over the last month or so, I've lost about 15 lbs, by no effort of my own. Severe dry mouth, frequent urinating, all over again.

Well, someone suggested checking my ketone levels, so last Friday night I finally did. The test showed moderate to semi-high levels of ketones in my urine. In the last few days, its went up and down from moderate to semi-high, although I've done better than ever before with my diest, and most notably NO SUGAR DRINKS.

This is a huge deal for me, literally the first time since diagnosed that I've went even 1 day without sugared drinks, much less almost 4 now.

Why wont the ketones go down? I'm eating well, drinking well, and my BS levels are "down" into the high 100s. I take 2 Metformin per day and am drinking lots of fluids.

I guess my real questions are.... is my life in danger from the high ketone levels? and.... how do I get those ketone levels down???

I know the obvious answer will be to call my physician. I cant. Hes out of town and we have no health insurance at the time, so I'm unable to go to the hospital, another debt would send me into bankruptcy.

I know I've rambled, but quite frankly I'm scared to death and I have finally seen the light, I want to do the right thing.

Any info/advice is greatly appreciated.

**** Edited to add that I am not on insulin, only the 2 Metformin tablets per day.