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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 244352" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>Hi Bob I was on long term Pred treatment for a lung condition and it was the cortisone which actually caused my diabetes - a well know side effect - but on diagnosis I was put on insulin treatment and advised on diet especially portion control and by basically eating about a third of what I had previously eaten - pred makes you ravenously hungry - and cutting back on the carbs I managed to get my HbA1c down into the 5%'s within 3 or 4 months and also managed to loose 4 stone so yes prenisolone will make your blood glucose shoot up off the scale but it can be managed.</p><p></p><p>I was started on 10 units of Humalulin I at night to keep my bg down over night and 10 units of Humumlin S before meals, by trial and error I found the best time to inject my short acting insulin was about 35 minutes before eating but you may find a slightly different timing suits you better.</p><p></p><p>I found it daunting at first but soon got the hang of it, after about a week I had increased my dosage to 12 units across the board and then over the next few month gradually reduced it as I sorted out my diet through loads of testing pre and post mealtimes. Once I got the hung of how much to inject to cover a particular meal - carb wise - my bg levels soon started to drop.</p><p></p><p>Hope this in some way helps :thumbup:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 244352, member: 19121"] Hi Bob I was on long term Pred treatment for a lung condition and it was the cortisone which actually caused my diabetes - a well know side effect - but on diagnosis I was put on insulin treatment and advised on diet especially portion control and by basically eating about a third of what I had previously eaten - pred makes you ravenously hungry - and cutting back on the carbs I managed to get my HbA1c down into the 5%'s within 3 or 4 months and also managed to loose 4 stone so yes prenisolone will make your blood glucose shoot up off the scale but it can be managed. I was started on 10 units of Humalulin I at night to keep my bg down over night and 10 units of Humumlin S before meals, by trial and error I found the best time to inject my short acting insulin was about 35 minutes before eating but you may find a slightly different timing suits you better. I found it daunting at first but soon got the hang of it, after about a week I had increased my dosage to 12 units across the board and then over the next few month gradually reduced it as I sorted out my diet through loads of testing pre and post mealtimes. Once I got the hung of how much to inject to cover a particular meal - carb wise - my bg levels soon started to drop. Hope this in some way helps :thumbup: [/QUOTE]
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