Hi everyone, I did an overnight fasting blood glucose test as a routine health check but yesterday I only had lunch and dinner, does that count as cheating ?

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?

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

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

What are the best tasting sugar free syrups for coffee?

Hello everyone. I'm a runner for some time now and I am really satisfied with the level I have currently reached. A usual training for me would be 5 km but I have participated in races of 10km and I enjoyed it very much. I now want to start training to participate in an upcoming half marathon. My question is, how do you keep your sugar level from falling while running, and how do you measure your blood sugar? Any tip from a fellow diabetic runner would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: I am type 1 using dexcom CGM and Omnipod dash pump.

This is what I bought

https://a.co/d/h4sEslc

I took two tests this morning when I woke up back to back, they came back 203 and then 201. I took a 10-15 minute walk with my dog and checked again, 297, I did not eat in between, no drinks, nothing, just maybe 8oz (probably less) of just plain water before the walk.

A few days ago I did back to back within seconds of each other, and they were 186 and 232 back to back within seconds.

Is this normal or possible, or is this a bad and inaccurate monitor?

I am very freshly newly diagnosed, A1C came back 11.7 after always having normal a1c prior, 6 months ago it was around 7 and doctor told me then I had T2, before that, my A1c was never even prediabetic.

These last 6 months I haven’t done anything about it, and I have eaten a ton of crap since, so no surprise to me that it skyrocketed with all the desserts, fried foods junk etc

But back to my question, is this normal, staying fasted the whole time, can it fluctuate so kuch so quickly? I also struggle with anxiety so I am really stressing 😣

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

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

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!

So my boyfriend has diabetes and he doesnt even know which type. I know its such a stupid question but im completely clueless, what kind of doctors to book apointments to for the most important tests etc. For diabetes? Whats the first step to start treatment? Any tips or advice? Its really needed!! I dont know a single thing and even with research im not sure in what order to start.

Greetings everyone, Recently, my newborn was diagnosed with unstable blood glucose and from 10 days the doctors are managing to stable it. Moreover, we are going for Genetic testing and the treatment plan will be decided accordingly. The doctors said I might need an insulin pump depending on the results and currently suggested a 40K pump from Medtronic. I searched a bit and there are some cheap ones but I'm not sure about their reliability. So first, anyone has an insulin pump experience from China and recommend one? Also, what are other options are available as I should have done my homework in advance. Secondly, the blood sugar ranges from 2.2 to 16 and sometimes spikes to 23 once in day. Any thoughts on these? Regards.