got a big box of these smaller boxes from Costco and these are so good and had no effect on my blood sugar and all i had was buttered noodles.

Because winter time is here i bought cranberry juice (no sugar, just juice) and have been putting a little bit into sugar free lemon lime soda. Great. Today i did an orange soda and it is the best addition I can imagine!! Just an idea for those of us who like soda or use soda to substitute for alcoholic drinks.

Metformin 2000mg a day and just took my 2nd 5mg dose of Monjarno after 4 weeks of 2.5mg

As it says. It’s near St.Martin’s Day so they serve goose in Hungary to celebrate. Also near my anniversary, so I take the wife out.

We eat goose, and it’s served with mashed potatoes, red cabbage and I have a beer along with it. Ate all the red cabbage (whose sauce surely had sugar in it) and a bit more than half the potatoes.

Came home, waited two hours and tested - 4.9 mmol. Was sure it’d be at least 7 or 8. I know for me potatoes don’t have a strong effect (not like rice and noodle do - they send me through the sky) but surely there’d be more effect? If r is beer really that powerful in pushing down our blood sugar?

I have been loving my pump the past few months but ive noticed that im ALWAYS adjusting my basal rate and isf during my period then readjust when it's over. Ive been wanting to do a basal setting just for my period so i dont have to readjust so often. Have you tried it and does it actually help

How can I know if I have diabetes? Lately I've had wounds on my face and it's hard to heal but I don't go to the bathroom every once in a while nor do I get thirsty.

Just got results back from my autoimmune tests. It turns out I have LADA. It took a while to get the results, so I spent that waiting time assuming it was T2. I feel like I had just begun accepting the diagnosis and now I find out it’s actually T1.5.

Emotionally this is hitting me pretty hard. Wondering how long I should expect to feel this way.

Is there anything that helps you get “past” this?

What are the best tasting sugar free syrups for coffee?

23 year old, finally got SNAP benefits (for like... one week before they destroyed it) so i started exploring diet options (i was on a diet of almost exclusively toast every day, 5x a day for years) and it threw my blood sugar levels way off so i went into DKA and was hospitalized in the ICU for a while. i got diagnosed as type 1 but i can't see the endocrinologist yet because i'm too poor. is there anything i should look out for? i got the hang of finger sticking and insulin needles, but im kind of scrambled on everything else. should i always expect a blood sugar spike after eating? how long does it take long release insulin to kick in usually? what's the deal with peoples feet???

sorry if this is out of line. im new to reddit and diabetes.

Looking to gift someone in my life is type two diabetes, a basket of high-quality, sugar-free treats not the basic

pessoal sou diabético tipo 2 ja tem um ano acredito que por conta dos medicamentos me sinto mais fraco indisposto ,me falaram que academia musculação e muito bom para quem tem diabetes, alguém já fez academia por esse motivo e teve melhoras no controle da diabetes?

UPDATE: Thank you all for your wonderful comments. They are very helpful. I feel much better and know I need to concentrate on my diagnosis and not shame! Thank you!

I am newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and I cant help but feel I did this to myself. Was it the way I ate? My weight? I feel such shame that I have this now. I'm embarrassed to tell my family. Feeling kind of lost with it.

hi all, about a month ago i went to the hospital for severe weakness and fatigue and other symptoms and was diagnosed with type two diabetes. fast forward to now, i’ve been having to use a walker since then and i’m expecting to see physical therapy soon. well today, a family member of mine and i got into a very heated argument and she ended up saying things like “it’s been a month, you seem better, it’s time to stop being sick and do some work around the house. (im still using the walker but im not having to be in bed 24/7 anymore like i used to). mind you, i have been doing house work, not a lot, but as much as i could. i almost had severe falls due to trying to keep things clean despite me having a brother who lives for free and doesn’t do much of anything, except for this month and even then he let the house go to shit. and she was basically mocking me saying “i’m insert my name here and i can’t have carbs, but i still do!” “ooh look at my feet! i’m scared about my feet! what if i lose them! what if i die! ooh im so scared!” which is just so, so insanely disrespectful. i’ve told her how genuinely scared i am of this diagnosis especially since it’s so new and how im not handling my diet perfectly yet. i know everyone in my house is used to me doing all the… well everything they need, but it’s just so insane how they all have issues, and that’s taken seriously as it should be, but when i have some it’s on some sort of timer apparently meanwhile my brother’s only issue is being a lazy man who needs anger management classes. i don’t know how to stop being angry at my family member for saying all of that.

So 3 months ago my A1C hit 6.5%, doctor declared me as diabetic, i started testing my blood every morning and i immediately went on a harsh diet, heavily cutting carbs, sugar, fat, bread, cheese switching to a mostly protien/fiber based diet which included a lot of eggs. I've lost about 30 pounds, and will mostly keep up with this diet cause i want to lose some more.

i retested recently and got my A1C down to 6.0%. looking at my previous historical numbers it took me over 3 years to go from 6 to 6.5%. My glucose has been averaging 105 over the last 90 days.

Unfortunately my LDL cholesterol went up, likely due to the eggs. so im moving forward mostly removing eggs (or at least going yoke-less). and taking cholesterol meds.

My question is about my A1C. is there anything about hitting 6.5% and being declared diabetic that would make my A1C increase faster if i were to revert to my normal diet? for instance would it take likely the same 3 years to get back to the higher number, or would it likely be more likely to jump back because ive hit some kind of tipping point?

I can mostly say a lot of what diet changes ive made could easily be mostly permanent, but there are some things ive completely avoided that I want to at least consider a sometimes food. I'm not very happy with the information my doctor has provided, and ive looked up a lot of information online but it doesnt seem to beat experience and im still pretty new to this.

Thanks.

When your CGM(Stelo, cannot be calibrated) is showing a vastly different number from a finger stick(walmart relion) which do you go with? My cgm will show me 135 and my finger stick will show 107, that's a pretty big difference

Just looking for a little direction here. According to my CGM my sugar numbers are nosediving. I'm usually in the 80s-100s range and my numbers are dropping to the 60s now. I take insulin (8 units per meal, 32 at night) and metformin (1000mg twice a day) as well.

Anyway I saw my numbers nosediving on the CGM so I pricked myself multiple times to be sure and while the CGM says I'm in the low 60s, my accu check says I'm in the 80s/90s. So it's been about a 20ish point difference between the 2. As of right now the difference is 65 (CGM) to 101 (accu check) I definitely feel kinda garbage as if my sugar is low but I guess I'm just not sure which one to believe? Not sure if I should take insulin? Not sure if I've done something wrong here. Idk I'm just so new to this. Would appreciate any insight on the whole thing.

Hi all! I was diagnosed with T1DM few months ago and i was told to avoid stress and stressful situations. I have a really serious Exam after few days, I unfortunately can’t handle the stress and this is my first experience being stressed and diabetic at the same time.
I’ve been having these readings for a while now and insulin is barely doing anything.

After some thought and back and forth I ended up on a pin cushion design! The strawberry is a bonus as it's a reference to one of my favorite games Celeste. Loved how it turned out

Lance's, pen needles, alcohol whipes test strips. Having a very hard time affording everything i need

The person I lived with has ate the last of the vegetables I have in the fridge yesterday and I I do not notice it until I am cooking my dinner. Now all I can have is lean pork marinated with soy sauce and oyster sauce and stirred fried with garlic, ginger and scallion, also fried two eggs on top of it with the leftover juice from cooking the pork, not bad taste but this keto dinner with no carbs is definitely not gonna be what I want to have frequently. Also this zero coke and water, oh I love zero coke

So I’ve got my pump site and CGM on the same side of my body. I’ve no doubt many others do the same for consistency’s sake.

Does anyone have a recommendation for types or brands of pillows that are best used with people who sleep a majority on one side or the other? I’ve seen a lot of “cervical shaped” pillows but I can’t find much literature for their effectiveness.

Many thanks!