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Old 10-14-2011, 12:56 AM
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Well, if I were you Tyson, with those nightsweats, nightmares, now the thirst...I'd get a glucometer and start testing yourself all day long. With your history of long term use of Prednisone, aberrations in glucose throughout the day and night, are fairly common.

Best to rule this out. If you do have beginning diabetic issues, you can go into lactic ketoacidosis, which is a sudden change in blood pH and that can be very dangerous and deadly suddenly. One minute you are moving around, the next you can be unconscious!
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