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<blockquote data-quote="JonB100" data-source="post: 2203541" data-attributes="member: 496681"><p>Hi,</p><p>I've just joined the forum in an attempt to reply to the initial post(er), who has a transplant, is a long time user of steroids and is newly diagnosed as diabetic.</p><p></p><p>This is a fairly unusual series of combined conditions, which to a large extent mimic my own.</p><p></p><p>I'm at present trying to follow a new steroid regime due to secondary adrenal insufficiency, to replicate normal circadian levels, in my case, hydrocortisone.</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed as diabetic two years ago and too placed on insulin. I've been trying to combat frequent morning hypoglycaemia, and am hopefully now succeeding. Tomorrow I'm again reducing my once a day insulin injection and will be recording glucose levels every two hours.</p><p></p><p>Post transplant diabetes is an 'interesting' subject, so rare that it's difficult to get any useful advice, even from medically informed folks.</p><p></p><p>I would like to hear from others in a similar leaky boat ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonB100, post: 2203541, member: 496681"] Hi, I've just joined the forum in an attempt to reply to the initial post(er), who has a transplant, is a long time user of steroids and is newly diagnosed as diabetic. This is a fairly unusual series of combined conditions, which to a large extent mimic my own. I'm at present trying to follow a new steroid regime due to secondary adrenal insufficiency, to replicate normal circadian levels, in my case, hydrocortisone. I was diagnosed as diabetic two years ago and too placed on insulin. I've been trying to combat frequent morning hypoglycaemia, and am hopefully now succeeding. Tomorrow I'm again reducing my once a day insulin injection and will be recording glucose levels every two hours. Post transplant diabetes is an 'interesting' subject, so rare that it's difficult to get any useful advice, even from medically informed folks. I would like to hear from others in a similar leaky boat ... [/QUOTE]
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