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Blood sugar and cortisone injection

It is common for steroids (such as cortisol) to push blood sugars up.
The size and duration of the rise is rise is one of those length of string things - it varies.

Monitor and, if your levels go up, you may want to consider increasing your basal if you are confident to do so.
 
In Response said:
It is common for steroids (such as cortisol) to push blood sugars up.
The size and duration of the rise is rise is one of those length of string things - it varies.

Monitor and, if your levels go up, you may want to consider increasing your basal if you are confident to do so.
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it’s coincided with pump change day for me too so currently got my basal running at 130% will see if it needs tweaking again in a couple of hours thanks!
 
We're all different, and it depends how much steroid was injected, but when I had my shoulder injected I needed about 150% to begin with, and it gradually tapered off. However, it wasn't a steady slope down, so lots of extra blood tests were needed as it was easy to get caught out with hypo's/hyper's. Hope it helps your heel. They can be very painful injections!!
 
Hopeful34 said:
We're all different, and it depends how much steroid was injected, but when I had my shoulder injected I needed about 150% to begin with, and it gradually tapered off. However, it wasn't a steady slope down, so lots of extra blood tests were needed as it was easy to get caught out with hypo's/hyper's. Hope it helps your heel. They can be very painful injections!!
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Yes it was pretty excruciating! Seems to have settled now but had quite a busy night of adjustments!
 
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