- Messages
- 48
- Type of diabetes
- Other
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hello.
Long story short, I developed steroid-induced diabetes from taking high dose prednisone for a long time. Due to that fact my doctors decided to take me off steroids. I am steroid-free for two weeks now, and I have been testing my carb tolerance lately...
I ate spaghetti, kebab, pizza etc. and my BG just can't get higher than 140 mg/dl (7,7 mmol/L) 2h after the first bite ! Okey after that big pizza and two beers I had 154 mg/dl (8,5 mmol/L) - but I just measured my BG after dinner when I ate lots of white bread....and my glucose is 105 mg/dl !!! (5,8 mmol/L).
However all is not that rosy...for my primary condition instead of prednisone I have been prescribed methotrexate, which I'm told is very hard on the liver....but I have one less thing to worry about now, right?
Long story short, I developed steroid-induced diabetes from taking high dose prednisone for a long time. Due to that fact my doctors decided to take me off steroids. I am steroid-free for two weeks now, and I have been testing my carb tolerance lately...
I ate spaghetti, kebab, pizza etc. and my BG just can't get higher than 140 mg/dl (7,7 mmol/L) 2h after the first bite ! Okey after that big pizza and two beers I had 154 mg/dl (8,5 mmol/L) - but I just measured my BG after dinner when I ate lots of white bread....and my glucose is 105 mg/dl !!! (5,8 mmol/L).
However all is not that rosy...for my primary condition instead of prednisone I have been prescribed methotrexate, which I'm told is very hard on the liver....but I have one less thing to worry about now, right?