alisonz
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Well I'm not sure on this so here goes.
I have psoriatic arthritis and have tried various meds for it with no success as I get pretty bad side effects, however I have been on this latest one around 3 months now and although it has helped my arthritis I'm not so sure on whether it has helped my D. I went into work on friday feeling slightly rough thought I would be fine and stuck it out, however it got to the point where I couldn't see my computer screen much less read what was on it, felt really sick and dizzy and by 11 am thought I was going to pass out so asked if I could go home, which I did, got home and thought it might be a good idea to test 0.9 😱 Oh my word!! no wonder I felt so ill! Anyway I got things sorted and had a pretty good weekend, lessons were learned and this morning promptly put my meter in my bag for work. Glad I did as once again I was feeling rough so tested straight away 18.3.
Now over the last 4 weeks or so I have had no appetite at all and am eating very little (hence the huge weight loss) and one of the side effects of the arthritis meds is weight loss but could this be causing my erratic levels? I've never had a problem before and really don't know what to do about it. I have an appointment with rheumatology in 2 weeks so do I stick it out and speak to them or should I speak to my gp (if I can get to see her) Any advice is greatly received.
sorry if this is a bit long winded
I have psoriatic arthritis and have tried various meds for it with no success as I get pretty bad side effects, however I have been on this latest one around 3 months now and although it has helped my arthritis I'm not so sure on whether it has helped my D. I went into work on friday feeling slightly rough thought I would be fine and stuck it out, however it got to the point where I couldn't see my computer screen much less read what was on it, felt really sick and dizzy and by 11 am thought I was going to pass out so asked if I could go home, which I did, got home and thought it might be a good idea to test 0.9 😱 Oh my word!! no wonder I felt so ill! Anyway I got things sorted and had a pretty good weekend, lessons were learned and this morning promptly put my meter in my bag for work. Glad I did as once again I was feeling rough so tested straight away 18.3.
Now over the last 4 weeks or so I have had no appetite at all and am eating very little (hence the huge weight loss) and one of the side effects of the arthritis meds is weight loss but could this be causing my erratic levels? I've never had a problem before and really don't know what to do about it. I have an appointment with rheumatology in 2 weeks so do I stick it out and speak to them or should I speak to my gp (if I can get to see her) Any advice is greatly received.
sorry if this is a bit long winded