Nunu - bhb mg/dl equiv - anyone?

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Hi Nunu,

Sorry so late in replying, I have been trying to find out the mmol/l

equivalent for the mg/dl readings, and have had no luck. I only know the glucose

conversion which is dividing by 18, but it is definitely not the same for bhb.

I'm sure that someone did post the bhb conversion on here ages ago, that there

was a previous thread relating to it, but I haven't been able to find those

posts in the archives either.

Soooooo that means I am really not sure at all what to suggest until I know

exactly what those 9 mg/dl readings mean, (does anyone else know?) I think I

have that right - that the blood ketone (bhb) lab reading was def 9.0 mg/dl?

Because if so, like I was a bit concerned about in my other post, we are not I

don't think, comparing 'apples for apples'.

9.0 mmol/l would be sky high and really quite dangerous ketone wise, but I am

not familiar with the mg/dl measuring system at all, as we use mmol/l for both

glucose and bhb here in NZ. It may well be that 9 mg/dl isn't actually too high,

but right now I just have no idea.

And because I am in NZ, I can't help with where to purchase the kits from

either, we got ours (dual glucose/bhb) direct from the Medisense outlet over

here. I'm pretty sure others on here use the Medisense brand as well, so it must

be available world wide.

I'll keep looking for that mmol/l conversion rate, but hopefully someone else

on here might know.

In the meantime, has she been weighed - do you know yet if she has lost or

gained any significant weight? Or what her ideal weight for height and age would

currently be?

From: nunudagne

To: ketogenic

Hi :

I has to print your message because it had so much information.

Thank you for making this " learning curve " a little easier on me. I

have taken the suggestions from your messages and others and lowered

my daughter's ratio to 3:1 and also increased her calories to 1,000.

We are still struggling with getting her to eat and drink. She has

about 20 ounces of formula, which is a total of about 730 calories.

Her appetite has not improved and I have to force her to drink her

keto-formula. She still refuses her ketogeic meals.

Her blood ketone tests are done at the lab using mg/dl. You had

asked if the BHB was measured in mmol/L. Her last BHB test showed

she was at 9. She is still high and I am wondering if the doctors

need to do something more aggressive to get her ketones lower. We

still have full seizure control but I am very worried that she is not

getting enough calories and the fact that she has not eaten any solid

food for the past two weeks is really nerve-racking.

I guess my question is, does it take this long to get the ketones to

go lower and is there anything that the doctors can do that can be

more aggressive? Also, where can I purchasse a bhb home testing kit?

Sorry for rambling on like this but I feel that I am in over my head

with this issue and am not getting much support from my doctor & his

Keto team.