# \#dka **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tag/dka/196.md [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) --- ## [The story of James Talaricoand Type 1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-story-of-james-talaricoand-type-1/16415)
**Author:** [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-story-of-james-talaricoand-type-1/16415 "2026-10-10T13:17:07Z")
Yes he’s running for senator in Texas, but I think his story of how he became a T1 is interesting. When I was 28 years old, I almost died. I was running in my first race for the Texas House. I decided to walk the entir… --- ## [Interesting study](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-study/15401)
**Author:** [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-study/15401 "2025-08-05T05:53:38Z")
--- ## [My trip to the ER!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-trip-to-the-er/11269)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-trip-to-the-er/11269 "2021-06-02T18:36:55Z")
Yup, I ended up in the ER Monday morning with borderline DKA! GI bug came on suddenly and I couldn’t keep any liquids down, ugh. When my BG first started going up, I thought it was a pump problem, changed it out, and bo… --- ## [My T1D turned 21 this year!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t1d-turned-21-this-year/10392)
**Author:** [@SBee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SBee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t1d-turned-21-this-year/10392 "2020-10-25T02:24:02Z")
Hi :wave:t3: I’m Shauna. I was dx in 1999. I was living in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. I was 22, and with hindsight I’d say I had symptoms for a considerably long time before diagnosis. I often … --- ## [DKA with NO lack of insulin](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dka-with-no-lack-of-insulin/6246)
**Author:** [@Israel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Israel)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dka-with-no-lack-of-insulin/6246 "2020-05-05T02:37:39Z")
I’ve read about people going to the Hospital with DKA, for not having any insulin injections (like myself but I was misdiagnosed type 2 then…) but many of those people say they do had their injections and still got into… --- ## [Good docs, bad docs, and bad days](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-docs-bad-docs-and-bad-days/8007)
**Author:** [@katiereeder](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/katiereeder)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-docs-bad-docs-and-bad-days/8007 "2019-08-03T02:14:31Z")
So, it finally happened. After 4+ years of saying proudly “nope, never been hospitalized since diagnosis, yeah I mean never” when various random medical persons asked, and getting that puzzled look like we were a unicor… --- ## [My Diagnosis Story](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diagnosis-story/666)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diagnosis-story/666 "2018-05-20T12:32:05Z")
We were in the UK in July 2014 on a family trip for our daughter's wedding and the weather was hotter than normal. I was drinking lots of water and kept telling my husband that my mouth felt so dry. We were walking a lo… --- ## [Another valuable lesson: check infusion site cannula](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-valuable-lesson-check-infusion-site-cannula/1063)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-valuable-lesson-check-infusion-site-cannula/1063 "2017-05-28T01:41:39Z")
If your child eats a typical meal, you bolus (and micro-bolus if it's part of your regimen), and you don't see any decline in BG after some time; instead the BG's continue to rise and rise inexplicably...don't sit around…