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Hi you sound like you also have been battling with low carbs, even with low carbs I cannot get my BS down, I have Steroid induced Type 2 so if I wasn’t on them I would not have it at all but after 40 years of Steroids I have it but was never told this could happen, I lost so I h weight and then...

The Sweet Freedom syrups and Tru Sweet granulated are just over £2 but well worth it they do last I only use them on cereal or fruit and yoghurt and the choColgate sauce is great you can make a hot choc drink with it, they do them in supermarkets and H&B

The best sweetener is Sweet Freedom syrup it comes in Chcolate sauce as well get it from Holland & Barrett a also supermarket’s, then there is True Sweet granulated sweetener with no after taste these are plant based so natural

Has anyone else had Covid with Steroid induced type2 ?

Hi, Is there anyone else out there with Steroid Induced type 2 Diabetes, I was diagnosed about 6 years ago after being on Prednisolone for 40 years for Crohns Disease, I was not monitored closely enough over the years to reduced the amount of steroids hence now have this awful condition. I am...

Very interesting reading these last posts, I was diagnosed as Steroid induced Type 2 a year ago and it's a nightmare, I have been on Steroids for 34 years and they think this is the outcome, I am a skinny 9 stone young 70 year old and never thought I would have this, my GP said I don't have to...

What a relief to hear of others with high readings, I have Steroid induced type 2 and my readings start between 5 and 7 in the mornings then anything up to 20 during the day then back to about 11 to 14 at bedtime, I can eat a really healthy salad and it will be high another day I can eat a roast...

The doctors are now saying there is no need to do finger pricks for type 2 but it does help in one way to keep check on things but in another way it can scare you if the readings are high, I bought one and it always reads lower than the one from the doctor but if I use my own I have to buy the...

I don't have family history and I am not overweight in fact I have lost a lot of weight, diagnosed 16 months ago with type 2 steroid induced diabetes, cannot come off of the steroids as long term on them which GP said has caused this, running on high B G all of the time, normal fasting but...