Hi Dan,
Yes I have the same condition along with double vision. I have generalized MG and was diagonized about a month ago. Today we discovered my sister has it. Back to you. My diabetes is also type 2 for about 6 years. I take Metformin 2000mg a day. A1C runs 6.6-6.8. I started MG with small dose of Mestinon (nothing) then they doubled it 60mg 3 a day (nothing) then they added 180mg slow release at night (nothing) then they added Neostigmine (nothing) then they added big dose of Prednisone over a 16 day peroid to be tapered down every 3 days. The Pred has done nothing for my eyes but has greatly increased my energy level. I am now in the taper down phase so we will see how my energy levels are doing. My diabetes doctor did know of the hazards of Pred but he said a 16 day run won't be that bad and he didn't want to put me on insulin because the sugars will drop back as I taper. The highest so far has been 366. In the mornings it is 120 because it has been a few hours since the Pred dose. I feel pretty comfortable with this so far. Just that nothing has helped my eyes. Hope this helps you. I'm new at this too.
Mike
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Originally Posted by danbee46
I have had OMG since 1962. For many years my symptoms have been a slightly drooping right lid and some ptosis in both eyes. Since I have adapted to these things my docs and I agreed that I should not take immunosuppressants since the side effects could be worse than my symptoms. However, over the last few weeks, the drooping eyelid has gotten significantly worse to the point that at times the lid won't open at all.
I also have type 2 diabetes, which means that prednisone is usually contraindicated because in can raise the blood sugar levels. I have appointments coming up with my docs to discuss whether we should try a small dosage of prednisone while carefully monitoring my blood sugar.
I was wondering if anyone here has the same problem and how it was handled.
--Dan
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