Post by daisyd on Jan 2, 2018 11:32:16 GMT
It's fun.
I'm a type 1 diabetic, have been for over 30 years. I also have a bad lung condition, that can turn pretty nasty in the winter, when people have coughs and colds and give them all to me.
So, I got a chest infection about three weeks ago. No surprises there. I took my normal meds, and they didn't work. So I went to the doctor, who prescribed me with a different medicine, and some steroid tablets.
Now, steroids don't liek diabetics, and diabetics don't like steroids, because when the two come together, it all goes horribly wrong. Prescription steroids make blood sugar levels rise way beyond the normal. I had a five day course prescribed
I deal with the huge rise in blood sugar in two ways - inject more insulin, and also eat very carefully. No sugary stuff for me for five days it was New Year's Eve, and I was eating crackers and drinking flavoured water, like the party animal that I am (not).
Today was the final dose of steroids. WOO. I had a huge amount of insulin, my tablets and my tiny one-bit-of-toast breakfast. Two hours later, I started to feel a bit ill.
I couldn't figure it out for some time, then I did a blood test. My level was down - way down. Which should not be happening at this time.
It's taken me another half an hour to realise what happened. I had been splitting my steroid dose into two lots of three tablets per day. Today, I only had two left, but was a bit dim and gave myself enough insulin to cover a three-tablet dose. I am sitting here now with my first lot of chocolate in five days, and a really silly feeling.
On the other hand, I have now cleared away the chest infection! And I will be able to eat a proper sized dinner tonight. So it's all good, for now anyway.
I'm a type 1 diabetic, have been for over 30 years. I also have a bad lung condition, that can turn pretty nasty in the winter, when people have coughs and colds and give them all to me.
So, I got a chest infection about three weeks ago. No surprises there. I took my normal meds, and they didn't work. So I went to the doctor, who prescribed me with a different medicine, and some steroid tablets.
Now, steroids don't liek diabetics, and diabetics don't like steroids, because when the two come together, it all goes horribly wrong. Prescription steroids make blood sugar levels rise way beyond the normal. I had a five day course prescribed
I deal with the huge rise in blood sugar in two ways - inject more insulin, and also eat very carefully. No sugary stuff for me for five days it was New Year's Eve, and I was eating crackers and drinking flavoured water, like the party animal that I am (not).
Today was the final dose of steroids. WOO. I had a huge amount of insulin, my tablets and my tiny one-bit-of-toast breakfast. Two hours later, I started to feel a bit ill.
I couldn't figure it out for some time, then I did a blood test. My level was down - way down. Which should not be happening at this time.
It's taken me another half an hour to realise what happened. I had been splitting my steroid dose into two lots of three tablets per day. Today, I only had two left, but was a bit dim and gave myself enough insulin to cover a three-tablet dose. I am sitting here now with my first lot of chocolate in five days, and a really silly feeling.
On the other hand, I have now cleared away the chest infection! And I will be able to eat a proper sized dinner tonight. So it's all good, for now anyway.