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Hi I was diagnosed in August ,it was great shock but I have got over it now. I am only type 2 and up to now I am just using diet control. My question is --has anyone had a bad reaction to a steroid injection using fluoroscopy ? I had one 2 months ago in my hip and spent the next two weeks feeling awful, faint, heart palpitations, sweating,temperature spikes and a general feeling of impending doom. Anyone out there who has experienced this and have they had another injection since. I don't feel as if I should risk it.
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Hi Crumblecrookie.

Welcome to the forum, can't help with your question I'm afraid just wanted to say hi.

Sure someone will be along before long who can help

Mary
 
Thanks Mary, I am sure I will learn lots about my condition ( as I have been told to call it --not disease) I was so proud that with all my other problems I was not diabetic as all my blood tests had come back fine then Bombshell!! Diabetic but I am surprised that I only have to go see my DN every six months and no meds -another tablet wouldn't make a difference to the rest that I take. The nurse wasn't even bothered about me testing my blood sugar but no doubt everything will fall into place eventually. Thanks for my welcome Mary
 
I had a nasty reaction to a steroid injection when I had my knee drained - no idea what was injected into the knee, but it made me pretty ill.

I had a load of fluid removed from my right knee about 10 years ago and then steroids were injected into the joint to help. My BP shot up, I had palpitations, a nasty rash and felt very ill. The GP was on the point of sending me to hospital, but things settled down.

I now make everyone aware that I am allergic to steroids, as it's not an experience I want to go through again.
 
As you will see or have seen there is very haphazard approaches by hcp to testing.

I personnally couldnt have brought my figures down without measuring regularly. I'm still new to this but can catagorically say you must test, before food and 2 hours after.

Initally you'll get some surprise highs after certain foods (carbs) then you will know to remove them from your diet, or reduce the volume .

If you show your GP/DN you are intending to use the monitoring to help stop problems in the future you may find they come round to giving you the monitor/strips on prescription.

I managed to talk my gp round to prescriptions for strips by showing the graphs I had of the progress i was making. How i was using the info i.e. i know through testing i can handle 30g of pasta/rice/pots but can't eat any bread,porridge,cereal. I also showed him this website . If I'd done what they wanted ie eat 'normal' healthy diet and come back for another HBA1c 3 in 3 months I know for a fact i would have increased not decreased and that would mean meds - i dont want them!!!

good luck x
 
I am so glad someone else has had a bad reaction to a steroid injection ( sorry that sounds rotten but I'm sure you know what I mean) My doctor has put on my notes that I am allergic so it will be red carded when I have to go into hospital and like you SueR I never want to go through that again. I hope your reaction didn't last too long mine lasted for 2 weeks, some days terrible some days not too bad.
Thanks also MaryJ for your help. I did try to test regularly at first then after visiting the DN I got the" can't be bothered bug" because of how she treated me. I have spoken to my Dr and he is happy for me to test and has said when I need strips I can order them. His opinion is that that the more regularly you test the more you learn about your body and how diabetes affects it. Seems as though I am a lucky one as other people in the same boat as me ( diet only ) have not been allowed to test. Some people have even bought their own meter/test strips. I know they are expensive but I do feel we should be given them.
Thanks again
 
I also seem to be allergic to Byetta - having been on it for 2 years and then having a bad reaction when they added insulin to my treatment. At the last appointment with my consultant, he explained that I had had an allergic reaction to it, which rather stunned me. I had been on the drug for 2 years and thought I'd have had a reaction long before then. Obviously not, as your body can take time to develop an allergy to meds.

I frequently get asked - by the health professionals - how I know I am allergic to these meds and once I reel of the list of the things that happened when I take them, I seem to be believed. I find this very annoying as I know exactly what can happen when I take certain drugs, I certainly wouldn't tell anyone I was allergic to something if I wasn't.

It's going to be fun when I have my lumbar puncture, as I am highly allergic to codeine - swollen lips, eyes and an itchy rash developing within seconds of me taking it - so sorting out a pain killer will be a challenge. This allergy means I can't take cough and cold preparations either.
 
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