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<blockquote data-quote="MargaretR" data-source="post: 841457" data-attributes="member: 157443"><p>Continuation of above post.</p><p></p><p>Sorry about not coming back, but i couldn't find the thread.</p><p>When I got the diagnosis I was put on metformin (3x 500mg) . my GP told me not to bother testing, but I bought a meter and started testing to see what foods I needed to cut out completely. The GP is happy to look at my readings.</p><p></p><p>At first my readings were all over the place, but I gradually realised that the readings correlated with when I took the prednisolone. I normally take it 9.00am. My fasting readings are usually in the 6s, but that will rise to anything like 12 or 13 by mid afternoon, before dropping to 7 or 8 in the late evening. The key thing to my realisation that it is a direct affect was that if I took a 25 mg non coated tablet, my bg peak was about 3.00pm If I took </p><p>5 x 5 mg sugar coated ones it takess longer to absorb and my peak bg is about 5pm. Recognising this has meant going back to my food listings, and reinstating some of the foods I had previously banned.</p><p></p><p>I can't find much on the web, but I did find these 2 references and posted them about 6 weeks ago. I've pasted them below </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.imperialendo.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.imperialendo.co.uk/</a><strong>Steroids</strong></p><p></p><p>It's written for medics at Hammersmith hospital, but there is a useful and interesting flowchart at the end. Many of the other references are mainly about people who have only been on very short courses of steroids, but this one does discuss long term steroid use,and does explain why why the blood glucose readings can rise during the day.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There is also some interesting stuff in here. It's an old thread (2006) and American, so the BS are all in old money, but it does cover some of what we have been trying to find out about eating and BS levels.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx" target="_blank">HealingWell.com Forum</a> > <a href="http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?c=4" target="_blank">Diseases & Conditions</a> > <a href="http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=20" target="_blank">Diabetes</a> > coping with steroid (prednisone) induced diabetes </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Margaret</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MargaretR, post: 841457, member: 157443"] Continuation of above post. Sorry about not coming back, but i couldn't find the thread. When I got the diagnosis I was put on metformin (3x 500mg) . my GP told me not to bother testing, but I bought a meter and started testing to see what foods I needed to cut out completely. The GP is happy to look at my readings. At first my readings were all over the place, but I gradually realised that the readings correlated with when I took the prednisolone. I normally take it 9.00am. My fasting readings are usually in the 6s, but that will rise to anything like 12 or 13 by mid afternoon, before dropping to 7 or 8 in the late evening. The key thing to my realisation that it is a direct affect was that if I took a 25 mg non coated tablet, my bg peak was about 3.00pm If I took 5 x 5 mg sugar coated ones it takess longer to absorb and my peak bg is about 5pm. Recognising this has meant going back to my food listings, and reinstating some of the foods I had previously banned. I can't find much on the web, but I did find these 2 references and posted them about 6 weeks ago. I've pasted them below [URL='http://www.imperialendo.co.uk/']www.imperialendo.co.uk/[/URL][B]Steroids[/B] It's written for medics at Hammersmith hospital, but there is a useful and interesting flowchart at the end. Many of the other references are mainly about people who have only been on very short courses of steroids, but this one does discuss long term steroid use,and does explain why why the blood glucose readings can rise during the day. There is also some interesting stuff in here. It's an old thread (2006) and American, so the BS are all in old money, but it does cover some of what we have been trying to find out about eating and BS levels. [URL='http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx']HealingWell.com Forum[/URL] > [URL='http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?c=4']Diseases & Conditions[/URL] > [URL='http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=20']Diabetes[/URL] > coping with steroid (prednisone) induced diabetes Margaret [/QUOTE]
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