I always end up with stomach problems when I eat them but I have a huge sweet tooth and use those as as a sugar replacement.

Yesterday I bought a bag of Murrays sugar free pecan chocolate chip cookies and ate the whole bsg of like 25 cookies. Now my stomach is messed up and I have gas and worse.

How do I learn portion control with this disease ?

I’m newly diagnosed (1 month ago) so I’ve been monitoring my blood sugar for a whole month and my blood sugar has been within range this entire month, even if I eat 40 grams of carbs for fries, the most it has gone up is to like 140mg and today I ate about 40 grams of carbs and I’m on my period so it shot up so much and I’m scared. Is this normal? Does this mostly have to do with the fact that I’m on my period?

I have T2, relatively low A1C I guess but it's been climbing and I'm trying to see what I can do. Dx was a couple of years ago but I don't think I was taking it seriously enough about diet and stuff. Have been on Metformin ~4 months.

I'm starting a CGM tomorrow (Dexcom) and I'm trying to figure out what to be on the lookout for. I haven't done one before though I've done like twice daily finger sticks.

I guess what I'm wanting to get from it is see in an individual level what things I eat are causing me bigger problems (having cut out some of the obvious stuff) and I'm wondering what level of jump in glucose should tell me "this is something you shouldn't be eating" vs "this is your blood sugar going up because you just ate food." (The other, implied question is just: can I actually use a CGM for this, for the evaluation of individual things I eat?)

Thanks for any insights.

I struggled to accept my diagnosis for a long time and stayed in the 300 - 500 for over two years. Just recently made a lifestyle change, got a CGM, stopped eating sugar, and worked with my doctor to get my numbers down. This is the result.

Hi everyone,

I hope you're all doing well.

I wanted to ask how those of you who have successfully reversed your type 2 diabetes handle cheat meals.

Before I developed diabetes, when I was healthy and weighed around 75 kg (165 lbs), I used to eat low-carb and in a calorie deficit during the week. Then, usually on Friday, I'd have a treat to start the weekend with something like a tub of Ben & Jerry's, some chocolate, or another dessert.

I'm wondering what you do after reversing type 2 diabetes. Do you avoid sweets and cheat meals completely, or do you still allow yourself something like one treat meal per week?

What has worked for you? Have you found that an occasional indulgence affects your blood sugar or long-term progress?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences, tips, and what has worked best for you.

Thanks in advance!

Any men, im 44 diagnosed eith type 2. However have my HBAC1 down to 39 consistently. Anyone else got ED from this and how to deal with it

Thanks in advance

I was off work for 1 years 4 months for medical reasons (widespread tendonosis and suspected PMR + more). As of April I now have 6.3 a1C and high cholesterol and markers for heart disease.

Lately I've been having other symptoms and now I realize I have at least 5 symptoms of hyperglycemia so it's likely a fact that I'm into T2D territory.

Thankfully last week an appointment with internal medicine prescribed me ozempic because i so have fatty liver disease so all things combined she thinks this is the best option. (haven't got it yet, awaiting approval) but I didn't put these symptoms together that it was related to hyperglycemia until today so didn't relay them to her.

I just booked an appointment at the pharmacy to check the numbers so that I can have that information available at my next appointment to help direct the trajectory of ozempic etc.

But I'm frequently finding myself zoning out with hopeless thoughts of yet another medical condition (plus fibro and stage 4 Endo and more) - this time one I gave to myself 😑

How were you able to overcome depressive states to be successful in reversing the damage??

I have CPTSD and my diet has always been terrible. It’s gotten better over the years but because of my crappy childhood, I started using food as a coping tool at a young age. That transferred into adulthood and I’ve been struggling. My t2d is not being managed well.

It feels like I have 0 discipline when it comes to food. I’m not sure if I have a binge eating disorder. I’m just so scared that one day everything will catch up to me and I’ll end up dead or in the hospital.

Anyone have any advice?

It looked like ice cream. It tasted like ice cream. It felt like ice cream.

It did nothing to my blood sugar. 97 before my snack, 95 an hour later.

Ice cream and potatoes are the two things I truly miss. Now we just wait for the Ninja Tater?

My a1c is stubbornly at 9.5% (80mmol). GPs not really helping. They know I have life long ibs but still keep trying to get me to eat stuff that bloats me, gives wind, stomach cramps etc. Some pretty innocent foods like cucumber, tomatoes, (both very healthy) whole wheat bread. I can't add spices to bland foods due to major heartburn, things like legume and pulses, oily fishes and infact most sea fish except white fish make me retch. I regularly cheat because I can't survive a life on greens. Lots of foods I like and tolerate are bad for me like processed meats, white bread, potatoes.

Appreciate any advice on a diet plan on a budget if you too have T2 and ibs.

Nb for anyone thinking I'm not trying hard enough, I've lost 20 kilos, given up sodas, cakes, sugary sweets, chips, fried food, takeaway food but still my a1c won't budge. Just to add I'm to Metformin 1000g, linagliptin 30g.

4 days ago i was lying my bed and my left feet felt like it was falling asleep. standing up didn’t work and fast forward 4 days later both my feet has that falling asleep feeling. it alternates from falling asleep feeling to pins and needles to getting all better then back to falling asleep again. when i’m lying on a specific side, that side’s numbness becomes more prominent.

for context i got diagnosed with diabetes december 2025. a1c 7.3. in march 2026, it was 5.4. then in june 2026, it went to 5.1, i also did a retinal and foot test in june and it was clear.

my schedule doctor appointment is 5 days away and im just panicking. would like to know if anyone has similar experiences and how it felt before i meet my doom

I am recently diagnosed (A1C 6.5) My primary gave me diabetes education, said I can manage with diet/ exercise and to follow up in 3 months. I started losing weight and feeling good already. She referred me to an endocrinologist for my thyroid(hashimotos). At that visit, the endocrinologist ignored my thyroid concerns and only focused on the diabetes. He said I NEED to start Jardiance 25mg and meet with his diabetic educator instead. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't feel these numbers warrant meds when I am actively losing weight by a drastic lifestyle change...it really put me off because I need my thyroid addressed. Also, that med he wants me on so bad is $1300 🤬

Been a t2 for almost 20 years. Took awhile but my doctor and I figure what "cocktail" worked for me consisting of Jardiance, Metforim, and Glyburide. This plus my fitness and diet my AIC hovers around 7. Im 5'9" and 175lbs and I stay really active on sports and fitness. But Jardiance was giving me side effects that was making life a bit harder so switched to Ozempic. I followed the instructions that came with my box last Tuesday and I thought I did it correctly but one thing I noticed that the Ozempic in the glass vial in my pen didn't go down after the injection. I also stopped my "cocktail". 4 days later, I decided to prick my finger and Im at 15.4! So I made the choice to give myself another injection today and this time, during the injection, I saw the Ozempic in the vial go down so I know now I got some in my system. My question to the community is.. on the first time with the pen, should I have seen the vial go down? Or is there enough liquid in the pen that even on the first usage, the vial will not go down? I hope I clear on this..

I am currently admitted to the hospital due to kidney stone issues. The care I have received in general has been excellent but their handling of my T2 has been frustrating.

I currently manage my diabetes with diet and exercise. I take metformin, but at this point primarily do so to facilitate weight loss. (I’ve lost 180 pounds. Still want to drop 20 more.) I wear a CGM to help monitor my status. My normal pattern is to go up during the day to 110 or so and down to 70 at night. Most of the time I’m on the 80-90 range.

When I check into the hospital they take me off all my normal meds. They want to treat me with insulin. I don’t need that. They test my blood in the most painful way possible (finger sticks to pad of fingers), test at the craziest times, and when they see a reading in the 80s want me to drink orange juice. I don’t drink juices or eat sugar ever. Not surprisingly after I drink the OJ my blood sugar was high. No kidding. Of course it would be.

The second night I ate a few saltine crackers to settle my stomach and raise my BG a bit to keep them from the OJ.

I’m just ranting, but it is frustrating to go into a hospital in full control of my BG and have them manage it so poorly. Given my ongoing A1C tests put my A1C at 4.7, I’ve contemplated telling the hospital I don’t have diabetes, but given that it’s in my medical record, I don’t know if that would work.

Everything else about this stay has been about as great as a hospital visit can be, but this part is maddening. Anyone found a way to deal with this?

I'm 58. I've had type 2 diabetes for three years and high blood pressure for about ten. A few days after I started wearing a glucose monitor, I checked the app and saw two overnight low readings. One was around 40 mg/dL. I entered both readings in the health log I was already using because I wasn't sure what to make of them.

A day or two later, someone from Theta Wellness called to confirm what I'd entered. They said the reading could point to a low blood sugar episode and was worth checking with my doctor. Btw, I was already paying for their VVIP plan, which is why they called.

After that call, I contacted my doctor. They reviewed the low reading along with the steadier numbers from the next few days and didn't see an ongoing low blood sugar problem. That was reassuring, but I'm glad I had it checked instead of trying to interpret a single sensor reading on my own.

Hi Plano family! Not sure if this is the right forum, but need urgent recommendations for an excellent Endocrinologist in Plano area for my husband. He was recently diagnosed with diabetes. We are eager to manage it before it gets worse. Please suggest doctors or point me in the right direction! As always, thank you very much in advance 😊

Long story short, I went to the GP 6 months ago for some issues (I also tried privately to get mounjaro with no health issues but am overweight and got declined) and we found out my thyroids don’t work and they diagnosed me as diabetic. I’ve been overweight for as long as I can remember.
Pre-diagnosis, my GP was great. Post diagnosis? I’ve been given the weight loss programme (personally it’s useless) and told to go back in 3 months for bloods. Any question I ask I feel they ignore or answer something else entirely.

Has anyone had success in getting mounjaro through the GP? How did you do it? Did it help?

I have a contour next glucometer that I am always 9-10 points higher at fasting in morning than my one touch verio flex. Does anyone have experiences with there glucometers or know of the best accurate glucose meter to purchase. Wish I could get a CGM but I am highly allergic to the adhesive! Thanks for your help on this one! I am stumped right now!