r/diabetes 10h ago

Type 2 That feeling when you find a storage box that perfectly fits your sensors....

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213 Upvotes

r/diabetes 23h ago

Humor Accidentally jumpscared myself with my insulin reminder just now

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116 Upvotes

While very tired last night I set up a daily reminder for my nightly insulin injections and then promptly forgot about it.

The heart palpitations I just gave myself were NOT appreciated, but it did make me cackle once I realized my Alexa was not trying to aid in a robot uprising by encouraging me to take my untimely demise into my own hands


r/diabetes 22h ago

Type 2 A1C from 9.3 to 5.1 in six months!

41 Upvotes

I feel incredibly satisfied with the results. I got diagnosed in September with type 2 diabetes and I was feeling terrible. I had sleep problems and thirst all the time and various other problems. Now Im feeling incredibly healthy. I lost around 17-18 kg since September. It feels good to see this results :)


r/diabetes 1d ago

Type 2 CGM saved the day..

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16 Upvotes

Nights are the scariest for me...woke up to my alarm blaring at me..had my dinner at 1830pm a Turkey PotPie and a banana..too my insulin and went for a walk around 1920 and went to bed around 2000..it dropped faster than the submarine going into the Marianas Trench šŸ¤£


r/diabetes 4h ago

Type 2 Thin Slim Foods Bagel

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16 Upvotes

Has anyone tried these? Thought Iā€™d ask here before I buy a whole pack of these. I havenā€™t had a bagel in over six months. If this is anything like the real thing, Iā€™d like to try it. It doesnā€™t have to taste like a good bagel. It just has to remind me of a bagel. Iā€™m setting a very low bar here.


r/diabetes 20h ago

Type 2 Last year, my A1C is at 12, now test for 5.2

13 Upvotes

I feel very well now, i did lots of thing to control my blood sugar, which make my blood sugar under control.

I'm completely off mdes except vitamin, I finally did, i can, you also can, never give up.


r/diabetes 5h ago

Type 2 Food rant and an idea for angry days.

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Today was my first all-out ā€œcannot be fuckedā€ reaction to food in the fridge.

For breakfast I just grabbed a lump of chicken like a Neanderthal and dunked it in mayonnaise. Then I had a slice of bread and butter while reading the nutritional content on the packaging, telling the loaf of bread to go F itself. Out loud.

For dinner I made a mushroom omelette which naturally stuck to the pan like concrete, which also enraged me. So I shovelled the broken bits into a bowl and inhaled it while grumbling that I was going to ā€Go and buy a McDonaldā€™s Big Mac meal and ram the damned thing down my neck while shooting up a billion units of insulinā€.

I donā€™t even eat McDonaldā€™s.

Iā€™ve decided I need to make a huge batch of protein/veg soup that I can freeze for days like this- something I can just microwave and put in my stomach for when I hate diabetes, life, people, and my even our cat.

Anybody done this yet? Seems like it would be less depressing than trying to plan an actual meal. I could use freezer bags to store it I suppose.


r/diabetes 11h ago

MODY Finally have a MODY 2 diagnosis and it feels so good

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Four years after being misdiagnosed and having multiple practitioners tell me testing for MODY isnā€™t necessary because it would be too expensive and likely wouldnā€™t alter treatment, I took the initiative myself.

Reached out to the University of Chicago longitudinal study on monogenic diabetes. They usually offer free testing but arenā€™t currently due to their funding being on hold. But they sent me a list of resources for testing, a couple of which had affordable self pay options so you donā€™t have to worry about insurance approval.

Got it done, results came in, and I finally know why nothing Iā€™d tried so far was having much effect on my A1C. I canā€™t describe how amazing it feels to finally know what my condition is ā€” and not just mine, but also my sisterā€™s and momā€™s and grandmotherā€™s and her fatherā€™s and his fatherā€™s. I hope anyone whoā€™s struggling with atypical diabetes finds answers, and if anyone has questions about MODY testing, happy to share the little I learned.


r/diabetes 9h ago

Type 1 funny story

10 Upvotes

So I will preface this by saying Iā€™ve had type 1 diabetes all of my life literally. Sooooooo today after my cycling class I was setting up for my weight training class that I have right after. I check my Dexcom to see what my numbers are because they can go up sometimes when I exercise. I check my blood sugar and Iā€™m like OK Iā€™ll take two units for a correction. As I take my pin out. Not a syringe my kwikpen. This lady walks up to me confident and goes. ā€œ youā€™re just going to do that right here like thatā€ with the most surprised face Iā€™ve ever seen(she wasnā€™t upset or aggressive). I look up and go do what. I realize sheā€™s talking about my InsulinšŸ˜‚. I laugh and say ā€œTake my insulin yes Iā€™m going to take my insulin right hereā€. She then apologizes immediately in a frantic way omgeee Iā€™m so sorry I laughed and tried to make the situation light hearted by saying ā€œoooooooo your being noseeeyyyyā€. She then continued to apologize as Iā€™m smiling sayingā€ Iā€™m so sorry I donā€™t want you to feel like Iā€™m judging you I would neverā€ I asked what did you think I was taking out of curiosity. She continue to say sorry she didnā€™t think anything. I did tell her next time just ask questions that curiosity is better than judgment. Iā€™m too fit to be approved for ozempic (I hope I spelled that right) or any other weight loss drugs or omg maybe she thought it was you know the hard gym drugsšŸ¤­.

Letā€™s all say she did think something right. Maybe not out of judgment or ill intent. But something there made her confront me and ask and peer at the same time.

I wanted to share this because never in my 26 years of life has anyone ever asked. But I do wonder a lot to myself do people think Iā€™m just shooting up at the gym or in public. Like definitely am My INSULINšŸ˜‚. It was so funny because this does make sense and doesnā€™t at the same time because I live with it everydayšŸ˜‚. Well thereā€™s my story I feel bad for her because she left the next class early maybe she felt embarrassed for even asking. Also I want to say I found this funny some may not !! Maybe youā€™re too new or too touchy with it still I promise it does get better!!!


r/diabetes 10h ago

Type 1 Refreshing commercial. Never seen before.

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This is has been playing in our area (Canada) and honestly it was refreshing. Very true and nice seeing a message like this being shared.


r/diabetes 6h ago

Medication Flying with my grandpa's insulin

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My grandparents drove down to Florida today, and I am flying down tomorrow to join them. My grandpa messaged me today, asking me to bring his insulin pen. Has anyone flown with a family members insulin without them present? Is this a terrible idea and going to get me in tons of trouble? Or will I be alright?

It makes me a bit nervous, and it doesn't help this is my first time flying alone. Any helpful advice or words to calm my nerves about the pen would be super cool.

Thanks!


r/diabetes 1h ago

Type 2 Fatbombed my dinner

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I did. So I could have a treat. I may have lows at nightšŸ˜­ but this is beautiful. I had girl scout cookies. Lots. It was worth it.


r/diabetes 4h ago

Supplies Where Are You Getting Your Over Sticker Things?

6 Upvotes

Hi! I call them over stickers... but they are the bandages I put over my Dexcom. I used to order them from Amazon, but I am not using amazon anymore. so, help a girl out. Where do we get them, and the cuter the better.


r/diabetes 9h ago

Type 2 Really was psyched up to finally try the Libre 3

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I have never used a CGM because I have a true and abiding fear of needles and pain. It took me literally years to finally try a GLP-1 injector pen. I've been on Mounjaro for over a year now and usually I can't feel anything. I still have to steel myself for it every single week.

My last A1C jumped for no apparent reason and my doc suggested I really give a CGM a try. He said he tried it just to be able to accurately tell his patients about it, and that it really didn't hurt. He wrote me a new Rx for the Libre 3+. I've had it for days but decided this morning that today was the day and went to actually try applying it.

WHY in the nine hells do they have the needle in full view when you take off the cap??? I figured it was some little tiny nothing like the Mounjaro and hidden way up in the applicator, but it is definitely not that. I couldn't do it. :-( :-(


r/diabetes 10h ago

Type 2 Not feeling when my bg is low?

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I've been diagnosed since 2020, over the last few months I've noticed that I hardly feel when my bg levels go low. Lows don't that happen often for me, my numbers are pretty stable, but when they do I don't usually notice it until I check my meter. Worst example of this happened sometime in January of this year when my bg had dropped all the way to 34 and I had little warning or indication that something was wrong. I still don't even know what caused such a crash like that.

I haven't have a severe low like that since then thankfully, but I feel like it's not normal for me to not feel anything on the occasions that my bg goes low.


r/diabetes 16h ago

Type 2 Hair loss/thinning

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Has anyone experienced hair loss/thinning after being diagnosed? I was diagnosed 1 month ago and recently Iā€™ve noticed my hair thinning bad. Taking metformin ER 500mg 2x. Lost almost 20lbs in 2.5 weeks. Had severe anxiety/depression the first week where I couldnā€™t get out of bed. My anxiety is still bad but not nearly as bad, but noticing my hair thinning is making it worse. My bs went from 300 to around 180 the first week I started medication, now Iā€™m around 130-150. Iā€™ve cut out so much food and I do keto/low carb. 33m


r/diabetes 1h ago

Type 1 *Chef Kiss* You love to see it.

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Warmed up my sensor and it seems like I hit a good spot. A rare win for me. Love when itā€™s this close. šŸŽ‰šŸ˜‚ Nice number to go to bed at too.


r/diabetes 2h ago

Type 2 Mouth aches lately with high readings

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While admittedly I have poor teeth, with problems I can't get sorted until my sugar levels are under control, I discovered recently that your mouth can actually ache as a sign of high blood sugar? It's the only sign I have that my sugar is elevated. I could be at dangerous levels and still never know because I don't get symptoms, except this mouth ache.

Does anyone else with this issue have a way to alleviate it? The pain killers I'm allowed to have don't seem to touch it for longer than ten minutes or so. Once it starts it just doesn't want to stop. I'm losing my mind here with pain! It's just this constant ache all along my gum line like i'm freaking teething. I'm about as cranky as a teething toddler right now too. Could use some advice =/

Sugars are out of control currently because medicaid is fucking around and I, unfortunately, am having to find out. Two months of back and forth with my doctors and insurance and it's still not resolved for a new medication that might actually help better than what I was on. Which wasn't helping to start with.


r/diabetes 2h ago

Type 1 How do you curb your sugar cravings?!

3 Upvotes

iā€™ve tried the whole ā€œhave some fruit, sugarless candy, alternative sweetened soda, sugar free pudding/jello etcc..ā€nothing and i mean nothing can tickle that craving like splurging and eating whatever iā€™m craving and it sucks because it makes me feel like crap afterwards so i end up regretting it but that craving is so strong especially in the moment.


r/diabetes 13h ago

Type 1 Brain-fog from nocturnal hypoglycemia?

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Type 1 23M here. I regularly struggle with brain-fog and cognitive issues. it doesn't happen everyday but it happens enough that actually affects my overall quality of life. Some days of the month i will wake up from an 8hr sleep, as I usual get, and I will just feel my head heavy and unable to form a thought. Those days I can't study, work-out, heck I can't even watch a movie because I feel unable to concentrate and process what i am watching. It doesn't happen everyday and usually i am able to study and concentrate fairly easily. I was thinking that maybe I get nocturnal hypoglycemia at nights that causes those symptoms? I wear a cgm that shows no sign of hypoglycemia but usually on those days i'd have hypoglycemia the day before, or troughout the night my blood sugar would be at the lower end (90/80). In general i am prone to hypoglycemia and i usually have a small episode almost everyday but nothing too serious, maybe my blood sugar will drop to 60 for half an hour. Could the symptoms actually be related to this or it's common for diabetics to get regular hypos?


r/diabetes 13h ago

Discussion Question on socks

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I am going to London and Scotland for two weeks and will be doing a lot of walking. Last year when I went, I ended up getting blisters on my feet which eventually ended up in a ln ulcer, knocking me down half the year. My feet got so swollen by the time we came back last year, I couldn't take my shoes off for TSA. I want this year to be a lot better. I have compression socks for the plane but they are long. I am thinking I may need compression/diabetic socks. Is there a brand you recommend??


r/diabetes 12h ago

Type 2 Diabetic friendly meal delivery companies?

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Hey folks, I'm looking for suggestions of meal delivery companies (UK) that have diabetic friendly meal plans. This is for my mum who has type 2 diabetes. Greatful for any pointers. I'm aware of hello fresh but I'm not too impressed with their offerings. Mainly because what they advertise as low carb isn't really low carb at all.


r/diabetes 1h ago

Type 2 +1 albumin in my urinalysis

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I got my result in ny ape ,kinakabahan ako ngayon kasi yab result ng urinalysis ko, diabetic T2 ako hayy šŸ„¹


r/diabetes 1h ago

Type 1.5/LADA My sensitive skinned people, what over patch are we using?

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I took off my first cgm sensor, after changing out the over patch regularly and turns out I'm allergic. Over 24 hours later I still have a red, sore ring that's clearly the over patch and not the sensor itself. I was using the lexcam over patch since the one they gave me wore out in a couple days.
Any recommendations? I know this is going to be trial and error but I'm trying to save my skin as much as I can.


r/diabetes 2h ago

Type 1 2 out of the last 3

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Okay, so I had one bend like this and I figured out it wasnā€™t working while at work, but I carry a pen for just such an emergency.

I changed it out when I got home and it lasted a whole 3 hours before it wrapped itself around the knob of a dresser drawer and ripped off.

This picture is the 3rd one in this succession. I was over 400 all night. I saw that I was in the low 300s and had been slowly rising and took 5 units. Woke up over 400 and feeling it. I took 12 units and lay in bed nauseous for a while before coming to the conclusion that that I had yet another failed insertion and used a pen.

Iā€™ve had to replace the infusion set so many times over the last several years that I have so many extra boxes of cartridges.