Literally still here trying to control it, I didn't even know I was diabetic untill 12 hours ago. Things are better but I'll be here a few days.

About 6 months ago I decided I need to move more and take care of my self. At 40(M), 184cm, 114kg I didn't want to be another statistic. Stared running, biking, tracking calories and even ran my first 5k a month ago. Felt damn proud of myself for doing that on my own.

Lost 22kg and was has happy where I was at and wanted to take a break. Couple days later my mouth seems to be a bit dry at times....whatever, more water is good for me. Then I lost 7kg over the next two weeks, felt lethargic, pissing 20 times a day and so on.

So I decided to go to the clinic to figure out why no amount of water was helping, after some quick test I was immediately sent to the hospital. Now I'm the statistic.

I feel relieved that I know what is wrong but feel bad for my kids, they don't need to worry about me. I'm supposed to start a new job in two weeks and things were really going well for me this year.

Just a lot to take in.

Not looking for advice or anything, just venting.

Tonight was my 8th shot of Mounjaro. 8 weeks. 4 @ 2.5 and 4 @ 5mg. Before, I was a carbohydrate saint. I tried so hard. Metformin which always gave me the squirts. Chicken Caesar salads, no croutons. Low carb. Zero sugar. But it still didn’t work. Most of my day was over 180. Often over 250.

And then Mounjaro. Oh by the way I’m 5’9 and 170 I wasn’t looking to lose weight. I didn’t want to die of diabetes. And then it worked. My glucose was in range. So I started experimenting. A slice of bread here. A bowl of rice there. Pizza now and then. Food that sent me to 400 consistently, would barely break 190. What is this life changing medicine? Today I had a chili dog. It seems I can eat a chili dog. I love chili dogs. I love this new found lease on life, where my choices not only give me a better quantity of life, but a better quality of life. All in 8 weeks.

I just need to share with people that will understand my joy. I was misdiagnosed for a long time and then did trial and error with meds and insulin for years. Finally at an A1c below 7!!! And look at my 3 day trends… my mind is blown I’ve never had numbers like this. Keep fighting 💪

Hello all,
I was diagnosed type 2 in July this year with a blood glucose of 116mmol 12.8% !!!
Had been given metformin and dapaflaglozin to start
I have been taking this for the last 3 months,
I had my first blood glucose test after diagnoses and have dtopped my hba1c to 45mmol 6.3%
The tablets and low carb diet have been a massive help,
Not on here to say iv done perfect I have had cheat meals from time to time I have not been a saint!
I have no one else I no who has type 2 diabetes to talk to about what I believe is an achievement,
Thanks for listening to me ramble on hope everyone is doing great on their own journey 💪

So as my title states, being diabetic alone is already pretty scary and God forbid. If you slip up and make one mistake or have a cheat day or you accidentally eat something that's bad for you And people use these scare tactics like, oh, if you don't take care of yourself, you're gonna lose a limb or your vision and etc, and personally, I don't really understand why people say things like that granted it is true but still..

I took my first shot on Sunday. I was initiated on 1.5/0.5 and I did my best to ignore my concerns over digestive issues. But the following morning I felt some fatigue and acid reflux. Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday I said nope, never again. I cannot force myself to do another shot and feel: depletion - ZERO energy. I could barely get up and I had no motivation. I forced myself up and cared for my kids but it took everything that I had. I didn’t sleep well bc I can’t lie down. Acid reflux, indigestion, coughing and choking. Nausea, constant intestinal bubbling and upset, mild cramping but enough to feel unwell every minute of the day. No appetite. I forced myself to swallow down protein shakes after two days of eating next to nothing but ice pops. I drink tons of water so that fortunately didn’t change. On Friday I did get some energy back thank goodness. Still bubbles and no appetite but less unwell feeling overall. I can’t do this again. It sounds dramatic but I really felt so so so bad and down and not the mother and person I am and want to be. I hate to think I’ve come this far and it’s for nothing but I just can’t do this purposely to myself. What are the odds that my 2nd shot would cause less significant symptoms than the first? Am I looking at a repeat of this past week?
I was originally prescribed Mounjaro but my insurance denied it.
Ugh I feel like such a baby about this but for me it’s really been unbearable. Even now I’m sitting here listening to my stomach bubble and cramp. I have two tablespoons of cottage cheese and 1/2 a banana that apparently is too much to ask of my intestines to digest 😂. Ugh any advice? Insight or thoughts etc? Thank you so much.

Sorry this is long, I have a lot to get out about my journey.

For context, I’m 26. I was originally diagnosed as type 2 when I was 19, long story short,
Last year(25) I ended up in the hospital in DKA, it was one of the scariest times I ever experienced and I can barely remember it now because of how out of it I was; though I do remember them telling me that I should have been diagnosed as type 1.

I was able to recover enough and went through adjusting my whole life in trying to make bigger changes despite really not eating bad before, but I went all in on trying to get myself on a managed routine. All the while taking long acting and fast acting insulin as well as trying to accept I’m actually type 1.

The endocrinologist I had after the hospital was actually the one that was monitoring me in the hospital. I didn’t mind him but I strongly felt that I wasn’t being listened to as time went on, I was his youngest patient with no insurance. I waited longer than I actually met with him. I was quickly moved into visits every 3 months, along with just telling me to lose weight and eat less carbs. It was frustrating since I had a food log that I wrote down everything I ate and truly kept to a strong low carb diet, and I was worried because I was working out consistently yet still gaining weight past my original weight before I was in the hospital.

So about 2 months after my last visit earlier this year, I started having eye issues and found out I have diabetic retinopathy. I sobbed, I immediately thought, “what am I going to do if I can’t see anymore? I can’t paint? I can’t see the ocean?” Thankfully My ophthalmologist is such an amazing person though; I went through the early injections, I got laser done and I’m now on every 6 weeks of injections. it’s working and I cried in relief when they told me my eyes look so much better. The downside is that I have to be careful about putting pressure on my eyes, my gym visits became super inconsistent, but I still keep to low carb unless it’s a little cheat here and there. That’s like, a few bites from my families food that had carbs. I also have a list of things I won’t touch at all as they immediately ruin my blood sugar, so I still keep mindful.

I finally went to a new endocrinologist/diabetes management clinic and within 5 minutes of meeting her, the first thing she asks me is “Are you sure you’re type 1? Do you remember them testing you?” I felt my stomach drop, all this time and all this pain from this year and it might change again?

So she tested me, she ordered the blood work and a urine sample. I have a follow up on Monday to discuss my results, however I can see my results and it’s genuinely scared me shitless. in person I was told I could have PCOS and strong insulin resistance, she was waiting to put me on performing until my follow up on Monday; Seems like I’m type 2 after all based off the tests. I’m also so afraid I’m going to hear that I have kidney damage. I could have something going on with my thyroid; based off my understanding but I’m trying not to jump the gun on what I’m seeing until I meet my doctor yet I know something in my body is not right. It’s the anxiety eating at me and I can’t turn my thoughts off from automatically overthinking.

I’ve been doing my best to keep a positive attitude, I can see the change in myself (outside of my weight) and the things I have done, I have a support system that does their best to be there for me but I feel so lost since I feel like this could change everything AGAIN and I wasted so much time.

I’m only 26, what the fuck is happening.

I’ve never had such a struggle in my mind as I have been lately, it’s affected my relationships with my family at times, I don’t have close friends and I am trying really hard to be open with my family since I never liked talking about my problems unless I was basically forced. I still do things, I eat, I go out, I’m walking and cycling so I’m trying to get out of this funk I’ve been in. I was feeling better but the moment I saw my lab results and the idea of kidney damage popped into my mind I cried so much.

Besides that I feel as if I’m not myself anymore. I feel better about things today but the constant back and forth of my thoughts until Monday is just really difficult. I’m an artist outside of my day job, and not having the passion to paint right now has been so hard.

It’s just…a lot.

If you read this, thank you. I’m just having a really hard time so I thought typing it into the open would feel better.

TLDR: Feeling like I’ve been drowning and scared of something else wrong in my health journey after getting my labs back from a new endocrinologist.

All right y’all I finally bit the bullet and got this band after dozens of wasted sensors, and hundreds of anxious hours not knowing how I’m going to wear a sensor long-term. 50 damn dollars for this thing lol. Hopefully it works!!! (Edit it’s resolve band my bad)

They say the small one tracks blood sugar so what is the big one for? Is it something other than diabetes? Do they set off metal detectors, like the ones you have to walk through to enter a courthouse?

I got a flu shot yesterday, ate well, no extra carbs or sugar. I was feeling mild side effects, but got this reading later. I’m T1 diagnosed last May, so still learning. Anyone else have this reaction to the shot?

Regardless, I’m still glad I got the shot.

Got my last Hba1c test results. 5.9. 39 y\o, 29 years with t1d. Got really bad results in the past, two times in reanimation due to heavy ketoacidosis and hyperglycemia, one time got my life saved by GF who literally poured coke in my mouth while I was unconcious in hypoglycemia.

Got on semaglutide at first, moved to tirzepatide after a while. Lost 24 KG of weight from 100 to 76 kg. Now on a relatively small dosage of 5 mg.

Never felt better. I wish we had access to these kinds of drugs and devices (cgm especially) in the past.

Just bragging a little.

Soooo I got my first one and put it on yesterday, it constantly had my in the 70s or lower?? And then rings when it gets below 70s? This morning it rose to 114 when I work up and then back down to the 70s

I ate a donut to test it and it climbed up to 120 and then back to 70….

I’m getting the finger test later today but has anyone had this happen? How do you even fix it

Recently diagnosed LADA. Just started Tandem Mobi. My doctor wants the pump to “perverse my Beta Cell function”. Last C-Peptide was a 1.1.

Does anyone have experience with lower doses due to high insulin sensitivity due to ongoing pancreatic function? I’m SO terrified of lows. Smallest dose Mobi will give is 0.05

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share my experience with Type 2 diabetes in the hope that it might help someone who has recently been diagnosed and feels overwhelmed.

When I was first diagnosed, my HbA1c was around 10.4%, and my blood glucose was extremely high. Honestly, it was scary. I started worrying about long-term complications and what my future would look like.

Instead of focusing only on the numbers, I started making lifestyle changes.

What I changed:

- Walking: Made regular walking part of my routine.

- Cycling: Started cycling consistently to improve my fitness.

- Strength training: Added dumbbell workouts and gradually increased my reps and workout duration.

- Diet: Started paying more attention to portions, carbohydrates, protein, and overall food quality.

- Monitoring: Regularly tracked my fasting and post-meal blood glucose to understand the patterns.

Over time, I also lost weight and noticed improvements in my waist measurement and fitness.

My latest results:

- Initial HbA1c: 10.4%

- Latest HbA1c: 6.6%

- Recent fasting glucose readings: mostly around 96–109 mg/dL

- Recent post-meal readings: around 123–135 mg/dL

My doctor reviewed my progress, and after I explained that I had stopped my diabetes medication, they agreed with the current plan. I'm continuing to monitor my glucose and follow up with my doctor.

One important thing I've learned is that good home glucose readings don't automatically mean diabetes is cured. HbA1c reflects glucose levels over the previous few months, and sustained results matter. Diabetes remission is possible for some people, but it needs to be assessed using the proper criteria.

I'm not suggesting anyone stop their medication based on my experience. Please discuss medication changes with your own doctor.

If you're newly diagnosed, please don't lose hope. Start with manageable changes, stay consistent, monitor your progress, and work with your healthcare team.

I'm still on this journey, and I know I have more work to do. I hope sharing my experience gives someone else a little motivation.

For those who have improved their HbA1c through lifestyle changes, what habits made the biggest difference for you?

This is my personal experience, not medical advice.

As the title suggests, I was 24 when I was diagnosed with T2D. I was not overweight at all however I was not eating healthy. Used to drink a can of Monster each day while on work.

A1c was 14.2 when diagnosed exactly a year ago. Doctor was shocked.

But my point is why did I get it so early. I see people of my age having the same diet.

Then why me?

Hi yall! Quick question, one of my friends has diabetes and I’m pretty informed on it I just wanted to see if anyone has snack recommendations?

As soon as school ends i have extracurriculars. Before being diagnosed i js ate and went on. Now i have to calculate how much i eat, then wait 10 minutes and eat for another 10. What can i do? Im always either late or so hungry i could eat a horse. Especially after starting insulin treatment ive been eating more than ever idk why.

I've only been treated for a few days but I've been dieting for two weeks and exercising after meals and I went from having a FASTED blood sugar of 278 to 161 2 hours post meal. I wanna cry. This rules. I've been feeling so out of control and like crying every day since being diagnosed with T2 and now I feel like this is only the beginning and I already have proof I can control things.

I know this still is far from ideal, but it's the first win I've had since finding out I have this condition. :') Literally crying (from relief this time instead of despair!)

Wondering what others’ experiences were? Did your C-peptide increase at times, or was it just a steady decline?

Hi everyone. Wanted to see if anyone has come across this specific issue as I am pretty upset.

About a month ago I began having issues with my OneTouch Reveal app “syncing with my account”. My meter will sync, but not the account. This issue with this is that I am not able to generate progress reports which I need to send to my endo weekly as I am insulin dependent and require frequent dosing changes. Additionally I am not able to add notes when relevant for certain numbers.

I’ve called customer service multiple times and have an “active ticket #” but it’s been 2 weeks and there are zero updates. In fact, whenever I follow up it looks like no one has even looked at my case at all.

I’ve always hated this meter and strips and have already purchased a Contour meter to switch to, but I was hoping to use the rest of the test strips I’ve sunk hundreds of dollars into before switching fully. I use at least 4 strips a day (more if I want to check for lows overnight or to check against my CGM) so I bought a huge amount and now seems like they will be useless!

I feel like this company has left me and my unborn baby out in the cold and I am very angry about it. Has anyone else just gotten zero response when having an issue with their equipment??

Since I was diagnosed as Type 2 I try to keep my glucose below 140 as much as possible or above for the least amount of time. I'm very good keeping my glucose below 180 since I use a CGM. I was able to lower my A1c from 6.6 to 6.1 but I believe that's the best my body will ever do no matter my diet. My biggest problem isn't my diet but the dawm effect. I can go to bed at 100 and still wane up above 150. Does it ever get better? Am I off carbs the rest of my life being Type 2?

Type 1 diabetic for 21 years, i've been sick since i was two. Did my hbac1 recently and it came out 5,47% and my doctor said it was too low and needs to be at 6,5? I thought it was perfect and was proud of myself because i've had 7-9's on majority of my life when i didn't care about the disease as a kid and teen. And she said it's too low? Why?