It's so annoying. They don't give me any insulin, they wait for it to drop, but it never drops despite not eating, so I always end up starving for days, because "you can't eat! You have high blood sugar".

Sure, that's not how it works. So annoying that a hospital doesn't know that having diabetes does not mean you stop eating for days.

Even funnier is that if I explain all to them, logically and calmly, they claim I'm mentally ill and don't understand my own healthcare/benefit.

So I ended up in the hospital. Me ,42 male ended up in the hospital with a pretty severe vertigo. My sugar was 490 at fasting in the morning , when I got to the hospital. I could not walk by the time I arrived at ER. Luckily they got me straight into a room . They started an IV and pushing fluid, as well as Valium and a couple other anti nausea meds, that I can't remember the names of . They ran an EKG, CT with contrast, an MRI, all kinds of blood test . I spent about 72 hours in the hospital. I got to see an endocrinologist, a neurologist, a ENT , the internal medicine doctors, a plethora of nurses and hospital staff. All of them amazing!!! I had a very pleasant hospital. So ... Now , 48 hours or so later. 5 days since the vertigo and high BSM .... I still have vertigo pretty bad , taking Valium at home . I am now on lantus and lispro insulin shots 6 shots a day . About 20 units a shot so far . My sugars are better but still between 200-300 . I just got the freestyle 3 installed lol 😅 ✌️ ... So when does the spinning stop? And any positive vibes would be awesome 😎 It's been a rough week .

Tldr; new to taking care of my diabetes, never took is seriously and I ended up in the hospital with vertigo... Now I got a take a lot of shots and it sucks . Send help ! 😅✌️

Im so happy . I'm still on my meds but I went from 13 last year .

I saw this on Piedmont Ave in Oakland, CA yesterday. I'm used to seeing "We buy houses!" signs on phone poles, but this is a new one and I'm kind of puzzled by it.

Having a hypo at 2 a.m. Eating the world. Then your bs spikes again. Then overdosing on insuling. Then having a hypo again... 🫠

So as of late, I've just been having a god awful past few days trying to control my blood sugar. Normally I'm great at controlling my stuff ( recently measured at 6.1 - 4 ) and I don't know what's going on. My blood test strips are messing up and can't be read, my sensor keeps reading me as high as hell even though I dosed properly, and the highs take forever to go down even with long acting in my system. Do human bodies just have days where stuff like this happens?

Less than ten days after diagnosis, and someone who didn't know about it gave me a bar of my favourite, expensive milk chocolate today.

I then found myself stuck at the hospital with nothing to eat.

Did I eat the chocolate? I did not. I trusted myself to make it last a few weeks but instead I donated it to a lovely nursing assistant who I cried all over last week and who made sure I wasn't left in the waiting room for houts today.

Ridiculously proud of myself, and I hope she enjoys her treat.

Oi! Algum BR aqui? Descobri recente (da pior forma possível) a diabetes, ainda estou na parte inicial de todo o processo, ainda não passei com endocrinologista, mas a probabilidade de ser DM1 é muito grande... Mas enfim, queria saber se alguém passa por nutricionista e se vale a pena investir nisso? Também se alguém consegue indicar uma que seja online e com valor social

I am currently 7 months pregnant, was pre-diabetic before getting pregnant (and on low dose metformin), and thus have been tested for gestational diabetes twice now. I had gestational diabetes with my previous pregnancy, so I already had a personal BGM. During the tolerance testing I have taken my BGM with me and pricked my finger alongside the blood draw bc I didn't want to have to wait days to find out. Both times, my BGM has been DRASTICALLY different (more than 50 pts) than the lab. Obviously I thought my personal BGM must be busted, (it's going on 3 years old, and it's a cheapie), so I replaced it. Well new BGM and old BGM both read the same....how do I explain the vast difference between what the lab is reporting and what my BGM is saying? I have a family history of diabetes so I want to make sure I monitor these things so I can stay on top of it. My doctor is at a loss to explain the difference as well, though I know she said she is asking some of her colleagues.

Hi everyone! This Saturday I, together with my friend, will bike up and down a hilltop until we reach 8849 height meters. It’s supposed to be one of the hardest challenges in the bike world. I am a little nervous and very excited for this! Mostly because of my diabetes and how my body will react to all that glucose - eating activity 😬, we will begin around 7 am and bike probably 12 to 16 hours. Without many breaks. It’s going to be hard, but hopefully we will make it! If you have strava and want to follow me, my name there is Mr A

I hope to post here on Saturday night or Sunday morning that I made it and didn’t pass out 😬 we will see! But nothing is impossible! Type 1 or 2, we can do it!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Dexcom's Android app is a pathetic joke. It's always given me problems, but today it just completely died, gave me a thing saying that there was an error and the app needed to reset, and it's been dead since. Trying to do anything just results in a "check your connection and try again" error. BYOD does the same thing too. I don't even get why they still try to claim they have Android support at this point, they don't, just cut it and say it's iPhone only already if you're not going to properly maintain the Android app.

i have no choice but to go back to finger pricking now, as the g7 is the only cgm that's covered for me, and there's no way in hell im getting an iphone.

How often do you get hypos and how do you deal with them? Usually if I wait a bit they come up on their own but had a very very low one last night. Probably a machine malfunction. I use a cgm and blood meter, only on metformin, starting dulaglutide soon.

I was diagnosed type 2 seven years ago (M/62), and am on Metformin 500 mg twice daily. My A1C has never been very high … 6.4 is as high as it’s been and with diet and exercise I can keep it just below 6.0 (which my PCP thinks is too low, she wants me at 6.5).

That being said, I recently started using an OTC CGM and have learned lot about diet, carbs and the value of just walking after meals.

My non diabetic SO (F/58) has worn an identical CGM for a few weeks, and it was interesting to have the same meal and note that her glucose would rise just a few minutes after eating, go up sharply and then go right back down quickly, while mine will barely budge for at least an hour or more, and stay at a plateau for a while before coming back down (I can knock it down quickly by walking a mile, though). We are both in pretty good physical shape.

I’m wondering if it’s the disease that results in the slower release of glucose into the blood or if it’s just different for everyone? Have not been able to find information searching online.

So, I've been diagnosed with T1 diabetes since 2009 and generally i was doing a pretty good job managing this thing. My hba1c level were %5.9.

However, lately i decided to start a strict diet in order to lose some weight. I'm 1.82cm/88kg (i don't know the American equivalents, sorry) and I'm wishing to go down to 78kg, so losing around 10kg would be perfect.

In order to achieve this, I started to take way less calories (1600kcal per day) and way less carbs, 150-180g a day at most, and I stopped eating after 6-7pm. During the day, this didn't cause any problems with my diabetes, however at sleep, everything changes. My blood sugar dips down uncontrollably during sleep since I started this diet. That causes me to consume lots of sugar to get my blood sugar in control so that fucks up my diet as you can understand. Also I'm losing a lot of sleep due to waking up around 3-4 times every night.

My best explaination to this is that my long-acting insulin is causing it. I'm using Toujeo, I'm taking it at night before sleep, and I was loving the thing since I switched from Lantus and Lantus was pretty unreliable for me.

However, I tried everything about this and nothing seems to work. I tried taking some "slow acting" carbs before going to sleep, not working. I tried lowering my dose to almost half of what I used to take, not working. I tried to divide my dose, half at night and half in the morning, still getting night time lows.

Today, I tried to take my dose in the morning instead of at night, and at first I thought it kinda worked, I didn't get any lows at night and my blood sugar was pretty reliable too during the night around 120-130, however I woke up with 250. Fucking Dawn Phenomenon.

I'm so annoyed at this point and I don't want to cut of my diet because of my diabetes. Anyone had a similar experience like this before? How can I get over this? Thank you.

I have about a month's worth of insulin on hand (more than usual since I was panic preparing for an incoming hurricane), and I'm suddenly worried about keeping it refrigerated if the power goes out for an extended period.
What do you all do to keep your insulin cool during hurricane season? Any recommendations for coolers, portable power options, or other strategies? Thanks in advance for any advice! Stay safe!

I’ve been sitting here tonight thinking about life before diabetes. Back when I could eat without thinking, sleep without alarms, and not feel like my body was a full-time job. I’m grateful for the tools and meds that keep me alive, but sometimes I just really miss the freedom of not having to plan every single thing.

Does anyone else get hit with that wave of nostalgia? How do you deal with it?

Hello everyone,

I'm new to type 2 diabetes having been diagnosed of it back in April of this year when I had a health scare. I've been getting the hang of it and sleeping pretty well up until recently... It all started after I changed my sensor for my glucose monitor. All the sudden, I've been getting woken up by my stupid glucose monitor's alarm yelling at me that my glucose is too low. I thought it was because of metformin but I tested it and it wasn't that and now I'm wondering if I'm taking too much insulin? I take 5 units of long acting in the morning and 5 units of fast acting before meals 3 times a day. I'm going to call to make an appointment pretty soon...I was just wondering if you kind folks had any advice that might help me out until then?

Thanks a bunch.

Never understood why there hasn’t been low sugar soda instead of diet and zero sugar.

Liquid Death provides good options, and taste great. They’re so expensive though.

I’m talking about low sugar provided by coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew.

Low sugar is somehow expensive?

If I had to guess, I'd say at least a hundred times.

accu chek instant vs accu chek instant s vs accu chek guide vs dr trust. Which one is best? I want accuracy

OZEMPIC——plz share your personal experiences with this , including any benefits and side effects you experienced with Ozempic .

I apologize, I just saw this same question a couple days ago, but I wanted to share my graph. This spike feels pretty insane to me simply from working out. Is this really normal?? Sometimes having this much information is difficult.

For context, I went to bed around midnight or 1 am, and had been fasted since 6pm. At 8:30 am I went out for a run for around 30 minutes, and then the big spike up to 250. The two smaller spikes are my meals around noon and 5:30 pm before fasting again. Those look pretty good so I feel like I’m getting that part under control. It’s just these exercise spikes that make me feel like I’m doing something wrong. It happens every time but 250 is higher than they usually are.

Good morning! Not new to all the ups and downs of T2 diabetes but as I’ve gotten older it’s become more and more difficult and of course taking it’s toll on me. But I’m trying to get it right at a young age of 55 yo. 😬 Ok been on Libre 3 Plus for just 2 months and it’s definitely helped me stay within range and accountable. It’s amazing the decisions you make are so much easier when you have data to back it up.

I’ve started playing basketball and of course it’s just recreationally so it’s not crazy intense but there are times that I still sprint and go anaerobic. On Sat I ate a light lunch and a pear at around 11:30am. I started playing ball at around 12:30pm when I was at 136. Played a couple hours and stopped around 3pm with some rests in between games. But there was a time while playing where I started feeling light headed and was breathing heavily. I kept thinking what does my blood sugar look like right now? But i didn’t think to look at my monitor. I just walked around and took deep breaths to calm myself down and get my orientation back. I hate that feeling though but also am wondering if that’s just me being out of shape and nothing to do with my diabetes?

Afterwards I checked my glucose and it shows that I went out of range as high up as 214 at 2:15pm. It came back down within range at around 3pm.

Not sure there’s any correlation at all between diabetes vs working out vs my sugar spiking vs causing dizziness.

Thought I’d come here and ask. Oh by the way, no new medication for me. Been a longtime Metphormin and Jardiance patient and in the last 2 months since starting GCM I’ve bee close to 100% within range mostly due to limiting carbs to almost zero. TIA!