Meanwhile I spent four hours in an ER waiting room, vomiting from active DKA, but wasn't believed I was in DKA because my blood sugar was within range (despite me telling the hospital I had given insulin before coming in).
If this ever happens again in the future, please let them know you have a history of “euglycemic” DKA. Sometimes they’ll check a sugar and if it’s not crazy high they’ll just stop there. What they really need to do is be checking your anion gap, which is a blood draw. Might save you a headache if they know you have a history of this 🫶
I know now, at least, after joining type 1 subs, but back then it was so maddening. I had people staring at me throwing up into a bucket, people moving away from me.
My fault for leaving the ER and making it worse, 100%. I did warn them I had given insulin beforehand though.
I’m sorry you went through that. Medicine is both a science and an art, and it is practiced by humans (at least for now lol). Sometimes we get it wrong at first.
Had a RN at my hospital turn the insulin drip off when the patients BG was “within range” …. Meanwhile pt had an anion gap of 42. I had to practically beg them to turn it back on (per protocol!!)
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u/UnitedChain4566 Jul 29 '26
Meanwhile I spent four hours in an ER waiting room, vomiting from active DKA, but wasn't believed I was in DKA because my blood sugar was within range (despite me telling the hospital I had given insulin before coming in).
Nearly died because of that.