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Diabetes and Interferon !!!

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    vickykay
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      Hi everyone, just wanted to know if anyone out there has diabetes after taking Interferon. I only had 3 weeks of high dose,and one day of low. But I have found that my blood sugar will not go back down to what it was before Interferon. My fasting blood sugar was 104 before my treatment, and now it is 130. I really don't want to start meds for diabetes, but may need to if I can't get it back down. I walked 4 to 5 miles aday before I had surgery, but now because of lymphedema in my leg, I can only walk about a mile.

      Hi everyone, just wanted to know if anyone out there has diabetes after taking Interferon. I only had 3 weeks of high dose,and one day of low. But I have found that my blood sugar will not go back down to what it was before Interferon. My fasting blood sugar was 104 before my treatment, and now it is 130. I really don't want to start meds for diabetes, but may need to if I can't get it back down. I walked 4 to 5 miles aday before I had surgery, but now because of lymphedema in my leg, I can only walk about a mile. I know that sometimes blood sugars will go up with Interferon treatment, but they come back down when you stop treatment. It has been three months and no change. My hair has stopped falling out now, so maybe I should wait awhile longer to see if my numbers go down. Dr. app. next month, so will know better what to do about diabetes them. Just wanted to see if any one elsa had this problem.       God Bless everyone in this group is my prayer !

                    

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