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Last summer I was picked up as almost in the diabetic range. Around two months later I'd reduced carbs and lost weight but my my hba1c had gone up to 50, then 55. At that point I was given lipigliptin. 2 months later I had bullus pemphigoid covering most of me, believed to be caused by the lipigliptin, so it was stopped and I was given high strength topical steroids. They did very little to help and just over a week ago I was prescribed 30 mg daily of prednisolone. Steroids have nasty effects and one is an increase in blood glucose. So now I am on no medication and my hba1c increased to 57.
Today I collected an Accu-Chek Instant meter and prescribed lancets and test strips. Originally I was to be given lessons on using it and collected the meter on Feb 10th, but because of the autoimmune condition and my being very worried that the steroids were increasing glucose I watched your testing 'how-to' and after 2 hours learning how to set up and use the meter I did two tests today, one 4 hours after breakfast which was 17.7 mmol/L, then another 4 hours after that, which was 23.6 mmol/L. I've not been able to do a fasting test yet as I didn't have the testing stuff then.
I'm seeing my dermatologist in 2 weeks time and I think the self-testing is to give an idea of what medication to give me. I was told I couldn't have metformin due to liver damage (all liver tests are normal) and I'm worried about medication because the gliptin caused a skin problem which is still giving me a few blisters. I am still losing weight (from 60 kg in August to 53.5 today) and am sure I'm not getting enough calories to maintain a stable weight.
Does anyone have advice or ideas about any of this?
Today I collected an Accu-Chek Instant meter and prescribed lancets and test strips. Originally I was to be given lessons on using it and collected the meter on Feb 10th, but because of the autoimmune condition and my being very worried that the steroids were increasing glucose I watched your testing 'how-to' and after 2 hours learning how to set up and use the meter I did two tests today, one 4 hours after breakfast which was 17.7 mmol/L, then another 4 hours after that, which was 23.6 mmol/L. I've not been able to do a fasting test yet as I didn't have the testing stuff then.
I'm seeing my dermatologist in 2 weeks time and I think the self-testing is to give an idea of what medication to give me. I was told I couldn't have metformin due to liver damage (all liver tests are normal) and I'm worried about medication because the gliptin caused a skin problem which is still giving me a few blisters. I am still losing weight (from 60 kg in August to 53.5 today) and am sure I'm not getting enough calories to maintain a stable weight.
Does anyone have advice or ideas about any of this?
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