Kat and MAG, thanks for the info about blood sugar. I'll probably be on cortisone (very small dose) for the rest of my life, as well as other immunosuppressants that also mess up your blood sugar. Am now fighting a fierce craving for chocolate and sweets which can do me no good at all. I know the other meds raise blood sugar, but somehow hadn't made the connection between the hunger and weight gain caused by cortisone, and blood sugar ups and downs.

Have been thinking of getting a blood sugar test kit. I'm not technically "diabetic," but my sugar fluctuates a lot. How often should one test one's sugar? My fasting blood sugar went up to 190 and they said get it down or I'd have to take still another medicine. I mostly brought it down with diet and exercise, but it's a time bomb I suspect.

Thanks for all the good stuff in this thread.

Rita Ferrara