Newbie after advice

[Daveyoke]

Hello I’m very new both to this site and diabetes a quick background is 7 days ago I was discharged from hospital after 10 night 7 on intensive care fighting covid luckily I pulled through , I was given a strong steroid that sent my sugar levels upto 27/28 so they had to stop them 3 days sooner than planned , I wasn’t Diagnosed diabetic before I went into hospital, I was put on insulin to get the levels down and discharged on just metformin I’m at my wits end what to do next I’m checking my levels at end of day at least 3 hours after food tonight it’s 10.0 is there anything I can eat to try get this down . Thanks for reading

 

[Drummer]

Fewer carbohydrates is the usual way to drop glucose levels.
What did you eat to have the reading of 10?

 

[Daveyoke]

Fewer carbohydrates is the usual way to drop glucose levels.
What did you eat to have the reading of 10?

Today I’ve had 2 weetabix a tin of lean ham soup and a nacho topped chicken breast with golden rice and lettuce cucumber tomato side salad that’s all

 

[Daveyoke]

Pra

Today I’ve had 2 weetabix a tin of pea n ham soup and a nacho topped chicken breast with golden rice and lettuce cucumber tomato side salad that’s al

 

[Daveyoke]

When I was in hospital they was giving me humulin i 20 ml then ml . When I got discharged they changed it to 500 metformin twice a day no insulin I’m lost

 

[Daveyoke]

When I was in hospital they was giving me humulin i 20 ml then 10 ml . When I got discharged they changed it to 500 metformin twice a day no insulin I’m lost

 

[trophywench]

Davey - it's fairly common for heavy steroid use to cause diabetes; I've only known one lady years ago to whom this happened and she was on insulin for over 12 months before her pancreas and body recovered enough to get her off insulin and a full recovery was possible.

Who do you need to give your results to, and when? Your GP or someone at the hospital? - cos whoever it is, I think you need to talk to them, and tell them what's happening as we can't give medical advice even if some of us are medically qualified.

 

[Daveyoke]

Davey - it's fairly common for heavy steroid use to cause diabetes; I've only known one lady years ago to whom this happened and she was on insulin for over 12 months before her pancreas and body recovered enough to get her off insulin and a full recovery was possible.

Who do you need to give your results to, and when? Your GP or someone at the hospital? - cos whoever it is, I think you need to talk to them, and tell them what's happening as we can't give medical advice even if some of us are medically qualified.

I’ve had no follow up appointments whatsoever however I do believe someone will be in touch for a new hba1c test this week

 

[Drummer]

Today I’ve had 2 weetabix a tin of lean ham soup and a nacho topped chicken breast with golden rice and lettuce cucumber tomato side salad that’s all

I'd not be eating such high carb foods but I am a very ordinary type two, where you have had a bit of an up and a downer as my Nana might have said.
Rice, weetabix, not for me - I don't know what a nacho is - but even the label on the soup would be interrogated to find out the carb content.
Eating fewer carbs gives me lower blood glucose, which might help drag your numbers down too, now that you are not taking the steroids - if it has no effect then bending the ear of your doctor would be advisable.

 

[Daveyoke]

Thank you I will definitely take your advice on board and scrutinise the labels a little more thorough thanks drummer