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<blockquote data-quote="EPhantom" data-source="post: 623212" data-attributes="member: 125617"><p>Hello there, I'm new to your forums. I'm from the US, I'm going to assume most of the members here are in the UK. Very sadly the dieticians here are the exact same <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>My BG was never tested even though I have 4 auto immune conditions, have had accute pancretitis, and have gone hypo with sweating and shaky hands a couple of times. I was prescribed prednisone recently, 4 weeks in I had symptoms of hyperglycemia but had no clue what was going on. THREE weeks later I went to the ER after calling the hospital that prescribed the prednisone to me to get labs drawn and get myself check for infection (had a persistent cough and I couldn't taste a thing, everything tasted like iron and copper). My BG level was at 699mg/dl, they immediately started me on insulin and got a taper plan to get me off the steroid. It's been a week since I've been off and I'm sure I still have some insulin resistance because of it, but I'm assuming I've always had some kind of issues (at least hyper/hypo reactive) and need to start trying to reverse this whole thing.</p><p></p><p>About four days in at the ER I saw a dietician, she wanted me to be eating 60 carbs in the morning! I wake up in the 80's now, and a bowl of cereal with 30g from the cereal and 6g from the milk makes me shoot down to the 60's in three hours! a 60g meal shoots me up to the 180-200 range. Some meals with a little fat are perfectly fine though, 2% cheese, two fat free tortilla shells (40g of carbs), put them in the microwave and add something on the side for filler like a tomato or a cucumber and my hourly measurements after don't go above 120.</p><p></p><p>Had an appointment to see a "nutritionist", saw her on monday... This was at the hospital that prescribed the prednisone, a well known, large, nationally recognized facility. She asked me about things like sweets and soda, suggested something like 1800 calories to get my weight back up to 125, told me I should be getting like 30g of carbs per meal (I don't remember, wasn't paying too much attention) told me not to have too much salt for my liver (already knew this) and that was it... didn't ask me about my blood sugar, didn't talk about insulin, didn't seem to care if I get diabetes... just generalization for the masses.</p><p></p><p>It's all backwards... nutrition should be specialized for EVERY case...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EPhantom, post: 623212, member: 125617"] Hello there, I'm new to your forums. I'm from the US, I'm going to assume most of the members here are in the UK. Very sadly the dieticians here are the exact same :( My BG was never tested even though I have 4 auto immune conditions, have had accute pancretitis, and have gone hypo with sweating and shaky hands a couple of times. I was prescribed prednisone recently, 4 weeks in I had symptoms of hyperglycemia but had no clue what was going on. THREE weeks later I went to the ER after calling the hospital that prescribed the prednisone to me to get labs drawn and get myself check for infection (had a persistent cough and I couldn't taste a thing, everything tasted like iron and copper). My BG level was at 699mg/dl, they immediately started me on insulin and got a taper plan to get me off the steroid. It's been a week since I've been off and I'm sure I still have some insulin resistance because of it, but I'm assuming I've always had some kind of issues (at least hyper/hypo reactive) and need to start trying to reverse this whole thing. About four days in at the ER I saw a dietician, she wanted me to be eating 60 carbs in the morning! I wake up in the 80's now, and a bowl of cereal with 30g from the cereal and 6g from the milk makes me shoot down to the 60's in three hours! a 60g meal shoots me up to the 180-200 range. Some meals with a little fat are perfectly fine though, 2% cheese, two fat free tortilla shells (40g of carbs), put them in the microwave and add something on the side for filler like a tomato or a cucumber and my hourly measurements after don't go above 120. Had an appointment to see a "nutritionist", saw her on monday... This was at the hospital that prescribed the prednisone, a well known, large, nationally recognized facility. She asked me about things like sweets and soda, suggested something like 1800 calories to get my weight back up to 125, told me I should be getting like 30g of carbs per meal (I don't remember, wasn't paying too much attention) told me not to have too much salt for my liver (already knew this) and that was it... didn't ask me about my blood sugar, didn't talk about insulin, didn't seem to care if I get diabetes... just generalization for the masses. It's all backwards... nutrition should be specialized for EVERY case... [/QUOTE]
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