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Thread: First Diabetes Sick Day - help!?

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12-15-2008, 05:54 PM

techgirl12 techgirl12 is offline

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Jul 2008

Location: Wisconsin

Posts: 186

Quote:

Originally Posted by VinceF

What's your Blood sugar? Did you take your insulin today? Can you keep food and water/fluids down? Given what I know now there are a couple things I'd be worried about. Dehydration, ketones increasing, and not being able to hold food down. Do you have access to medical care?

I only took insulin with breakfast this morning.

I can keep fluids down and so far eating my saltines hasn't posed a problem... but I'm not really hungry

I do have access to medical care. We have a hospital pretty much right on campus.

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Type 1 Diabetes
Diagnosed May 13, 2008 [18 years old]
http://www.type1at18.com

Current
19 years old.
Sophomore College student.
MM Paradigm 522 (purple) [Feb. 9, 2009]

A1C's
7/09:6.6
3/09:6.2 (6 weeks on pump)
12/08: 6.9
08/08: 6.7
05/08: 9.1 (Dx)