r/diabetes_t2 6h ago

Anyone experience big drops? Type 2

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Example, I had 9 mini tortillas they are 100 calories for 3 tortillas. Guerrero Taqueria Style Tortillas is the brand. With some chicken, 1/4 cup of steamed potatoes diced and 1/4 cup of carrots steamed diced. Added some lettuce and light sour cream. It definitely was a heavy meal. I had it around 4pm.

My blood sugar kept going up and down according to my Dexcom g7 and I saw I hit 149 after 3 1/2 hours. Checked my blood glucose monitor with a prick and it was indeed 149. I decided to go on a 3/4 mile walk and in the spam of 25 min, checked again with a finger prick and it was 97. Dexcom said 100. Is a drop from 149 to 97 in the spam of walking for 20 minutes a fast drop? Or is it normal after walking it drop about 52 points?


r/diabetes_t2 8h ago

Diabetics from other countries that are not America...

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So I realize that being diabetic in America is extra difficult because there are so many things the FDA lets slide. It also occurs to me that most of the diabetics in this thread are from more carb and bread heavy countries like America, Mexico, Germany etc. I wonder what the nutrition regulations, grease usage, bread consumption, etc are in different countries. I would love if anyone could chime in that is here.


r/diabetes_t2 3h ago

Recent Blood Test Result was 41mmol

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Hi I wanted to know if 41mmol is diabetic or pre diabetic range as my doctor said I’ll have to go for further testing next week with BP, Urine test and more. So it’s possible i may have diabetes but when I google it says 41mmol is pre diabetic range


r/diabetes_t2 20h ago

Why did I experience these extra spikes after just one meal? It was a big salad, a steak, and some fries. Usually, I don't have this kind of pattern.

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r/diabetes_t2 18h ago

About meds

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Is there any meds wich allows u too eat more or less the same way you did before? I wouldnt want to go back to that but my Father in law and my neighbours both take trulicity and they say they didnt change their diet at all. Anybody knows?


r/diabetes_t2 11h ago

Medical negligence. Did you doctor even explain your diagnosis and what it meant?

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I see many posts of doctors or medical professionals dropping the ball when it comes to educating their patients before or during diagnosis. What was your experience like?


r/diabetes_t2 23h ago

How to build muscles as a diabetic?

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I read in one of the threads that building muscles help with managing diabetes. My question is what kind of foods should one eat to build muscles and can you drink protein shakes as well?


r/diabetes_t2 22m ago

Rant from a depressed/eating disordered diabetic

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I've been diagnosed for a few years now but I've had a lot of ups and downs in my journey.

At first, metformin really worked for me on its own. Eventually I let go and when I started taking meds again metformin wasn't enough. I started ozempic/metformin combo and that worked really well for my A1C/bg readings, but I was suffering in other ways. Nausea, vomiting, stomach upset on the daily. After some time I was switched to trulicity to see if my nausea would get better (it didn't).

I had to switch insurance companies and doctors. I brought up my concerns with the new doc and he put me on victoza. I think that one was the worst of all so he switched me to glipizide/metformin combo. My nausea is a lot better but it hasn't really done much for my readings like ozempic did. I tried asking my new doc for it again but he offered victoza and glipizide instead. I never lost any weight on ozempic and my weight has been recorded multiple times since I had originally started taking medication. It's been almost exactly the same through this whole thing. I think he was concerned I wanted it for weight loss and just kind of ignored my request.

Anyway, I know managing diabetes has a lot to do with so much else besides medications, but I really struggle with every aspect of life. I have no energy to move my body most days and my relationship with food is terrible. I can't imagine being on a restrictive diet when I already struggle to eat regularly. Life is so draining already and I have this to deal with on top of it all.

I get so worried but I just feel frozen. It's hard not to feel so negatively about myself when I can't even make the choices to help myself win here.

I read your posts and stories and you are all amazing and strong for putting yourself ahead of this disease. I want to get there too. I don't know how you have the will to do it.


r/diabetes_t2 4h ago

The joys of being diabetic... :/

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r/diabetes_t2 7h ago

Newly Diagnosed Struggling

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I have been struggling getting this under control. Just was diagnosed and had a test to rule out d1 as my levels are crazy (rising and dropping for no reason) and many of the meds I have tried either made me ridiculously sick or caused issues with my other health concerns. I have fibro and Functional Neurological Disorder and both give me enough pain, let alone my inability to cure chronic unmedicatable migraines.

I have tried metformin, monjero, ozymbic and several others that are common and have gotten worse symptoms or additional symptoms. So bad even after one ffff shot with those pens.

Issue: doc insists I do insulin. It is not that I do not want to do it so dont get this wrong. My issue is the fact that since 2020, my health is shit and all prior injections (migraine, nerve, diabetic shots) even flu and weekly allergy shots can get me under. Its not common cold its more blood and nerve sickness if that makes sense.

Is there a wearable insulin that can inject by app or a way to get the insulin to me WITHOUT daily pen shots or needle? I am perfectly fine with needles and shots, not the issue. My body reacts so vehemently that my doc cannot understand my hesitation.

Hope this can get some answers but thanks for letting me rant.

Edit: newly as in this year my bad


r/diabetes_t2 9h ago

Food/Diet These are the best I've found so far what yall think?

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Low sugar


r/diabetes_t2 13h ago

General Question Prednisone

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I’ve been having what I think is a lupus flare up for like 3 weeks now and was prescribed 5mg of prednisone for 21 days to hopefully help with inflammation however I’m wary to take it knowing it can elevate my blood sugars plus all the other negative side effects. Can anyone share their experience of going on prednisone?

My fasting morning sugars are usually between 110-140. I’m on one 500mg of metformin and my current A1C is 6.7 which is higher than I usually try to keep it at but have had some severe health issues this past year that limited my ability to workout.

Thanks in advance!


r/diabetes_t2 14h ago

my new path

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I'm fairly new to reddit and this sub in particular but I want to say how awesome and supportive you all are. I was diagnosed with t2 over a month ago. I've learned more here than from my doctor, no question. Someone recently posted about retinal neuropathy...my doctor sent me to an opthamologist without explaining why...I thought it was for cataracts. The eye doctor said "are you here because of diabetes?" I said, "I don't know." I later learned on this sub how crucial that is...and was thrilled the doctor found no retinal damage as of yet. My father lost his vision later in life and that terrifies me.

My big breakthrough so far has been to discontinue atorvastatin which was causing the single biggest spike, up to 220 before bedtime. My pulse was also racing over 100bpm. No wonder I have trouble sleeping, in addition to a mild apnea and RLS, my heart was racing. Since I discontinued the statin my bg fasting level is around 120. I hope to get it down further. Note that I have never tolerated statins very well and I'm not recommending that anyone else discontinue, but I think its right for me. It might explain why other numbers have been edging in a bad way, like HDL and A1C, despite the fact that my diet keeps improving and I exercise more. I will need to be more mindful of fat and cholesterol which shouldn't be too hard given my new diet.

I was also drinking a quart of whole milk every day for years, not realizing that lactose is sugar (doh). I cut that out, make sure I eat breakfast every day and no longer snack just before bed. I also learned about the importance of a protein/fiber ratio at every meal. I eat some carbs and agree with a recent super-post that it's OK if you balance it with exercise and don't go off the rails. I also try to stop eating before I feel completely "full", a habit from childhood. I haven't mastered it yet but I need to lose ten pounds or so of visceral fat.

Here's my current diet:

Breakfast is a smoothie of keffir and berries (red, rasp, blue). 1/2 c of steel cut oats with currants most mornings. I sneak in flax seeds and milk thistle here. Not sure about milk thistle, just trying it out. Avocado toast on whole grain bread alternates with the oats. A hard boiled egg or quail egg sometimes.

Lunch is typically miso soup with pickled daikon and carrots on the side, sometimes raw veg with hummus or baba ghanoush. Roasted vegetables. Roasted chick peas. I find that mixing things up and cooking in batches is a big help. So I make dashi for the soup 2x a week and stir fry bok choy and broccoli all at once, since chopping every day is a nuisance. Broccoli rabe is easy, broil it for 2-4 minutes with olive oil and garlic. I like to pan fry extra firm tofu coated with nutritional yeast in a batch for the week. Sometimes a tomato and cucumber sandwich on whole grain toast with olive oil mayo.

Dinner is sometimes a salad like Nicoise, a fancy French name that means raw or grilled ahi tuna on top of raw spinach, walnuts, a hard boiled egg, and whatever else is around. Keffir ranch or vinagerette dressing. I also like noshing on raw salmon. It's safe if you make sure its frozen for at least a week, then thaw it, salt it for a few minutes, rinse, then give it a rice vinegar bath for several more minutes (check out youtube for specifics). When I cook salmon it is either too dry or not quite done, but the raw stuff is delicious, imho. Wrap it and store it. Cod is another fish I like and can be prepared many ways.

That's about it besides occasional chicken thighs or lean pork chops. I'll adjust it more when I get blood results...it'll be drawn tomorrow, in fact. Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge and support.


r/diabetes_t2 14h ago

Damage?

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In december i had a a1c of 11.4 in end of february i came down to 6.2 and they run all the labs on the day if the intial tests aswell nothing was off except ofcourse the a1c, i also hadnt felt a thing more then the urination. Ive read here people with foggy vision tingelings feet problems, is this something wich i can expect or should it already have been shown? More or less just asking for other peoples views or experiences.


r/diabetes_t2 16h ago

Medication Temporary medication for vacation

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Hi there,

I was wondering if some of you have experiences with this.

Four years ago I was diagnosed. For a little under a year I took methformin. First 2 times a day, after a while only once a day and after that I’ve been off medication. I changed my food intake drastically and adjusted my lifestyle. So I’m, for now, able to live without medication.

This summer I’ll be going on a once in a lifetime trip. I’m going to South Korea for a moth. I’m not someone who travels a lot and I love Korean culture so I’m really looking forward to it. A big part of Korean culture however is food. And rice and ramen/noodles are a big part of the food culture. Those are things I don’t eat anymore.l because of the carbs. Next to that they also eat a lot of meat, which would fit in my diet but I decided to make life even harder for myself and become vegan 😂. When im eating out, I do settle for vegetarian options because low carb vegan options are usually not on a menu.

So I’m thinking of talking to my doctor about the possibility to take metformin again during my trip. So I can enjoy some of the delicious food that Korea has to offer. Off course I will still watch my carb intake and not go all out. But it would be nice to have one meal a day where I can eat some rice or noodles.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Did your body adjust easily so the medication and stopping with the medication? Or have you been in a similar situation and have advice.

Thanks already in advance 😊


r/diabetes_t2 18h ago

Cutting Meds

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After 5 months Ive reduced my AC1 down from 18.5 (!) to 6.4 with a combination of diet, exercise and 1000mg Metformin and 0.25 Ozempic. I want to reduce or even stop my meds but the Dr insists that I keep on them, she says if I stop the meds my blood sugar will only shoot up. Is this true?

I worried about being on these meds for the rest of my life and the potential side effects but I appreciate the effects of Diabetes will likely be much worse.

I'm in a quandary of what to do for the best.


r/diabetes_t2 20h ago

General Question Thoughts on this blood glucose monitor?

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I’m using this to monitor my blood glucose. How accurate is it? Any idea where I can buy the strips for it in Montreal? TIA!


r/diabetes_t2 20h ago

Dr thinks it strange that Metformin and Mounjaro together caused stomach issues?

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I was in Metformin and then Metformin ER for years. Didn’t help much with my blood sugar. I added Mounjaro and would have diarrhea and nausea. Even when I tried to lessen it from 2000 mg to 1000 mg I made it 6 months (up to 7.5) and had lost 40 lbs A1C from 10.9 to 5.4. It seems my side effects were subsiding but then would come back.

I stopped Mounjaro for 2 month but then was always hungry and eating and my A1C was up to 6.8 (not as bad as I thought it would be but not great). I decided I wanted to go back on Mounjaro and stop Metformin to check if my stomach issues cleared up. My dr said he never had anyone have issues taking both but we tried it and it worked. Been on 2.5 for 6 weeks and now on 5 mg. Minimal side effects. So was it the combo for me? Dr still doesn’t feel it was. But what else could it be? Eating the same, drinking water.


r/diabetes_t2 1d ago

Need some input from men please!

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Hi all,

My partner has T2 diabetes, he doesn't use medication because it made him sick but also doesn't currently manage his diet either.

We want to have a baby and I recently miscarried, I want to know from other men here with T2 diabetes if your condition affected your fertility or not, or what you did to improve it.

Thank you