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Type 2
Ok, I'll get the ball rolling. My Dr. says I have Type-2 diabetes and told me to take 4 Metformin and 4 Glipizides a day to control my blood sugar. Without taking them my blood sugar would climb to the 350 range right after eating. I am 55 and the last thing I wanted to do at my age is have to start taking pills on a daily…
Discussions
Hello new to the group
Hey Y'all I just joined group and looking for people who k ow the struggle of diabetes but wanting to nip it in the butt, I have cut out potatoes, breads and pasta completely and just added in more fresh low carb veggies and berries, can't do normal fruits like most can, due to them spiking my glucose levels high, also…
My typical breakfast
Blood sugar was 230 this morning. So I decided to skip carbs today as much as possible, Started off with 4 pieces of bacon and 2 Organic brown eggs over easy. It is hard to skip the toast but that would have sky rocketed my blood sugar to over 300. Only took 1 metformin although the DR said I need 2 2 metformin & 2…
Type II Diabetes
Hope some others join this group. I was diagnosed last November. Have been following a low-carb, high fat diet that worked at first. But now I'm having a hard time following it. And from day one I have worried about the "high-fat" part of the LCHF plan. Am seriously considering going back to just an old-fashioned diet…
Just diagnosed...
Hi everyone. I'm new to this group and newly diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic. My doc says I'm in the "borderline" area with an A1C at 6.4, but am almost 57 years old and have a family history so we are keeping a close eye on it. The weird thing is my blood sugar became elevated sometime between my last two physicals in early…
Intermittent fasting & type II?
I have some non-diabetic friends that have had great success losing weight through intermittent fasting. I understand that there are multiple forms of this, mine are using the 16 hour fast 8 hour 8. Meaning they only eat during certain hours (12-8). Does anyone know someone with type II that has done this? My blood sugar…
Pre-diabetes
I have been pre-diabetic for several years now. I had a real scare a few years ago when I developed pancreatitis due to a gallstone plugging the pancreatic duct. I recovered but one of the adverse reactions from my issue is developing full blown diabetes. Fortunately all was resolved and I went back to being pre-diabetic.…
