Too Sweet

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Andrew MacLean
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Re: Too Sweet

Postby Andrew MacLean » Wed 12 Oct 2011 2:33 pm

Thanks Amarpal.

Yes things are pretty good just now thanks. I am seeing very well and seem to be getting my glucose levels back under control. Fortunately the 'health MoT' picked up the presence of too much sugar in my blood before I developed any symptoms.

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Re: Too Sweet

Postby Loopy-Lou » Thu 20 Oct 2011 6:22 pm

sorry to hear this Andrew. I didn't appreciate this risk, although it's absorbed through the membrane I would have thought it was nothing like the systemic absorption through oral administration, it's a sobering thought..

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Re: Too Sweet

Postby Andrew MacLean » Fri 21 Oct 2011 7:09 am

Lou, thanks for your kind post. You are of course right; far less cortico-steroid is absorbed across the eye membrane than through the oral intestinal route. That said, we do medicate more frequently and over a far longer period than other users.
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