Diabetic and High Blood Pressure

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Shauna,

Keep up the diet and add what ever exersice you can. I am noticing and

improvement in both my blood sugar and blood pressure thru diet and exersice.

And yes I know about weight gain, been on prednisone for over a year now. Went

from 198 to almost 280 and have my weight down to 262 at this time. I am working

to lower it back down to 200. And of course you are in my prayers as is all of

my brothers and sisters in this group. May we all be Blessed with A cure in the

near future.

Greg aka Krumdawg

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> Hi all,

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> I got news yesterday that I was diabetic, high blood pressure and high

cholestorol.  What a bummer.  I have gain quite a bit of weight over the last

year due to prednisone and for some reason it just isn't going anywhere this

time. 

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> I went to a new physician for my physical and she just makes me feel so bad.. 

She tends to think that the prednisone had nothing to do with all of my

problems.  My sarcoid doctor told me before he started me on the

methylprednisone that one of his patients got diabetes from the prednisone a few

years ago.  My mom who is a nurse also told me that diabetes was possoble from

Prednisone.  I haven't told her yet trying to find a way to tell her that I have

been diagnosed.  I am heading to a class soon to get more info on how to manage

it and hopefully with the right diet I can keep it under control.

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> I have been check my levels today and this morning before I ate my numbers

where 160 after eating 177 and then I went and exercised and afterwards my

number was  98.  I am going to learn all I can and try to change what needs to

be changed.  This is really hard to deal with on top of the sarcoids  and before

I was diagnosed with Sarcoids I was 130 lbs.  I haven't seen that in years but

now not really trying to get there but to a more healthly number. 

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> So I am trying to take this all in so I can deal with it. 

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> Greg, I didn't even now I was pre-diabetic but I have been on and off the

prednisone for 6 years.  I keep my eyes checked and trying to control blood

pressure as it has been  on the rise since last year. I guess that all comes

from the prednisone and the weight gain. 

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> Anyway gang, say a prayer for me that I will be able to adapt or control

whatever I have to deal with.  Love hearing from you guys and keep exercising if

only for a few minutes of the day. 

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> Shauna in Atl. 

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