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<blockquote data-quote="Twisticles" data-source="post: 2192307" data-attributes="member: 496546"><p>I'm fairly sure that Prednisolone screwed me up over the holidays.</p><p></p><p>Just before Christmas I injured my right knee so bad I can't walk. So Dec 26th I visited a Family doctor where I was spending the holidays (Singapore), discussed my T2 at length and he prescribed Celecoxib and Prednisolone for my knee.</p><p></p><p>That was 10.30am, by 10pm I was drinking litres of water, peeing non-stop and couldn't test as my BG is usually so stable I left my kit at home (Hong Kong). Same on 27th Dec. When I got home on the 28th and tested, I was running about 34mmol (612mg). A bit of research and I found that Prednisolone is a steroid and they can cause BG to go haywire. Funny the Doctor never mentioned that.</p><p></p><p>So I quit the knee pills. By Monday 30th I was still seeing fasting BG of 24mmol/432mg and highs of 32/600+ later in the day.</p><p></p><p>Went to my usual clinic but my doc was away. The locum didn't seem at all concerned, but increased my Metformin from 500mg X twice a day to 500mg X three times a day. (Plus panadol for the knee yay /s)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm still about 15/270 fasting, rising to 26/468 in the evenings, despite cutting carbs to almost zero. (I've been low carbing around 100g a day for the last year with a regular 8-10/140-150 high/low pattern).</p><p></p><p>I'm weak, dizzy, have horrible headaches, thirsty all the time, peeing all the time, blurry vision and generally feel like ****.</p><p></p><p>Back to the Dr tomorrow...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twisticles, post: 2192307, member: 496546"] I'm fairly sure that Prednisolone screwed me up over the holidays. Just before Christmas I injured my right knee so bad I can't walk. So Dec 26th I visited a Family doctor where I was spending the holidays (Singapore), discussed my T2 at length and he prescribed Celecoxib and Prednisolone for my knee. That was 10.30am, by 10pm I was drinking litres of water, peeing non-stop and couldn't test as my BG is usually so stable I left my kit at home (Hong Kong). Same on 27th Dec. When I got home on the 28th and tested, I was running about 34mmol (612mg). A bit of research and I found that Prednisolone is a steroid and they can cause BG to go haywire. Funny the Doctor never mentioned that. So I quit the knee pills. By Monday 30th I was still seeing fasting BG of 24mmol/432mg and highs of 32/600+ later in the day. Went to my usual clinic but my doc was away. The locum didn't seem at all concerned, but increased my Metformin from 500mg X twice a day to 500mg X three times a day. (Plus panadol for the knee yay /s) Anyway, I'm still about 15/270 fasting, rising to 26/468 in the evenings, despite cutting carbs to almost zero. (I've been low carbing around 100g a day for the last year with a regular 8-10/140-150 high/low pattern). I'm weak, dizzy, have horrible headaches, thirsty all the time, peeing all the time, blurry vision and generally feel like ****. Back to the Dr tomorrow... [/QUOTE]
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