Hello, about 2 months ago i went to clinic for stomach ache that wouldn't go away. When i got there they stuck me in hospital for three days.my blood sugar was 853.i oriiginally was told it was type 1 but that was changed to type 2. I have been in control and doing well. I have been scaling back my medication.I no longer need novolog and down to ten on toujeo from 70.i also take jardiance janumet and lisinopril. i think I've lost close to 60 pounds.
I am looking for ways to eat healthy and cheap that i can put into this app . Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, I'm Meredith and diagnosed about 2 months ago. Still sulking lol but trying my best to really get into eating better. I've lost 10 lbs simply by cutting carbs, looking to add exercise to the mix so I can control sugars even better. Glad to have MFP and now a community to relate to!

Hello, my name it Tenessa and I just recieved my diagnosis yesterday! I'm very confused at this point and plan on trying to set up an appoinment with a nutritionist. I look forward to the support and help I will get here!

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Hi! My name is Lesa and I was just diagnosed last week. Everything right now is very confusing when I go to the store it takes me hours as Im trying to read all the labels and Im still confused. The Dr set me up for a class March 4 but what do I do in the mean time. I know low carb but then I see some things say net carbs? What do I count? What do I eat? What do I really need to stay away from? The Dr put me on Metafomin and also said I need to go on Pravastatin since most diabetics have high cholestrol and mine is borderline. HELP!!!????

Lesa, get off sweets for one thing, they are a killer. I just started on this site today. Follow on this site, your daily routine. About 1200 to 1500 calories. Look for recipes, most fruits are good, baby carrots for a snack. I am wishing you all the best.

Hi, I'm Marion. May 2015 I went into the ER with an angina attack (my first). In the ER, they asked me if I knew I was diabetic. I did not. My BG was 360 and my a1c was 11.6! They started me on metformin (1000mg twice a day) and glyburide 2x's a day. In hospital they never could get my BG below 200. After a week in hospital (had a cardiac artery by-pass x2), I went home and started eating low carb. I had to ask my doc to drop the glyburide because i was having a lot of hypoglycemic episodes once I got off hospital food (really, a hospital "diabetic" meal was things like mashed potatoes, pudding, cornbread stuffing, a roll at every meal... ). I haven't been able to afford doctors visits this summer due to some family emergencies, but monitor my BG 5x's a day. I took my a1c in August with a home kit and it was 6.3%! I'll be taking it again in a couple of weeks. I'm pretty sure it will have gone up a little as I've run out of metformin and don't have any more refills. The worst of the family finance issues are over though and I should be able to make an appointment in a couple of weeks.

I didn't know I was diabetic, but I was not surprised. I've had PCOS my entire post-puberty life, have a very strong family history, had gestational diabetes with my daughter and have had intermittent issues with what I thought was carpal-tunnel syndrome since having my daughter eleven years ago, but interestingly that has gone away this summer while on metformin and eating very low carb. I had lost 36lbs from May until August, but have gained back six pounds since running out of metformin... but i have to admit I haven't been as consistent with the low-carb eating over the past two months either. Getting back on track, because I want to live to see my kiddo grow up. I walk on a treadmill 3x's a week ... started on a treadmill because a) it's too bloody hot in north central Texas in the summer for a recent by-pass patient to exercise outside, and b) at first I was so weak and out of breath that I didn't want to get too far from help if felt dizzy or too fatigued ... I've come a long way since then!!!

Hi, just found the board. Have been a person with T2DM for 5 yrs. Once I stopped crying, I realized I could control it, diabetes didn't have to control me. So I started with the encouragement of my doctor to eat healthy. I have decreased my A1C from 10.8 to 6.3 and lost 87 pounds. I am no bikini model and have a way to go for my goal but I'm doing it! Believe it or not it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. I hate to exercise though and I am at the point where that is the next step to make a difference. So here I go...

Hello, my name is Donnie. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about a year ago and I am glad I found this support group - knowing that there are many more people out there suffering like I am. My latest A1C reading was 6.5 - doc wants that number to get below 6.0. I am currently on 1500 mg of Metformin (500 AM - 500 PM - 500 before bed) but I am determined to lose my remaining 47 pounds and eliminate Metformin out of my daily life. I applaud all of you for not giving up and fighting hard - EYE OF THE TIGER my friends!

Hi, my name is Linda. I've been type 2 since they took my thyroid out in 2001. Because I have thyroid cancer that spread to my lungs, diabetes has taken a back seat and I definitely don't eat right. Interestingly enough, my A1C results over the years have been 7 or below, not bad for not watching what I eat, but since I'm exhausted all the time, I figured it's because of the higher blood sugars and the because I need to lose weight.

I've tried MFP before and wasn't successful because I didn't try hard enough. I'm trying again, joined some groups for support that I definitely need, and even made an appointment with a diabetes nutritionist.

Here's to 2016 and the start of my weight loss!

Thanks for listening.

Hi, I'm Judy. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in July, 2015. Actually, my doctor told me on my birthday. It was no surprise, but I was so depressed over it.
What happened was, in November 2013, I had an ERCP procedure to remove a gallstone. The doctor nicked my pancreas which brought on pancreatitis. I knew something was wrong that night, so I went to the hospital in an ambulance and woke up 15 days later in ICU. My pancreas had contracted C-difficle, or I did, but either way, I had necrotizing pancreatitis as a result. As my daughter tells me, I was in a coma for 15 days, my lungs collapsed so I was on a respirator, and they would tell her from one day to the next that I wasn't going to make it through the night. I spent 4 1/2 months in the hospital, most of it in isolation because of the infection.
Because of this adventure, I now have half a pancreas, and chronic pancreatitis. If I overeat certain foods (and I'm still trying to figure them out) I'll have a flare up for days. So, my doctor and I knew that one day I would have diabetes, I just hoped it would be when I was in my eighties or older.
I've been taking the Diabetes workshops given by the Canadian Diabetes Association and logging my food choices and blood sugar numbers here on MFP.
I'm really in a state of denial most days still. I also have (we think) some kind of rheumatoid arthritis and I'm taking prednisone for that. My doctor had said that raises blood sugar as well, and the rheumatologist is slowly weaning me off it. In my mind, once I'm no longer taking prednisone, I won't be diabetic anymore.
I have very good doctors here in Ottawa, but in September this year, I got another 'collection' as they call it near my pancreas. They're not sure, but they think there may be a hole in my pancreas. It caused a fistula, so I have a drainage tube in my side ever since. Fingers crossed, they can take it out next week when I see them. The gave me a shot to slow down the draining, but it didn't really help. So two other options remain, another ERCP to put a stent in my pancreatic duct where it meets the small intestine (it may not be wide enough), or another surgery to find out if there is a hole or permanent fistula and remove that part of my pancreas. As you can imagine, I'm not looking forward to either one.
Sorry for such a long introduction, but, excuse the language, I'm still really pissed off about the whole thing.
There is no diabetes in my family except my granny who ate and drank too much all her life and it caught up with her in her eighties.
So, I hope to check in with you all from time to time and see how things are going.
Oh, and for the last two weeks my blood sugars have finally come down and stabilized. My doctor even said they were good. I started out with 14% A1C and my average daily blood sugars were never below 21. So, I must be doing something right.