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I agree about having to come off steroids gradually but thats only if your on them long term/ not a short sharp course of 6 tablets a day for 5 days. then stop. (which is what they have always treated me with for a chest infection.its the usual treatment for people with asthma and /or COPD, it...

i dont understand what your talking about. 1. you can go too low with your blood sugars.that happened with my sister and they had to reduce her meds. 2. what is wrong with keeping levels level if they are under 7? as i understand it, 7 is the top wack when you are diagnosed as pre diabetes...

i arent allowed to eat acidic fruts like lemons, oranges, grapefruit. due to acid reflux. can i use anything else in this mix above?

Is it ok to abandon prednisolone half way through the course? i am type 2 .with asthma and COPD among other conditions. taking short course of steroids and antibiotics to ward off a chest infection. feels like it was caught in time before it got a hold but how can i be sure? fasting bloods so...

hadn't thought of that i must say. in fact i didnt even know nurses were sacked or sanctioned in that way. lot of difference there to when i was nursing. we were told NOT to take our bugs onto the wards putting patients at risk especially.. not to mention other staff/ maybe i should wear a mask...

thank you. you will know where i am coming from then if you are trying to cope with COPD , diabetes AND a cold. its not easy is it?

the foods i listed were what ive been eating over yesterday and day before. not since last february. steroids make you hungrier as it is. i think i said that for some reason yesterday i started feeling queasy about an hour before my next meal would be normally be due. took my bs and it was much...

sorry, i should have realised i apologise for my reaction .i too am feeling far from well and very worried right now. as well as having S.A.D so i soon get weepy at the mo.and mood swings.(which can also be caused by diabetes as you probably know already.) .its not good having a cold at best of...

i came on here for some help too. i am scared to death that the steroids i have to take for my chesyt infection will send my blood sugars awry once again. my meter keeps saying ketosis? i eat the amount of carbs my diabetic dietician told me to eat,. so i am following instructions on that. try...

sorry about the breach... this cold seems to be making me woolly headed. i started on my rescue meds today. 6 prednisolone this morning. amoxicillin 500 mg 3 times a day.(had 2 so far).. earlier today (ive been keeping check on my BS as last time i was on steroids my BS went up into the 20;s...

Hi Karen, so sorry its taken me over 2 years to answer you. had family problems for about 18 months. no time for coming on pc other than to do emails. by time it all settled down we were coming towards the end of last year. however........ i found that i could tolerate bananas and started having...

I am totally with you on this one. as an ex nurse (long time back now) i used to get so mad with teachers and parents who insisted kids should still go to school when they have a cold. my youngest was forever getting them and i would just tell them hes staying off school till hes clear. because...

hi bluejeans 98 and scouser 58 the side effects of the new tablets are possibly easy to sort out. im very pleased actually that they have stopped the IBS symptoms as they were adding to the food problem. now i can once again eat pork which is the one meat i do like, the odd pork pie providing...

hi bluejeans, its been a long time since i last put a message on here. i gave up. i was getting no emotional support from anywhere locally. and no practical support from my GPs.. finances have gradually got tighter (as with most people i guess) and i got very down. i could no longer afford to...

Hi Karen. i am on lansoprazole,(same group of meds) , but was put on that in hospital after heart meds caused chronic indigestion..they kept me on it and added Gaviscon Advance at night for the acid reflux.......im sorry too bout the bananas. but was thinking... as the new tablets seem to have...

hI Karen. well i see Jenny tomorrow afternoon. i have done a diary of what ive been eating.ovre the past 2 weeks, plus BS 2 hrs after and just b4 a meal.for first few days using the strips i had left from when i gave up on everything.used the ones Jenny gave me as she wanted the tests doing...

Hi Scouser., Thank you for that. yes you are right i WAS very down and as i said had given up. however. i must say the visit to the nurse practitioner went off extremely well. better than i could have hoped for. now will see if she means what she said............. when i walked in she said the...

These have been my results since all this started.the very low Hb1Ac i am sure is down to being on the 2 Metformin for that month plus i was still testing on a morning at that time. but with stress caused by a certain close member of my family not wanting to know anything about whats going on...

well i will know in the morning if my fbs is up again.... leaflet with those meds does say CAN affect blood sugars though.so nott a surprise if it was that.