# My story: DKA **URL:** \ **Category:** My Story\ **Tags:** diagnosis-story, adult\ **Created:** [May 1, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-story-dka/692 "2017-05-01T22:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![literaturesnob18](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/literaturesnob18/32/105_2.png) [@literaturesnob18](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/literaturesnob18)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-story-dka/692/1 "2017-05-01T22:33:57Z")
I was diagnosed May 31, 2013, after being admitted to hospital in DKA with a blood glucose of 1036. I currently manage diabetes with MDI using Novolog and Levemir. I follow a Low Carb/High Protein/ High Fiber diet. I test frequently as I am trying to keep a rather tight control on BG’s. When I was discharged from the hospital, I was given prescriptions and a meter and told to see someone in a few weeks. I really did not get any instructions or help with any of this. I am self-taught on management through reading books recommended by websites and asking questions of the online community. Reading other people’s posts has been beneficial in my “diabetes journey”. Currently I am training to do a charity athletic event. Exercise and BG control is an interesting experience. ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-story-dka/692/2 "2017-05-01T23:26:53Z")
> [@literaturesnob18](#): > > I really did not get any instructions or help with any of this. I am self-taught on management through reading books recommended by websites and asking questions of the online community. That is guite amazing. I think we would have been overwhelmed, had we not taken the many diabetes management offered at Children’s.