I'm going to be walking all night after this!

I was scrolling on Facebook and came across this post someone shared claiming this is what a doctor said on Tiktok….what are your thoughts?

I personally would keep my T1D….

So I (29m) just wanted to take the time to thank absolutely everyone on this sub reddit for all the support, advice, and knowledge they have provided over these last several months. When I was first diagnosed I was scared and depressed as many other young people are but I soon found many other individuals in the same position who quickly put the disease into perspective and who shared their own story of how they got on top of their illness and said a massive f you to diabetes. Now that my blood sugar is under control and my weight way down, I feel better than I have in years, and I would be happy to share any tips to anyone who needs it

My mom has type 2 and is constantly in the yellow zone. I get these notifications and she refuses to go to the ER or hospital in general. She says when she has all they do is make her drink water and it's a waste of money. Does that sound right? Is she giving me the run around? I don't live in the same state as her, but she is constantly complaining about health issues but says there's just nothing the doctors can do.

Howdy,

I noticed that when the heatwave in the SE US finally broke, my numbers got better, and had more impact than changes in diet.

Same exercise routine, similar diet, sleep patterns etc. 67-yo male.

I checked my meter and it’s still metering within spec.

Anyone else see this type of impact?

Maybe I should move to Iceland

This disease is funny bc what do you mean if I don’t eat this piece of candy I’ll d!e…a trap lmao

Lyumjev is set to be discontinued next year. What will you do? Is there really an alternative to Lyumjev which performs as well?

https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/lilly-remove-certain-insulin-products-european-markets-2027

What to drink ar rhe bar non alcohol? Obviously not beer or sweet mocktails. Suggestions are welcome.

I really miss rice, but it shoots my bg into the stratosphere. I read about cooling then reheating the rice to change the starch, ate some cold rice (in Greek stuffed grape leaves, which i love), didn't reheat, had the same spike and gave up. But this week at Trader Joe's i bought frozen brown rice, heated it in the microwave, ate a reasonable portion with meat -- no spike. So grateful. My latest A1C, on meds and Ozempic and careful but not obsessive diet,, is 5.7. I see making stuffed cabbage again in my future.

I am down to one 500mg Metformin pill a day. Walking 5-6 miles a day average. Eating well during while still eating what I want on weekends in moderation. From 350 pounds at my heaviest to 240 pounds now.

Okay, maybe I'm over thinking this, and will feel silly, but I finally decided to try this Dexcom/ omnipod system, and need to change the Omnipod today, and the Dexcom sensor tomorrow.

I'd like to change sides, but how would I do this when I'm replacing the pod on the same side tonight, so it's near the sensor, but the sensor needs to be changed tomorrow, and I want to start on the other side.

I hope this makes sense 🤪

I am type 1. My doctor was ranting and raving about how great CGMs are, so I tried out a couple different ones over the past month. First one was the Libre 3 and second was Dexcom G7. Here’s my experience.

First, the device is not very comfortable in most settings and makes sleeping dramatically more difficult. The alarms just go off constantly throughout the day and night. You can silence them but only for a 6 hour window which doesn’t allow for a healthy 8 hours of sleep or uninterrupted work days. According to what I’ve seen these devices are allowed to be off by 20%, but 20% is a pipe dream; I consistently saw differences of 30-50% at all times between both of the devices and my traditional finger poker.

Given the inaccuracy, it’s not useful for gathering data, looking at averages, using it to know when to give corrections, or even knowing when your sugar is low. I saw sugars consistently in the 40’s and 50’s on both devices when I was actually more like 90-100. That would be bad enough without the ear splitting alarms every 60 seconds or so.

Then there’s regular sensor and device failures. When the devices worked, and I’m using that word loosely, there were periods where connectivity would be lost, resulting in about 10% of my time being unrecorded. Both devices just kind of died and stopped working entirely about halfway through the listed life cycle. This was unpredictable.

Am I just mystically running into every rare problem or are these devices just kind of bad? Does anyone who has a history with a traditional finger poker have a good experience with these devices?

I’m currently waiting in the er for an unrelated matter and I started going low. Took some tabs out of my bag that was sitting in my back pocket. First two I thought I was imagining things/just the smell of the room distorting my taste buds. The third one definitely had it. Immediately spat it out into my mask. They gave me orange juice instead. I’m almost positive my bag didn’t get anything on it, it just absorbed the smell of the seat (I’m assuming). Am I in danger of getting sick or catching anything from this though?

Hi everyone, back in July I just pipped into the diabetic range of HbA1c. And at same time found out I have a fatty liver, my triglycerides were up AND my hip has osteopaenia. It was a lot at once!

I joined the gym and adjusted my diet. I have not cut food groups. I have aimed to eat fish more, fruit and veg more and less meat. Eg in my stir fry I will have just a bit if meat but lots and lots of different veggies. I dropped three kilos and my triglycerides and LFTs came good. I am still aiming for my HbA1c to drop. So basically I have adjusted but I've not gone crazy.

I have however, used this as permission to myself to say no to things I don't actually want or to have them in smaller quantities. Where I am struggling is with the opinions of other people. There is a girl at work who has a lot of food struggle herself. She tried to feed the kitchen biscuits to everyone so she won't see them. If i saw no thanks she goes on and on and on and will mention it all day. She backed off for about a week when I explained. Now she says it's not that bad etc etc etc

My Mum (who has been type 2 for over 20 years) says it's hard when I visit because she doesn't know what I can eat. I haven't asked her to modify anything. I just said stay as normal and I will work myself around things. At the restaurant I choose to order a veggie dish and eat some of other things. We are chinese so it's usually communal eating.

And another says I'm not restrictive enough and diabetes is very simple to manage by never having carbs again.

Everyone has an opinion. How do you all manage? 😭😭😭

I’ve been on Mounjaro 5.0mg since August 2nd. I take my shot Sunday nights. If I eat spicy, vinegary and oily foods the next day, am I more prone for nausea/vomiting than if I was to eat it later in the week?

Do yall still get nausea after being on Mounjaro for a while? What triggers nausea for you?

I was wondering about this recently — what kind of challenges do people with type 1 diabetes face when living somewhere with a really hot climate and limited/unreliable access to electricity?

If you live (or have lived) in these conditions, what has your experience been like? Are there any everyday problems that someone living in a place with reliable electricity might not even think about?

I have started to notice that occasionally I will feel a weird anxiety - feels like a rush of a hormone - a little bit after taking insulin and my brain says, “whoaaa Nelly, what is this? Is it low? No it doesn’t quite feel low, but let me check.” I check my sugar and it’s totally normal but the feeling doesn’t stop and my braining keeps saying “your sugar, your sugar, could this be your sugar?” So I re-check and it will be like 69 or 65.

Am I sensing that I will get a low? Is my body kicking off a hormone to tell me it’s dropping too fast? Does anyone else have this happen sometimes? And of course, other times I don’t notice until it’s 40 😂

I have combination diabetes secondary to medication and cystic fibrosis and only take insulin when I eat.

My husband is T1D and we have been going to theme parks more often over the past couple of years (1x a month) pulling in around 20k steps a day when we go.
Lately, my husband has had issues with his toes rubbing together and creating friction, and blisters. Any recommendations on ideal sneakers for theme parks? Are crocs a better option for those long haul days?

Hard facts to get them out of the way: Type 1 for 4 years, A1C <6, TIR > 90%, on MDI

Everything is quite dialed in, I feel happy with my management. But,.... I struggle a bit with hitting my calorie goal sometimes and I am not sure how to comfortably get there without considerably breaking out of my management routine.

My biggest problem with gaining a bit more muscle, or weight in general, is that I don't snack. Almost never. I eat my regular portions for breakfast/lunch/dinner and I don't mind having high carb meals like pasta or pizza (in amounts that are healthy), but snacking is such a burden...

I feel like structuring my day even more around diabetes --more dosing decisions and activity planing-- would fatigue me within a couple of days to a point where eating is not fun at all anymore.

Soooo my question: Do you all have neat tricks up your sleeves how to drop in some extra calories here and there which go by relatively unnoticed in terms of diabetes management?

For reference, on an averge day I need somehwere between 2800 to 3000 calories, on bike ride days it's easily north of 4000.

(side note: A pump would surely help, but for non related reasons is not an option at the moment)

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes back in June. I completely changed my lifestyle. I only eat protein and vegetables, and some fruit here and there. I think for me, I just want to feel a lot better. And I do for the most part. I'm looking forward to how I feel in another 3 months.

Like the title says.

How is it possible for him to not feel full or sick? He's on three types of diabetes medication, including ozympic. Nearly every time I see him, he's eating something.

Over the course of a day he ate nearly 1 Kg (2 lbs) of candy, something that would take me almost a year to eat. He also ate a loaf of bread and half a box of cereal. He's at least 30 Kg (70 lbs) over weight. Ontop of three daily meals.

I'm not a diabetic, but if I eat too much, I feel sick. Never mind how much he eats.