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No, you don't really need to administer pred or proglycem at this point,
and likely there is no side effect to discontinuing it.  If you have a
post-surgical of 435, I'd check on at least a daily basis.  That's pretty
high.  But it often happens - the rest of the pancreas has "gone to
sleep".  But only 7 hours later is a bit early to test.  I would usually
wait 24 hours or more.
 
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams
 
Author wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I'd really appreciate some advice.  Jezebel had insulinoma surgery
>today.  Right after surgery her glucose was still to low to read and now
>(7 hours post) it's 435.  I'm familiar with the transient diabetes so
>this didn't surprise me, but I'm wondering how to continue with her
>medication.  She was on a high dose of Pred (1.7ml BID) and Diazoxide
>(0.5ml BID) so how should I taper especially the Prednisone?  Are there
>any side effects of stopping Diazoxide or should that be tapered as
>well?  I will be keeping a close eye on her glucose levels, how often
>should I be checking?  (Fortunately I'm not clipping claws yet, as long
>as her little veins hold out!)
[Posted in FML issue 3950]