Prednisolone Tablets Blood Sugar A Bit Up 12

[gordiescotland1]

Hi there
I know that high blood glucose was a side effect of prenisolone tablets and my doctor decided it was worth the risk just for 1 week. Today I had a bowl of porridge, walked 2 miles to my mothers house for lunch had an egg roll a 2 finger kit kat and a cup of tea with 1000mg of metfomin and walked home checked my blood sugar could not believe it it is 12.1 still another 2 metformin to take today but is 12 anything to worry about. i am going to take quite a bit of water.

[Sqad]

geordie........I mean this in the nicest possible way, but I will not be replying to any more of your posts as I consider your lack of acknowledgmamts and feedback to be unacceptable to me.
You are not the only one on AB that is discourteous, but certainly the most persistent.
You may not find this much of a disadvantage to your queries and I wish you good luck

[douglas9401]

"....and my doctor decided it was worth the risk just for 1 week"

Calm doon man. If that finger prick test was the be-all and end-all then all those highly trained people that you see when you visit the hospital would be surplus to requirements and on the dole.
Your doctor knows what's what. Take your medicine.

[Bathsheba]

Sorry gordie, don't know anything about diabetes, but just wanted to say I'm shocked by Sqad :(

Baths
x x

[wolf63]

Gordie, I don't know the answer but blood sugar monitoring is not crucial in type 2 diabetes. I have been type 2 diabetic for many years and have never checked my blood sugar readings. That would indicate that the normal daily ups and downs are not necessarily a sign of something being wrong.

Just chill

[Postdog]

Best laugh ever here. Someone having a pop about someone else's discourtesy when his own rudeness kept me away from here for years. Oh the irony...

[Postdog]

But to answer your question, as a type 2 sufferer, I wouldn't worry too much about a one off reading. For one thing it can vary so much during the day. I'd suggest taking readings during the day, monitoring them, and then talking to the doc or nurse if constantly high at some point.

[anneasquith]

Now that sqad is very rude . :-(

[Peter Pedant]

Geordie

go for it
take the pred for a week
do your blood sugars
suck your belly button in and see what happens when you stop the pred
on day 7

Pred - you have no idea what you are talking about - I am on 90 mg for five days ( completely different reasons ) and am sleepless and the hallucinations havent even started Days 4 and 5 only
I just hang on for day 6 and know it will be OK )
[Yes they have I haave just seen a mouse and a spider crawl across the floor - at least it didnt raise its hat to me ]

[Peter Pedant]

O come on boys and girls
any doctor can have a bad night ....

I am sure Dr Grumpy will have calmed down by tomorrow

and as for rudeness
read any News thread on
will moustachioed muslims murder us in our beds ?
andie hughes in one corner and the usual suspects in the other