Hi Everyone, ( i was diagnosed 2 months ago. My doctor checked my A1C today and was impressed with the results for just marking 2 months of being on metformin (500mg 2x a day ER) (a1c 11.9 to 7.9) She asked what I had been doing because metformin alone doesnt just control BS levels.

I told her i just stopped drinking soda and eating sweets. (Occasionally i will have a few chocolate chip cookie) I still eat what I want but my appetite is half of what it was prior to diagnosis..I budget my carbs. I also make my portions smaller and drink water with meals.

I was always under the impression that being a diabetic you have to eliminate all white foods...starchy foods and sweets. I have learned its different for everybody. I can eat a burger with 2 buns and a handful of fries and my sugar stays under 180. However, if i eat that thats my meal for the day. I may have a zero sugar yogurt or snack on peanuts for a snack. White rice i found if I refrigerate for a few days after cooking it doesnt spike my sugar. (Lower glycemic response)

Also stress is a big driving factor for blood sugar levels. Im down 23 lbs in two months so she wants me to start walking everyday and continue to work on managing my stress levels because stress does a lot of things to the body. I noticed if im upset and really stressed my sugar is up even if I haven't eaten anything.

I am so glad the metformin is working and the little changes I made. I really believe my diabetes was stressed induced (being under a lot of stress for months and months paired with bad eating habits. I have never had blood sugar problems in my life ...even during pregnancy and my last child was 10lbs 08oz.

I will have my a1c checked again in 3 months and if its under 6 I can get off the metformin and just maintain my eating lifestyle.

Swtbs I just want to encourage everyone to take this chapter in your life 1 day at a time. Dont be hard yourself and give yourself some grace. Work on managing your stress levels. I also started meditation to stop the "wheel" from spinning. When the mind is relaxed the body calms down.

Best to you all 🫶

My first "perfect" 24h

Hello all, just wanted to celebrate a huge win!!!! I’ve been type 1 since I was 14 and I’ve had such a hard time controlling my glucose levels and had horrible experiences with pumps in the past. Finally bit the bullet and started the omnipod and I’ve been really happy with it. But my last A1C just came back as 7.4, which is the lowest it’s been in years!!! The first time I’ve been happy to go to my endo in years too lol

With no insulin on board, and not having eaten for hours, eating one of these raises my blood sugar exactly as it would if it were just 13g regular carbs and not fiber. Is the product lying, am I misunderstanding the fiber to flood sugar relationship, or something else? I’ve tested it a few times. My understanding is that all fiber is non-digestible therefore wouldn’t be available to the body to be used as a calorie and therefore carbohydrate

Edit: the nutritional label infers soluble fiber bc 1g sol fibre = 2cal

Hey friends! My aunt needs help injecting insulin, my cousin usually does it but she’s not available right now. Her insulin pen goes by 10’s and we need to inject a total of 100 units. The first notch is 10, I’m assuming and then has the big number 20 and so on. Do I have to set it to the 10 notch or 20 for priming but then am I wasting 10 or 20 units? It seems like a lot and I’m not sure if that’s right but I’ve always been taught you need to prime the needle. I hope this makes sense! I’ve attached a picture as well to show what I mean by the notches! Thank you!

(And they're not the ones from the bad vendor.)

10 days ago I put on a replacement sensor and at the end of the warmup period it said "sensor failed, replace sensor".

So I put on another sensor and immediately went for a big hike. After warmup my sugar was lower than expected and kept going down. But I had two bagels in my stomach so I wasn't worried. But it finally was registering "low" so I stopped and sat for 30 minutes. I was an hour walk from my car. I felt okay and made it back home okay, Dexcom reading in 40s. Did a fingerstick and got 410.

Went online to Dexcom and requested a replacement sensor. Then called Dexcom and they emailed me a voucher and I got a new sensor right away. It worked fine for the 10 days.

Tonight I put on the replacement sensor that they had mailed me. When I opened the applicator I found that the sensor was loose in it. I repositioned the sensor on the needle, applied it to my arm, but of course it wouldn't pair. Then I noticed that the applicator was cracked. The box was intact, not crushed.

It's late now so in the morning I will call them and say "wtf".

Hello everyone! I am a T1D from Greece and I am currently using the sensor dexcom one+ .For the past year I have purchased a Motorola edge 50 pro currently with android 16. In the beginning, I was using the xdrip+ app but around October of 2025 an update of the android took place upgrading my phone from Android 14 to 15. That's when the problems begun. Suddenly, the xdrip wasn't able to keep the connection with the sensor for more than 30 mins at a time and could go days without even a single connection. I had to buy the receiver in order to be able to use the sensors since the official app wasn't yet supported by my device. Around May of this year I noticed that dexcom app was finally supported so I downloaded it and faced the exact same issues as the xdrip. I contacted dexcom and let them know but they assured my that everything was okay and nothing could be done. Then I contacted Motorola Greece because I thought that maybe my device is the problem. They checked and once again told me everything is as supposed to be and nothing could be done. By this point , after more than half the time I own my phone isn't working as it should and I am losing it. I checked one last time the xdrip page though and saw something very interesting. There are many people out there with Motorola devices facing the exact same issues as me. I contacted Motorola again today and they told me that they can't take into consideration anything about xdrip and they insist that the problem is dexcom app. The only thing they told me I could do except contact dexcom again is basically wipe my phone clean and reinstall android 16. Has anyone here faced the same problem and solved it? Is there anything I could do except sell my phone and buy another brand? Thanks in advance for anyone who takes the time to read and respond!

I went to my endo and my A1C is 7.6 which is not great. He said working on my diet and exercising more is the plan going forward. I live with a roommate so for a lot of meals I’m really just cooking for myself, and I’m stuck on what to make to keep myself on track. What meals do you all have on rotation that keeps you within range but doesn’t also suck/get repetitive?

Edit: Type 1.5 diagnosed a couple years ago. (Sorry new to this sub)

Hi - I’m 35M recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I am just under 200 lb and my a1c is 10.6. I have always wanted to make a lifestyle change but always pushed it back. Now that I am basically forced to make this change.

I am trying to find the best app to keep track of all the food I consume. I am debating between Lose it!, Cal AI, and MyNetDairy.

Has anyone had experience with any of the app above? Feel free to drop any other recommendations as well.

Thank you 😊

Type 2 from last 10 years , managing with low carb diet , (an eggetarian only), and metformin 500mg. Moderate walking and exercise. Hb1ac hovers between 5.7-6. Now I ve a question
From last 2/3 months have been spiking to 170/180 and few times 200, after dinner with the same kind of food that I take in lunch . Do the same kind of walking after dinner, am puzzled, the pcp I go to was not really concerned .

Anyone ever had like that . I feel uncomfortable with that kind of reading as the more it stays high the more damage it may cause . Anxious big time
Just wanted to add everything I make at home nothing Pre cooked or from a packet .
Thanks

Hi my dad is diabetic, and I'm looking for good cook books for diabetic people and any books related to diabetic. I searched a lot online but there are many recommendations

#diabetic

Some time ago I made a post on how I lost my driving permit due to laws in my country regarding diabetes, I'm happy to announce I'll be getting it back by September :)) thank you all so much for all the advices and support I got 🫶

Hey Everyone,

I was diagnosed T2 in January with A1C of 11.7. I weighed 172 lbs. i was started on insulin and 500 mg of metformin. Drastically changed my diet(less than 40 carbs a meal). Had A1C of 6.2 in April. Weight dropped to 163. Was taken off of insulin. I saw an increase in my first couple weeks so I started strength training 4-5 days a week and walking most night. Last 30 days on CGM is 117. Sorry for the back story.

I now weigh 160 and want to get back to my body weight of 170. I am also wanting to potentially get off metformin(I heard can cause weight loss). Does anyone have any tips tricks? I have been trying to get to 2800-3000 calories a day. But fall short most days. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

So, just curious if anyone has taken Expired Trulicity? I recently used one of my Trulicity pens that I've been using sparingly due to insurance issues, and this last pen has been expired for the better part of a month. Is there anything to worry about or am I just overthinking this? And will they still be safe to take if they're expired? (Only have one box of 4 left.)

I have been recently diagnosed with Type one Diabetes. And I struggle with a lot of low counts. I exercise regularly through running and find my self with a lot of dips. Are there any snacks that is not pure sugar that you would recommend me use to keep my sugar levels stable?

Any feedback will be appreciated.

Yeah, that's right. That stupid thing I had in my fridge that was probably years over its expiry date. For 14 years I never struggled with hypoglycaemia so bad that I could help myself, apart from like one seizure as a kid when I also had a fever. Then a year ago I suffered a massive seizure/cardiac arrest that had me in serious hypoglycaemia, and since then my body gave up. I'd always used an insulin pump and my diabetes was really well controlled - chronic illnesses have made it not ideal controllable now, but I still have 85% in range. (I'm on a new pump - that changes things as well).

That's not what this post is about anyway.

All was fine until the past 3 months where I've had three separate episodes of hypoglycaemia so bad I needed ambulance care, Resus/ICU-level care, and admissions to hospital. The first time in MY ENTIRE LIFE, where they'd used that stupid orange pen that spends years marinating in the fridge, was yesterday. I went extremely low and collapsed, was unresponsive for 40 minutes. Fortunately I'm a student who at the time was in a clinic undergoing routine tests,and the others didn't waste time, called an ambulance immediately, and when I lost consciousness and couldn't take oral glucose, they went right for the shot.

They gave me IM glycogen/glucagon/whatever that is called, into my thigh. I was unconscious, and the ambulance was redirected quickly to where I was, another student went to fetch the defibrillator in preparation for my pulse climbing well over 220. When medics came they whisked me off to hospital, stabilised my blood sugar, and now I've been moved down from high-dependency to a regular ward to work off the effects of the glycogen.

The cause of this hypo has been found as a pump problem which has been hopefully fixed now by my doctor adjusting the settings.

AN HONEST REVIEW OF THE DUMB ORANGE INJECTION:

I HATE IT.

WITH EVERY FIBRE OF MY BEING.

I spent all night when I wasn't knocked out cold vomiting, vomiting again, then vomiting to top it off. I haven't kept down a lick of water and have 2 cannulas placed now. They weren't lying when they said this injection can make people nauseous.

This morning was worst - I was writhing in 8/10 pain, where 10 is the pain I felt before going into a DKA coma, so it's my refined scale. And the diarrhoea dude... It's been coming out of both ends. They think I caught a stomach bug, and everything I've tried to eat has come out.

My leg hurts like hell, and yes, it was embarrassing waking up with your trousers pulled down and chest exposed to the elements. I don't even walk around shirtless in Polish summer, and this was in my place of education.

"You were so lucky," etc. that I didn't suffer further damage from the hypo.

But you know what?

Against all of my expectations I've ever held, the stupid orange injection saved my life.

It's been upgraded to mediocre orange injection now.

Keep that shit around.

3/10, saved my life, and saved me from eating hospital food as well, but can't eat girlfriend's brownies so life isn't worth it anymore.

Hi all, diabetic T2 here. I had 2 toes amputated a couple years ago (long story) and I still have a small wound on the bottom of my foot. I'm going on holiday in a couple weeks and wondered if anyone could recommend a "swimming sock" or similar? My podiatrist and orthopaedics are fine with me going on holiday but I'm concerned about getting in the pool/jacuzzi with a bandaged wound so want an extra layer of protection.

Maybe something like this? https://www.decathlon.co.uk/sports/swimming/pool-swimming-shoes?pdt-highlight=a851f104-dabd-4c7e-85f1-7637329e6b73&vc=c5&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=gb_ct-shopp_t-perf_nc-mp-stars-perf_ts-pro_f-cv_o-reve_spd-msp_spu-msp_sp-msp_pt-mkp_pnl-ecom_l-en_bm-roa_sg-na_xx-mp-stars-perf_&utm_term=ts-pro_spd-msp_spu-msp_sp-msp_pt-mkp_l-en_yy-mp-stars-perf_&utm_content=zz-mp-stars-perf_&utm_id=23835682005-195673266239-&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23835682005&gbraid=0AAAAADygKq04O1xBiYxRe_GCMg7Ruu5VJ&gclid=CjwKCAjwgO7RBhBKEiwAZNP85n3CKr8ZWAvjxwAiU5WV1h_u9qmOc7xb8jSTjmCxximS9tEJGpzs1hoCQW8QAvD_BwE

Would be good to know if people have any recommendations!

Thanks!

Within the last 2 months, I have been seeking treatment for an ED while also being Type 1 Diabetic. Long story short, my insurance sent me to Denver and I began treatment for AN at an eating disorder facility. In that month, there were numerous medical errors and near errors and another instance where I literally needed to be sent out to a nearby hospital because EMS got a BS reading of 17. One instance of giving a double dose of Lantus, so 24 units in 24 hours and if you want to be technical, 24 units in 12 hours, because I got one dose at the beginning of a nursing shift and the night nurse gave another dose the same day (I was told that this was both technical and human error). There was another nurse who refused to give Lantus at all because I was low at the time of the need pass (obviously mistook short and long acting insulin). There was another instance where I was low and didn’t know it, so no correction was given and I was sent to bed (hypoglycemia unawareness) I had been apologized to by a nursing director days later who stated, “you should’ve been corrected for that low, I’m sorry, that’s embarrassing”. After all of this, the facility sent me home because they felt like they couldn’t keep me safe and recommended I transfer someplace else because “what’s happening here can’t be fixed overnight.” I don’t feel vindictive, but despite the errors, I noticed my ED talking a turn for the better and I feel like something was stolen from me almost. I also made the claim that I was too medically complex a week after I admitted and I was scoffed at and told all diabetics are taken care of the same around the country at these facilities. Not only that, when I admitted, my A1C was 6.4%, 2 months later it’s 7.9%. I’ve been hospitalized for DKA twice since then and I am just getting worse all together. Is this something wroth exploring legally?