Posts Tagged ‘sick days’

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious condition that can lead to diabetic coma (passing out for a long time) or even death. From the Intensive Care Unit of the Nepean Hospital Penrith NSW Australia: LINK: http://intensivecare.hsnet.nsw.gov.au/five/doc/education_packages/nepean/nepean_guide_DKA_2007.pdf “Hyperglycaemic Emergencies derive from an absolute or relative insulin deficiency that leads to insufficient glucose uptake into the cells…

I didn’t get my blogpost written for the group blog this week. Nor last week. In fact, I haven’t had my head up out of the sheets much since dinnertime on April 1st, when I went out to dinner to celebrate my son in laws’ 50th. With frog cakes.. That’s because I’m sick. I…

With our Aussie temperatures being so high at this time of year, it seemed a good idea to remind you about food safety in a bit more detail. For those of us with diabetes, it’s especially important that we take care to guard against all kinds of sickness, and food poisoning is not a good…