I'm asthmatic, well I have to use a blue inhaler once or twice a week, anyway since just before xmas I've had this cough, driving me nuts , it seemed to go away but last week it came back with a vengeance, coughing like a barking dog. My chest was very tight and I had to use my blue inhaler a lot !!! Noticed on saturday I was running out , so I ordered,online, a new inhaler, because of the 48 rule our surgery operates, it meant I wouldn't get a new inhaler until Wednesday.
Anyway Sunday and Monday were both bad and I was running on fumes this morning , so I rang the doctor to get him to give me an inhaler now. He phoned me back and said i'd better come in. He did the usual blood pressure , listened to my chest . Said I had an infection and put me on a nebuliser there and then, gave me some antibiotics and prednisolone
I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago with a Hb1a of 95, I got that down to 35 within 4 months. Since last july (BS 32) I only test in the morning and my BS is never above 5.5, in fact mostly 4.7- 5.0 . My last Hba1c in December was 30, so well pleased. The last week I've seen it creep up a little 5.2 for the last 5 days. This morning before I went to the doc's it was 5.5.
After I came back from the doc's I did my bloods and was quite shocked to see it was 6.8 ( the Nebuliser ????). I cooked myself some scrambled eggs and took the medication about 10.30. I tested this lunchtime (1300ish) and found it to be 7.9. Starting to freak me out a bit, for my tea a few mins ago ,I' just had a ham salad , tested BS before and it was 10.6. Not been that high since diagnosis.
Googling, it seems to be the prednisolone so shall I bin them or carry ?
How long before it comes back down to my normal 5.0?
TBH if it's high in the morning they're going in the bin. All I wanted was a new inhaler.
It does beg the question, December 2016 I had a massive chest infection( I'd been working abroad) and was give loads of antibiotics. Didn't really clear up so end of Febuary 2017 I was put on 10 day prednisolone course , finished that and one month later ,April 2017 I was diagnosed type2, was I actually diabetic or did the drugs give me diabetes?
Anyway I lost 4 stone and am more healthy( sic) than ever, so it wasn't all bad.
Sorry for the long post
Anyway Sunday and Monday were both bad and I was running on fumes this morning , so I rang the doctor to get him to give me an inhaler now. He phoned me back and said i'd better come in. He did the usual blood pressure , listened to my chest . Said I had an infection and put me on a nebuliser there and then, gave me some antibiotics and prednisolone
I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago with a Hb1a of 95, I got that down to 35 within 4 months. Since last july (BS 32) I only test in the morning and my BS is never above 5.5, in fact mostly 4.7- 5.0 . My last Hba1c in December was 30, so well pleased. The last week I've seen it creep up a little 5.2 for the last 5 days. This morning before I went to the doc's it was 5.5.
After I came back from the doc's I did my bloods and was quite shocked to see it was 6.8 ( the Nebuliser ????). I cooked myself some scrambled eggs and took the medication about 10.30. I tested this lunchtime (1300ish) and found it to be 7.9. Starting to freak me out a bit, for my tea a few mins ago ,I' just had a ham salad , tested BS before and it was 10.6. Not been that high since diagnosis.
Googling, it seems to be the prednisolone so shall I bin them or carry ?
How long before it comes back down to my normal 5.0?
TBH if it's high in the morning they're going in the bin. All I wanted was a new inhaler.
It does beg the question, December 2016 I had a massive chest infection( I'd been working abroad) and was give loads of antibiotics. Didn't really clear up so end of Febuary 2017 I was put on 10 day prednisolone course , finished that and one month later ,April 2017 I was diagnosed type2, was I actually diabetic or did the drugs give me diabetes?
Anyway I lost 4 stone and am more healthy( sic) than ever, so it wasn't all bad.
Sorry for the long post
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