Search Results

  1. K

    Type 2 Steroid caused diabetes and increased BG

    I was told in March when hospitalised with sepsis and DKA, I am currently on 2x metformin twice day and 2 80mg gliclazed half hour before breakfast. I have a UTI and on antibiotics and my BG just keeps getting higher! My waking BG is 15-18 and my pre-lunch was 30.3mmol there is no change to...
  2. K

    Added medication

    I found out I was T2 (steroid induced) in March, I had DKA and sepsis, came out 3 weeks later on metformin 500mg, but was discharged early because they wanted everyone out they could. After about 10 days and still high BG 10-15 they added in a second dose, which rapidly became 2 tablets twice a...
  3. K

    Did they get it wrong?

    In March I was in hospital with DKA and sepsis, I was sent home on Metformin. My waking BS is never under 10 and goes up as high s 18 despite a low carb diet of as close as 20g I can In March my HBa1c was 7.2% 55.2mmol Over last few weeks they have tried increasing my Metformin to 2 tablets...
  4. K

    Type 2 New to this so need a little help

    I was admitted to hospital in March this year with DKA and Sepsis, they have no idea which came first. I have to take steroids and always have low grade infection which isn’t treated until I get borderline sepsis. I was unconscious/out of it for about 6 days and twice my kids were called in...