Steroids and diabetes - FYI
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| Fri, 03-05-2004 - 9:19am |
Had a dinner with 4 carb exchanges (15 each), and 2 hrs later, my measurement was 257!
Ok, that didn't make me happy.
Thursday, it was 212 before my milk at 5AM, had a ShapeUp snack bar (my first one) at 8:30AM, and two hours later I was at 190. So, it was going down. That's fine. Had scrambled eggs with vegetables and a bit of cheese with a muffin (no dressing) at 1PM.
It went back up to 218.
Ok...now for the clincher! At 8PM my measurement was 410!!! My face looked like I had a third degree burn. I called the doctor on-call, and she said if in two hours it wasn't below 300, I should take 2mg more of Amaryl. I'd taken my regular 8mg at 4:30PM. She said or I could wait it out! So, 8:30PM 398 while I was talking to her, 350 10:15pm, and 289 at midnight. Ate 1 string cheese (protein), greased my face again for the third time with baby lotion, and went to bed.
This morning it was 253 at 5AM, and my face has just a faint redness to it.
One of my cats got diabetes because we were giving her steroid injections for a condition.
Of course, my vet says that's not the way it is with humans.
So, beware of steroids if you're diabetic. That means inhalers also.
