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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NikiMilligan" data-source="post: 1368249" data-attributes="member: 255393">Hi allCould really do with some advice...I went down with he flu last week (first post T2 diagnosis). I'd been forewarned by this forum that it could play havoc with BG so had got in a Freestyle Libre to keep an eye on things without constant finger pricking. Has proved a great idea - I was going low, so actually had to boost carbs.Unfortunately also asthmatic - saw GP yesterday who put me on antibiotics and 5 days of 30mg prednisolone with the warning that it could raise BG.And boy has it!I'm normally well controlled at 100-150g of carb a day, but as of this morning my fasting BG is 6.6 and even 20g of carb is leaving me at BG10 at the 2 hour mark.Has anyone any advice what to do about this?Do I just ignore it for the 3 remaining days of prednisolone, so long as it doesn't go totally out of control, or will that be to the detriment of my long term control?I know that when it's falling to my 'new' base level of about 6.6 I'm getting very hungry and weak as if I'm getting low but my liver clearly doesn't agree!I just don't know what to do - My body still needs energy to recover from the flu (still sniffly), but this has totally thrown me off beam.Anyone got any suggestions (wish the gp has given a bit more guidance!).</blockquote>

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