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Be Prepared: Sick Day Management

Complete this checklist of "things to do" with your doctor or diabetes educator before you get sick. Review it once a year for changes.

  Know to keep taking your insulin or diabetes medications unless

____________________

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Adjust your insulin by

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  Plan to maintain a meal plan containing 150 grams of carbohydrates. Have on hand for illness the following foods, which contain 15 grams of carbohydrates each in the amounts shown.

• apple juice (1/2 cup)
  
• regular soda (1/2 cup)
  
• regular gelatin (1/2 cup)
  
• crackers (6 squares)
  
• bouillon (no calories)
  
• sports drink (1 cup)
  
• other: __________
  

  Know when to monitor your blood glucose.

____________________

____________________

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  Know when to monitor your urine ketones:

• When blood sugar level is greater than ____________.
  
• Regardless of blood sugar level, when vomiting or experiencing diarrhea.
  

Remember to check the bottle of ketone test strips for an expiration date.

  Know when to call your doctor or diabetes educator:

• If your blood sugar level is greater than ________
  
• If your ketones are _____for more than _____hours or if you do not urinate for more than ______hours
  
• If vomiting lasts longer than _____hours
  
• If you are dehydrated. Signs of dehydration include dry tongue and difficulty breathing.
  
• If surgery or a test is planned that will prevent you from eating normally
  
• Any time you have a question or concern about your blood sugar level
  

  Know who to call during illness or an emergency:

Doctor ___________________

Daytime phone:

____________________

Evening/Weekend:

____________________

Diabetes educator

____________________

Daytime phone:

____________________

Evening/Weekend:

____________________

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