Susan....... some times we need to take a
cortizone shot to help ourselves

if you feel the trade off isn't worth it, then you
have the option of telling your Dr that you don't
want cortizone

however, for most of us, the affects of the
cortizone isn't very long and our bg return to
normal afterwards

having said that, i do know one person who has
been on insulin ever since a cortizone
shot................ there is always someone isn't
there??

YMMV too

kate

yes, it does mean"could", not certainly. and it is a temporary worsening.

of course you can handle it, us lot won't allow anything else. and if you
meeded the shot, it wasn't dumb. i gotta say again, it is a temporary thing,
we will help you to see it through.

Alan H

The diabetes isn't necessarily getting worse.  Your control is
temporarily disabled, though, by the steroids, as it would be by getting
a cold or being under stress.

Priscilla

Susan,

I'm someone who did see significant deterioration after taking a course
of prednisone, and I think taking it might have pushed my blood sugars
into the diabetic range eight years ago. It didn't do squat for the
condition I was given it for. In fact, it was inappropriately prescribed.

That doesn't mean your blood sugar won't normalize again. My body is
pretty strange. However, it does mean that you've learned a valuable
lesson, which is not to blindly take a drug just because the doctor
suggests it. Read up on drugs first, and only take them if the benefits
significantly outweigh the possible problems they cause.

I have refused any further cortisone even though I have a foot condition
that could benefit from it. The doctors told me last year that a fancy
treatment, electrophoresis, did not put cortisone into the blood stream
but just into the immediate tissue in tiny doses, so when I wrecked my
foot, I let them do it. My blood sugar stayed elevated for ten days
after this supposedly local treatment.  I later searched on the Internet
and found that this is normal for electrophoresis and that the doctor
was just plain wrong.

Doctors are often wrong about drugs and very ignorant about potentially
damaging permanent side effects.  Get in the habit of researching drugs,
or if that is over your head, ask people here what their experience
might be.

I hope the sugars improve soon for you!
--Jenny

http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/  Type 2 Diabetes info
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/  Low Carb info

I'd happily trade places with you.  I've had a few cortizone shots
this past 2 weeks alone.  My bg's pegged out at 519, mostly 400's
for a few days.  It's a very small price to pay when you think of
how the constant pain also drives up your glucose.

I'd rather hit those high numbers for a few days, then constantly
idle at mid 200's all the time, no matter what I do, never getting
it lower.

----
RK, T1/pumper/Animas IR1250

have been

handle it

Depending on how much beta cell damage you already have. If
you are already fairly "damaged" then yes the shots can tip
you into needing insulin. I have seen it happen. Now that
you know of the possibility it will be your call as to
whether you choose the steroid option in the future. For
some people there is no choice, either pain or asthma will
dictate whether to have steroids or not. I'll keep my
fingers crossed that this is temporary "blip" for you. Have
you lowered your carbs this week? If not, might be wise for
a few days to see the result.

Susan - diabetes is not like sudden death in football. It's more like a
very long chess match between two masters. In other words, all diabetics
make a bad move at times, but the result is not instant death. So calm
down. You've suffered a setback, but you'd be hard put to single it out
decades from now as the one incident that caused some horrible end
effect.

Diabetes is a long term game. It's not over in nine innings. Try to view
it that way, and you won't get so bothered by occasional setbacks.
Setbacks will happen. HTH.