Ketosis ?????

 How do you know when ketosis set's in ?

I was just looking it up on Wikipedia and still dont know lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi****tosis

You can buy keto sticks, I didnt bother for when i was on opti but I remember having them back in the day while doing the dr atkins diet

The easiest way for me to tell was TERRIBLE breath!  You can buy sticks that you urinate on at a pharmacy that would tell you as well.

That horrible tinny taste that you just can't get rid of - it felt like I had it for months until I could start eating more food.

You can buy strips from the pharmacy, but for the length of time that you will be on Opti, it does not make much sense. 

The kitty hold-up artist is right - the breath is just not the same when you are in Ketosis!


Alexa

"the kitty hold-up artist is right"

Hi Lynette,

Day 8 for me and the tin taste is awful. Yeuch, will I ever get rid of the taste?..Where is my scope?

If you have arthritis watch out for an attack of gout which can be caused by going into ketosis . I woke up saturday morning with the sheets on my bed touching my foot  giving excrutiating pain. It was swollen, red, kind of shiny skin and really difficuult to walk. I called my surgeon today who said go get a non nsaid prescription from my family doctor because no nsaids are allowed 1 week up to surgery. It started easing up on its own but I went to a family doc today and got a prescription for colchicine which hopefully works for acute gout. Wow, what a nasty little surprise.

At least my hunger pains have mostly disappeared. 
PATTS this wed Oct 5th and surgery oct 11th. Wishing all my surgery buddies good luck!

Glad to hear you are feeling better Lorraine. OMG day 8 for me too. Yesterday I drank so much thought of getting depends! If the traffic was any worse driving through TO wouldnt have made it!

 thanks all - day 5 for me, chewing lots of SF gum so haven't noticed the terrible breathe yet, I'm sure the BF will tell me though once it set's in.