You might find some answers in here https://www.diabetes.org.uk/diabetes-the-basics/other-types-of-diabetes/steroid-induced-diabetes but remember always discuss with your doctor first before you take any action.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 it was diagnosed, so low weight and always hungry as I do get Hypoglycaemia as well and need to eat but then up go the BS again, fasting I am normal, as normal goes between 5 and 6 the take meds and by lunch time its up to 16to17 then comes back down late evening to around 9 to 11 it does a circle each day, I am always finger pricking but dont know why I bother, I do not know anyone else with Steroid inch Type 2 to chat to.
I believe that this is what as known as the rebound effect.I do get Hypoglycaemia as well and need to eat but then up go the BS again, fasting I am normal, as normal goes between 5 and 6 the take meds and by lunch time its up to 16to17 then comes back down late evening to around 9 to 11 it does a circle each day, I am always finger pricking but dont know why I bother, I do not know anyone else with Steroid inch Type 2 to chat to.
Sandwiches! What? Apple juice? Eeek! Lol!!!Fasting on day one and two was ok , not hungry. But by day three i was craving sweets and i'm assuming it was due to the depletion of my glycogen levels and this was a way for my body to tell me i needed glucose for replenishment. Energy wise, i was feeling depleted as even though i wasn't having hypos i was still symptomatic. I also learned that vestibular headaches and vertigo can an do play havoc with your body and can sometimes mimic a hypo symptom. My first meal was sandwiches and apple juice so that wasn't exciting by any means and by the time i was released to go home I noticed a blood sugar of 3.5 which tells me that the hypos are definitely diet based.
The mixed meal test is next Wednesday I have to be there for 5 hours and they will draw blood every half hour for 5 hours after the mixed meal ingestion. So far their prognosis is prandially/reactive hypoglycaemia .
I don't think sandwiches and apple juice where something they wisely thought about when they offered them as a meal. Most hospital staff are not even versed on hypoglycaemia and or what it does to the body on ingesting carbs. More often than not i had to educate the nursing staff that reactive hypoglycaemia isn't diabetes. And that our diets were not the same. But it was a one off.Sandwiches! What? Apple juice? Eeek! Lol!!!
See, that is what happens when you think you need food for your body!
Carbs you know about, but concentrated or a concentration of almost every food increases glucose. Even those blended concoctions will be too much!
It's a learning curve!
So that's bread, fruit juice. You continue from there!
Just think that, now you know that it is food that is dictating your health issues. Normal people can eat healthy carbs and fruit. But we can't!
We are different!
Healthy foods are not healthy for us!
If I've gone on a bit, sorry!
I'm trying to help.
Let us know how you get on.
Best wishes.
Every time you have an experience with medical staff or even worse some of those who work for them. You will have to repeat that. Every function, every hotel, and what is worse is your friends, colleagues and everyone else!!!I don't think sandwiches and apple juice where something they wisely thought about when they offered them as a meal. Most hospital staff are not even versed on hypoglycaemia and or what it does to the body on ingesting carbs. More often than not i had to educate the nursing staff that reactive hypoglycaemia isn't diabetes. And that our diets were not the same. But it was a one off.
Fruit is funny as i cannot eat most of them as they will spike me. The only things that i can consume is strawberries, blueberries. Apples with peanut buttter or cheese or with nuts and the same goes for oranges. Everything else is off bounds to spiking.Every time you have an experience with medical staff or even worse some of those who work for them. You will have to repeat that. Every function, every hotel, and what is worse is your friends, colleagues and everyone else!!!
Explaining that you are not diabetic, on a strict diet and most places have by now woken up to the fact that there is a lot of people who have an intolerance.
In my old job, I was told by many colleagues to be less free with my rambling on about it! But I was always treated to a ham and mushroom omelette from our chef.
It can be quite comical tho!
If you are ever in a place, always ask whoever is cooking, and get freshly cooked food. In my experience they are usually so helpful.
How are you with fruit?
Keep asking, let us know how you get on.
Best wishes
I like my fruit but it does spike, but I ration it throughout the afternoon and evening, a small apple, and berries etc. I can do this for I get frozen have and portion them. Just like some home made meals that I batch cook and freeze. But keep experimenting, as I can eat half a pear or a few pieces of satsuma. Tropical fruits are the worst!Fruit is funny as i cannot eat most of them as they will spike me. The only things that i can consume is strawberries, blueberries. Apples with peanut buttter or cheese or with nuts and the same goes for oranges. Everything else is off bounds to spiking.
Don't you get the feeling that the people who are supervising these tests are numpties and have no knowledge of the harm that they are causing?. To treat a hypo that way?Update:
Did the mixed meal test today, there was nothing mixed about it as it was all carbs. The meal consisted of cornflakes, banana cake, crackers, white bread. appointment time was 9am where they drew my first set of baseline bloods as a base point then every half hour there after. My meal was at 930am. One hour after meal ingestion my blood sugars went up to 12.7 and i was reacting but fell a sleet real quick after such a high carb load. at the 1247mark I felt severe symptoms and asked the nurse to check my blood sugars, my reading was 3.2 they phoned the Dr and she told them to draw the blood and to abort the test. They gave me more carbs and now i'm playing the control and balance act of getting my sugars back to normal. Should find the results out in a couple of days.
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