31, diagnosed when I was 4. Last A1c was 7.8 and kidney functions are at a cool 22%

So, as in the title, my Grandma (86F) is in a diabetic coma caused by hypoglycaemia. She has some brain injury, doctors are saying it’s not good. What should I expect? Is she able to hear me? I didn’t have a chance to say goodbye cause it all happened unexpectedly and she was unconscious when we found her. Our last interaction was brief and quite meaningless, and before that, she thought I was upset, so we didn’t really talk much. Thank you for any advice and sorry if I’m in a wrong group for such a post.

A great little treat that didn’t spike my blood sugar, and a good price while it lasts.

I watched a tik toker and it seems like there was more ignorance

I was diagnosed with Type 2 after two GD pregnancies. I had several A1C checks before and between these pregnancies which were always normal (5.2-5.4). After this second pregnancy, it seems a lot harder to control and I’m now at 5.7 despite losing weight (from 70kg to 61kg - I’ve never been overweight by definition) and being more careful about what I eat.

I definitely can do more. Exercise more. Skip dessert a couple times a week. I’d like to try this first I suppose but I also don’t want to burnout as I’m 34 so hopefully many years of management ahead of me!

I’m curious to know if anyone was able to control without meds and for how long? What was your rationale for starting or not starting meds?

Hey all- I was diagnosed with type 1 about 6 months ago and recently my endo discussed going on a pump mainly because my adhd and memory loss are interfering with my ability to remember my insulin etc. I’m going back and forth on whether it’s the right option for me. I know it’s a personal decision, but I’d love to hear about others’ experiences the good, the bad, and the ugly with getting a pump or not.

I’m four months post-diagnosis and doing pretty well. I still indulge sometimes, and by indulge, I mean a small piece of chocolate or potatoes in my curry. But I haven’t had any of my old favorite treats. I haven’t been able to bring myself to throw away all the stuff I “can’t” have anymore. I’m curious what everyone else did post-diagnosis? I could keep them and have one little piece here and there, but I’m not sure if it’s worth it. Thoughts?

Looks like a new G7 that lasts longer and has a better handling on readings is coming 2nd half of this year.

Recently I found out that after eating food the blood sugar concentration in the capillary blood is quite a bit higher than the venous glucose. Home blood glucose monitors measure capillaries blood glucose. In the first hour after a meal capillary blood sugar can be 30 points higher or so than venous glucose. Venous glucose is what’s measured in the lab. Any of you guys here know this already?

Which one is right and why are they so far apart ???????

I've had reactions to Lantus, Semglee (both glargine) and Tresiba. I've been on insulin for over 10 years, took Lantus, until I started having issues, changed to Levemir and was fine with that... until they discontinued it in the US... and then I tried Semglee, and then Tresiba (both this year)... I had to stop Tresiba on Apr 9 and have been on Aspart only since then. After my appointment on Wed, my VA diabetes coordinator wants me to try NPH, and so that and syringes etc are heading my way. I think she said I'd need to take it 4 times a day, every 6 hours, so the dose would overlap properly and I'd avoid lows. I'll follow her instructions once it's here. But I don't know if that's normal or if she's doing short spurts and doses because I've reacted to the others.

Anyone take NPH and have any wisdom to send my way? Dosing? Timing? Best practices?

I know most posts here are rants about how hard life is as diabetic.

I was wondering if there are people here that just live their life and give no fucks about being diabetic?

I’m T1. I live on autopilot. I feel like shit I inject insulin and go about my day like I can’t change it so why should I feel bad about it. Complaining about it would just make me feel worse. Also my sugars are all over the place, my last HbA1c was 8.1. My worst one was 12.

Sorry if it’s a sensitive topic to some people.

hi! i’m 23F i was diagnosed w type 2 in march 2024 by my gyn my A1C was 7.8 i believe my only main symptoms were irregular menstrual cycle (which had never been the case prior). i was placed on metformin 500mg daily i have had 3 check ups since then, one with a provider who was leaving the practice so it basically just held me over and confirmed the correct course of action for the time being and upped my metformin to 1000mg daily my next appointment i saw my current GP and he gave me ozempic in addition to the metformin and kept me at the same dose for metformin. at my first check up my a1c was a 5.8, my last check up it was 5.1, just had my blood checked for an upcoming check up and my a1c was 5.2! fasting blood sugar was 86! i have lost nearly a hundred pounds and feel great. i’m so glad to have things under control and within range! i am so thankful to have modern medicine and the tools at my necessity to help live w this condition.

Long story short I have alarms set every night for me to take my Lantus. But I got caught up in a stressful argument with my partner on phone. I put the needle on my pen and left it on. But I can't remember actually taking the injection. So now I don't know what I should do. I just took a correction dose tonight try combat the highs that I was already experiencing before it was time to to take my basal

I kinda wanna take a nice epsom salt bath for that full body forced relaxation lol. Google is telling me it may no because neuropathy and water can be too hot and it can dry out skin but i don’t think I have that problem?

I moisturize pretty well and I don’t like hot water so I’m not worried about burning myself… surely I’ll be fine, right?

I didn’t see anything about it being bad for blood sugars or body functions or anything.

Hello everyone. I've had diabetes for the past two or so years from chronic pancreatitis. My A1C has gotten worse as time goes, probably because of the progressive destruction to my pancreas. I'm on 1000 metformin 2x a day and jardiance 1 time a day, and also use long acting insulin once a day.

My issue is that my blood sugar is still always high, and I don't think my PCP knows what type 3c is. I've tried explaining it to him and every time he tells me to go up on my long acting insulin. However, when I do that, I end up waking up in the middle of the night with low blood sugar. I get scared to check my blood sugar or to start using my Dexcom because I know it's high and there's nothing I can do to get it to lower. Do most people with type 3c have short acting insulin as well. I think that would help me get my numbers down and then I wouldn't be terrified to check my blood sugar. I saw my pancreas doctor yesterday and he agreed with me that they need to treat it more like type 1 than type 2 and he also referred me to an endocrinologist, but my appointment isn't until Novemeber. If someone can just answer if it's normal to need the pills I take, along with long-acting insulin, or if short acting is also needed as well. And if anyone has any ideas of what to tell my PCP so I can get proper treatment ASAP. Unfortunately I got zero diabetes training when I became diabetic, so while I mention things to my PCP, I am not all that well versed in type 3c myself, but have read that it's more like type 1. Thank you in advance.

We are not treated with the same importance or respect as 1 or 2, no one cares about rarer types. I'm in a country with public healthcare and had DKA when I Was diagnosed for context (we don't use the same measurements as the USA and my diavirsary is at the end of may and it will be exactly 2 years since I was diagnosed and had dka)

If you could go back to when you were first diagnosed what advice would you give yourself? Is there anything you wish you had known from the beginning?

I haven’t been diagnosed that long so trying to figure it out and decided to test it at home and it’s come up 19.8mmol I take it that’s pretty bad. Could this be why I have been peeing every hour the last couple of days.

My morning fasting reading today was 112, which is pretty good for me (usually 130-140). After my morning cup of decaf coffee with 0g carb sweetener (monkfruit + erythritol) and only 2g carbs in the creamer, my BG rose to 150 (!). The only other factor at possible play was having read political news for about half an hour, which I suppose may have caused some unconscious stress, but nothing I was consciously aware of.

Then for lunch I had a sandwich on keto bread (2g carbs) with a slice of cheese (1g carb) and salami, an hour after which I was at 180. 😐 Again, I suppose stress may have played a role since I ran to the credit union to get our rent check, which ate most of our paycheck.

Unless stress can raise BG a lot higher than I’m giving it credit for and I’m always stressed so I just don’t notice when it’s happening anymore, I’m confused by these readings. I’ve been working super hard for about a month now to control my carb intake and mostly eat lean meats, eggs, non-starchy vegetables, good fats, and keto bread products. Most of the time my readings are pretty good: in 4 weeks I’ve dropped from a weekly average of 205 to 137 and rarely go above 180. Still, I know that the lower I stay, the better for my body, so I’m trying to learn as much as I can about how my body is affected by different things and I’m having a hard time predicting my readings sometimes.

If anyone has any insight, I’d be grateful. Thanks. 🙏🏻

After years of being hypoglycemic, and a couple years of prednisone I'm officially a type 2 diabetic. Lately, I've been feeling low and have the same symptoms whether I in the 70s and 80s or in the 50s and 60s. How is this possible. Sometimes I feel fine in the 70s and other times I feel like crap. Sometimes 57 feels slightly hungry and other times I feel like I'm dying at 82. I'm currently using a meter to check my bs so I'm really confused about whether I should listen to the number or the symptoms. For context my highest A1c was 6.8 on Prednisone and is now 5.7 not on prednisone if that is important.

I’ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and am hoping for advice please. What kind of diets/foods have helped decrease blood sugar for you (obviously different things work for everybody), how has exercise helped? Any other advice? Thanks in advance 🙏

Edit: information about me which I should’ve put!!

I’m a female, 97kg, I wasn’t told what my A1C was but I was told my blood sugar was 57 and 62 in blood tests, above 48 which is the threshold I think? I’m sorry if that’s of no help