[Diabetes-talk] What did you do?

[Mike Freeman]

KC:

In general, if steroids are needed, insulin is often given temporarily until you're off the steroids.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "K C" <kcc86 at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 17:59:45
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?

>
>
> Hi, Joyce.  Actually I am fairly new at the whole Diabetic game.  I to took 
> steroids back in late June for an Asthma episode.  I had my very first 
> experience with high blood sugar.  At my highest the Prodigy said 285, and I 
> was pretty slurred of speech, and yelling about wanting cake, and cookies. 
> :)
> 
> Are there any other alternatives for Asthmatics in crisis, or others who 
> have to take Steroids?  Seems to me like ending the Asthma attack, at least 
> in my case , could have then put me in danger from high sugars, which 
> doesn't seem like a fair trade off in my book.  Has anyone done any research 
> on this subject?  For type twos who wouldn't normally be on Insulin how 
> should such situations be handled?
> 
> I didn't have Diabetes when I last took Prednisone, and that was well over a 
> year ago.  Still, I do have Asthma, and such an even could very well happen 
> again.  If you, or anyone else understands my experience I'd love to hear 
> from you.  The Emergency room staff were more concerned with breaking up the 
> Asthma attack, and I understand that.  There just has to be some middle of 
> the road to get you through taking the Steroids.  Any advice would be 
> helpful.
> Take care of you,
> 
> K C
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] What did you do?
> 
> 
> > Well my blood sugars have been all over the place in the last 50  years.
> > More recently I had my highs due to steroids and a bout of asmatic
> > bronchitis.  Do you know what your Prodigy meter says when you are over 
> > 600?  It
> > says "High".  I have had blood sugars readings such as 585  and maybe only
> > twice I had the "High" reading.  I have handled these on my  own only 
> > because I
> > had experienced these things and I do know the symptom prior  to going 
> > into
> > a coma.
> >
> > At 585 I can function normally, but have a tremendous thirst, urinate
> > frequently.  I have in the past gotten spikes like this due to forgetting 
> > to
> > take my insulin.  I have reacted by taking coverage according to a 
> > sliding
> > scale of what my doctor has set up for coverage of each 50 count past a
> > decided normal for me.  I follow up with blood sugars and take more 
> > coverage
> > according to what they are.
> >
> > At times I have eaten and other times I have not eaten one or two meals,
> > usually breakfast and or lunch.
> >
> > For me instead of thinking that one shot will do it to get it down, a few
> > sshots spaced a couple of hours apart gets it down.  It does not just dive
> > downward.  You do need to eat so you do not bottom out.  You can yoyo  up
> > and down, too.
> >
> > Once blood sugar levels come down to at least mid 200 I will eat and take
> > coverage for carbs and blood sugar level.  It is important for me to eat 
> > at
> > this point as I will bottom out and since I don't feel any symptoms  for
> > low blood sugars any more, I can't tell when I am getting too low.
> >
> >
> > I have not been in a coma since I was a teenager.  That was before  blood
> > machines at home and we would test urine and acetones.    I  have been in 
> > an
> > acedosis diabetic coma 3 times.  Twice was while I was in a  hospital 
> > under
> > the doctor's care.  Back then there was not endocrinologists  specializing
> > in children around me.  Not even up at Yale Medical Center  which is 1/2 
> > hour
> > drive from where I lived.
> >
> > Joyce
> >
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