Hello!
I love this site, the forums are great! I don’t know anyone in real life with diabetes, so this is a good way to get info for me.
My stuff is all high. Tested at 246 average, 10.2 AC1, bad bad bad. I am 52 and overweight, some bad habits… so this diagnosis was not really a surprise.
I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago. I have totally changed my eating, 100 or less carbs per day - super low on the sugar, per my doctor. And doing a bit of excersize MOST every day. I’m bad with that… I know I have to get better and I will. I am on 500 metformin 2x/day, which I think is not enough, but doc is not ready to increase. She did refer me to endo, prob cuz I’m asking so many questions, but app’t is not till end of May. I have been crazy checking sugar, 4,5 6 times a day… not really getting better. Still in the 200’s, mid to high. Rarely over 300 for the past week… doc says relax, it takes time. I’m so scared that something irreversible is going to happen!
Not sure there is even a question in there, I feel like I know what I have to do… more excersize for sure. Try to get the endo app’t sooner… stop testing 4, 5, 6 times a day. lol
Hi @kathfish, welcome to our community! We’re glad you found us. Join is on any conversations here, any that interest you.
You might want to call the endo and ask to put on their cancellation list. That way, you might get in earlier.
I don’t think the multiple blood sugar checking is “bad” - it will help for you to see what foods affect you the most. It’s called “eating to your meter”. Of course more exercise is helpful. We have a program here every year called the “Big Blue Test” - for people with diabetes (PWDs) to see that just a little walking or other moderate exercise for as little as 10-20 minutes can have an effect on your bgs.
If you are tolerating the current Metformin dose, maybe you could ask again to increase it. Lots of people have problems adjusting to it (digestive issues), so I think that’s why doctors prescribe it like yours did.
It’s GOOD to ask questions! We have a lot of smart members here, and we want all our members to be as successful as possible in their treatment of diabetes.
I’m officially a Type 2 diagnosed in August. My body is in Ketosis and I’ve lost 60 pounds so far. My BGs have been in the 110s to 140s fasting and typically come down to the 90s by late evening.
I’m joining so I can share what I’ve learned over the last 6 months and so I can learn from you.
Hi & welcome!! I’m sorry you’re here but glad too. Sounds crazy, right? Lol i can relate to the multiple bg tests & honestly, 4-6 is low in my opinion. I was dx’d T1 in Jan 2016 at 54 (A1c of 17.8 - no, not a typo) & i remember testing a LOT when i got home from the hospital. I had no idea how this all worked & started getting curious on how my bg reacted to foods. I was probably in the 8-10 times a day range at first so don’t worry. Once you have better control, you will naturally scale back. (Or maybe not, if your doc advises differently.)
I’m the last one to give advice since others have been doing this much longer, but sounds like you’re doing all the right things. And i am SO proud of you for exercising! I’m hoping some of your willpower travels over to me bec i have not been good about it lately. You inspire me
Ask questions & read all you can. There are some great books & websites (ADA being tops on the list) that will offer advice & tips. And these forums have helped me so very much! I know they will be valuable for you as well.
Last thing is the worry about irreversible damage. I understand & share your concerns but honestly, let’s think about it. If anything “irreversible” has occurred, i don’t you can reverse it but you CAN prevent further deterioration. So i would say focus on what you can control from here on out & keep your focus as sharp as it is. YOU CAN DO THIS!!
I’m also a newbie to the forum and in a similar situation, except I’m a bit on the younger side with regards to my age. It’s been difficult for me to be able to openly talk about my Type 2 diabetes with people because I don’t know that many out here at all.
All my stuff is way too high, tested at around 234, got like 9.1 AC1, ugh. It’s all been downhill for me and I can empathize with your plight. I had a lot of bad eating habits growing up and it didnt help my parents are Hispanic, so we’re even more at risk for diabetes as a whole. It’s run throughout other parts of my family unfortunately.
I try to eat right now and excercise whenever I can especially on my busy schedule and I’m still struggling right now, so that’s why I’m on this forum. I feel so among many others I can relate to.
I’m too a type 2 diabetic. I’m so confused on the whole thing, as well as scared out my mind. I’m on 2 types of insulin & metformin. There are so many questions, I would love to ask, but just embarrassed and nervous. I’m just glad that I found a place, that I’m not alone in this.
welcome @MrsCali213 to the family. We encourage all to ask questions here, there is no concern too small, or anything to be embarrassed about here. I came here 9 years ago with many questions, I had had type1 for 40 years at the time. I thought others might look at me and think, “why doesn’t she know about (fill in the blank here)”? No one ever did!
Please feel free to look around and join any conversations you find interesting, or start one of your own. We have quite a few type2s on insulin - including all 3 of our type2 admins - and there’s a lot of folks here who are not only super smart, but also sensitive, caring and sympathetic.
I am one of the type two admins that @MarieB speaks of. I believe you can find what you need here. I came here 5 years ago because I had received an insulin prescription from my doctor. This site taught me more than I could ever learn from my doctor.
And I’m another. I came here at the time that I decided I needed insulin, and I learned ten times as much about using it effectively from people here than I ever did from medical people. No reflection on those folks; just that only those who live with it 24x7 really know the ins and outs of living with it 24x7. This community and its people possess a collective depth of experience and understanding that just doesn’t exist elsewhere.
Thank you so much MarieB for those kind words. I really appreciate it. I’m just so happy to find a site, with people who knows what I’m going through and they can relate.
I just can’t wait to get more comfortable with myself and not be so shy to, comfortably open up.
If you ever feel like you’d like to talk to me you can send a private message (pm). Click my avatar (picture of me), and you’ll see my “user card”, which will have a large blue button that says “message”. click that and you can ask in private.
Welcome, I lurked my way onto this site about a month ago…just in time to have help getting my head on straight about not being able to manage my type 2 on diet and exercise… I’m now progressing well using Metformin and don’t think that I would be so positive without the support given to me by members. You will find that these are very giving people willing to share their knowledge,understanding and support.
Can anyone tell me, when do you exactly see your sugar levels going down. Approximately how long does it take, to see a light at the end of this long dark tunnel. It’s so frustration.
Same here. I take Humalog 3x a day & Lantus @ 10pm everyday.
Depending where my sugar levels are, when I test. With the Humalog, I’m supposed to add 5ml for the food intake & add additional ML, depending where my sugar reads.
Do you think that’s too much?
I just want to get this right. I want to get my blood sugar in control.
Taking a specific amount of insulin regardless of what the meal consists of isn’t going to give good results. Insulin dosage needs to be tailored to the amount and type of food being consumed—they need to agree. Example: 1 gram of carbohydrate will raise my BG about 5 points. One unit of fast acting analog insulin will lower my BG by about 80 points. So if I eat a meal containing, say, 50 grams of carbohydrate, I’m going to need about 3 units of fast acting insulin to counteract it.
The catch (one of the catches, anyway) is that those numbers are very individual; they reflect my own specific sensitivity to carbs and insulin. Your numbers are almost sure to be different. So you need to know what your own personal ratios are in order to work the problem safely and successfully. And it can’t work unless you know what you are eating; in other words, you need to count carbs.
What I do is use 20 units of Long Acting insulin regardless, every morning.
Then I fix breakfast and use 3 units of Humalog. Three units is just to start because one hour after meals, I check my glucose with my meter and “correct” by using enough Humalog to get me down below 140.
Then before lunch, I check again. I usually use 3 units of Humalog and have lunch. One hour after lunch, I check again in order to “correct” again.
Then around dinner, I check again. Then I use 3 units and go and enjoy dinner. One hour after I put down my fork, I check again to “correct”.
Another question here! Do you think I should test before or after administering my Lantus? I eat around 7/7:15pm. Then I have to give myself a shot of Lantus @ 10pm. This is where I get confused! On the times of eating, testing & Insulin injection. Last night @ 10pm I injected my 35 units of Lantus & I woke up this morning with a BG reading of still 204, that’s still high. I don’t understand, what I’m doing wrong.
I have been crazy checking sugar, 4,5 6 times a day… not really getting better. Still in the 200’s, mid to high. Rarely over 300 for the past week… doc says relax, it takes time. I’m so scared that something irreversible is going to happen!
