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To: Aqua225

My wife deals with this as well. Sometimes her pancreas will “wake up” just long enough to send her sugars to the basement. She is also a brittle diabetic. It means she can swing 50+ points very quickly.

She is also starting to have stomach problems with processing much of anything. Takes a drug store to keep things working properly in her stomach. But even then there are days where nothing works and things kinda back up in there.

My wife ended up with type 1 during a hospital stay. She went in for surgery on her ankle. They suspect they gave her to many steroids and that is what triggered the onset.

Regardless today she lives with a accucheck pump, dexcom blood sugar monitor and a very limited diet.


27 posted on 05/01/2012 10:22:53 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: cableguymn

My wife ended up with type 1 during a hospital stay. She went in for surgery on her ankle. They suspect they gave her to many steroids and that is what triggered the onset_______________________________________________________My husband was treated with steroids for a medical condition and developed diabetes. The doctor said “we were afraid this would happen” but we were not warned about the possibility.
If you have any family history of diabetes and will be taking steroids, know that they can kick off diabetes in you too.


36 posted on 05/02/2012 3:11:18 AM PDT by ruesrose (It's possible to be clueless without being blonde.)
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