Can Diabetes Disappear??

Hope you are all keeping those sugars in check!!  I have a question, but it might seem unusual, or maybe not

4 years ago I was very ill, and was put on a very high dose of prednisone for my pericarditis.  about a month aftr that, I started with the symptoms of diabetes...and was diagnosed in march/04.  The internist who was caring for me at the time, claimed that the diabetes was drug induced, and that once I was off the prednisone, the diabetes would disappear.  Of course the girls at the diabetic clinic scoffed at that and said if that happened I would be in the medical history books..LOL

Ok...I have been completely off the prednisone for 3 1/2 weeks...and for the past 4 days...I keep crashing.  My sugars crash 1 - 2 hours after a proper meal.  so...I was wondering...starting tomorrow, could I skip the diabetic meds, and of course monitor myself very closely?  Or is that dangerous?  I take Diamicron, and metformin.

I really appreciate any input.

thank you in advance

Diane

DOH!!! I'm sorry! I just read another post on the same subject...Drug induced Diabetes....but the one difference in mine, is that I am wanting off the meds to see if it is actually gone...   because why am I crashing....and by crashing, I am talking (cdn) levels of 2.0 and 1.5....not long after a meal

Thank you so much for your response.  I am definately going to give it a try starting today...I will keep a very close watch on my levels, maybe you and I have the drug induced diabetes, and now that we are off the steroids, we can control our sugars with diet.

I am so hoping I can knock off 2 more medications from my list. Thanks again

Hope you are having a great start to your day Jack

Hugs

Diane

I WILL keep you updated.  Another thing occurred to me last night.  Not only has my sugar been crashing the past 4 days, I remember also complaining about it quite often before as I was being weined off the steroid.  It just didnt happen as often...plus I find that if I am coming down with a cold my sugars tend to crash unexpectedly then too.  It MUST be the steroid reduction/cessation...LOL there I go...playing doctor again     It took me several attempts, then finally a programme that lasted 6 months!!! to finally succeed getting off that cursed drug.

I guess it will be interesting to see what happens now....

P.S. This is where keeping a journal of our levels etc comes in handy...I was/am very bad for not doing it...sure would have come in handy at this time....so dont be like me...keep journalling like we are supposed to!! 

Gentle hugs

Diane

When she stopped the steroid, her sugars dropped back into the normal range. She stopped the metformin on her own becasue she was crashing. Her doctor kept telling her she was now a diabetic for life- but she wasn't diabetic before the prednisone, and her numbers remain in the normal range today.

That was 10 years ago. In her case, I think that the drug caused her sugars to go higher than her pancreas could handle- kind of a temporary diabetes.  As soon as the drug was out of her system, her normal pancreatic function was enough to contol her blood sugar levels.

It's your body-if you are crashing- you don't need a drug. 

sandy

Conversion table

Blood glucose can be measured in either millimoles per litre (mmol/l) or milligrams per 100 millilitres (mg%). USA.  Some EU countries use mg%, take a copy of the conversion table - it may be useful.

Ta da!