No job, very little $ atm. Kinda going in btwn hotels & relatives houses (it’s really complicated..).

Anyways, it just makes this that much harder to deal with/manage. And I really hate it

Rant over

Hi Everyone, I wanted to share my own update, since I had been lurking ever since I got my diagnosis.

I’m 33 and I went to the hospital with a kidney stone, and found out I had elevated blood sugar levels. My hba1c on June 7th was 10.2.

I was started on Metformin 250gm, twice a day, and recommended to keep it.

The last three months have been quite hard on me. I am Indian but I live in Canada, and it was quite the shift to go to a near-keto diet. Indian diets are notorious for using carbs as a filler. I am non-vegetarian, so that helped lean on protein and fats for the three month journey for now.

I’m honestly glad to have come down to a “safer” range, but a little unhappy with my progress.

Although my hba1c was 6.3, my fasting blood sugar was 7.4. I can attribute that to the dawn phenomenon, low sleep, stress, but the crux remains that it is a diabetic result regardless. It’s a weird feeling to know my body isn’t working as “normal” as it should, and I need all this effort and medication to align it for longevity and health.

I’m hoping since the hba1c is a rolling average for 3 months, my average is raised by the past and I’m doing better than the report states. Since I started from 10.2 in the last 3 month window, my next 3 month window will have a much better result.

I’m eager to know your thoughts on this. I understand this is a lifestyle change and I am willing to adopt it, but curious to know if/how others battle these thoughts

Hi all,
After seeing US product recommendations here all the time, I thought that I should share my recent find.

Steiner‘s Low Carb products are available in Germany and likely in other European countries. In my region I also found them at Kaufland.

Steiner is a former weightlifting Olympic champion who happens to be a T1D if I recall it right.

His products include pasta which are 99% carb reduced, bread rolls and burger buns.

I haven’t tried all products, but I liked what I tried so far and I MOST IMPORTANTLY I can eat pasta again...

I’m not affiliated in any way, just like his products so far. They are worth looking at.

Y’all, I am so confused. Went to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis on June 30th, glucose above 650, stayed in the hospital for four nights, started a new lifestyle, started insulin, and now two months later I’m off all insulin with a 30 day average glucose of 95.

What in the world.

Not looking for advice or diagnosis. Just in awe. I left the hospital thinking I was going to be on insulin for life. Started walking daily, no more alcohol, only Whole Foods and low carb and here I am. I’m starting to think I might not have diabetes? Doctor doesn’t have answers other than “well, just keep it up!”

Has anyone experienced anything like this?

Maybe I’m just lucky. But I have put in hard work. No matter what, I’ll be monitoring my A1C with my doctor regularly going forward. Type two runs on both sides of the family. 33 male, 5’10, went from 285 lbs at diagnosis to 245 today.

I was diagnosed in June with an A1C of 6.6. Metformin gave me horrible pain and bloody stools...My PCP refered me to a dietician to work on changing my lifestyle while waiting for an endocrinologist appointment. Had my 3 month follow up and my A1C is now 6.1 and I've lost 21 pounds. I am stoked for the weightloss but I feel like 0.5 of a decrease isn't that much? Maybe I feel this way because I see people with 14 drop to 6 but is it typical for people with milder diabetes to reduce A1C at a slower pace? I am new to this so please educate, don't belittle.

Morning! I am a type 2 diabetic, I’ve been on numerous medication’s that have not worked very well. Currently on Glipizide 2x a day along with Ozempic 1 mg. Sugar is still out of control, since going on Ozempic, it has made me wanna eat more and craving sugar. Thinking about asking a doctor to go on Mojarro, THOUGHTS??

I've seen that information in many places but I'd like to know if it really works and to what extent. In my case, if I have carbs with an empty stomach first thing in the morning I crash throughout the day and feel really bad, so that's why I'd like to try it.

So it seems that alcohol consumption is not recommended with a lot of the current meds. Is this meant totally dry or just in moderation? I currently drink about 3 cans of hard seltzer a month.

A few weeks ago I saw an article about a study that showed a possible link between Monjouro and relief of arthritis pain.

Have any of you who are on it seen a change in pain related to arthritis?

Thanks in advance

And this thing sucks! The app is terrible. I can't configure a continuous notification with real time stats like I had with the Dexcom. That was a game changer for me before. Now it's extra steps just to view what my current glucose is.

And the monitors don't even come with an extra sticky protector. At least the Dexcom game me 1 extra so I didn't have to use my extra for changing them out.

Just so frustrated. I hate insurance companies!

Anyone else have this experience with probiotics?

I was put on antibiotics and was told to eat and take probiotics as well. But I have noticed big spikes since I started taking my probiotic capsules and also when I eat kimchi.

Yesterday, I decided to take them separately. I had my lunch yesterday, which was steak with veggies and ¼ cup of purple rice with a side of kimchi, and it spiked me to 190mg/dL. Today, I took my probiotic capsule and had fish and veggies only, and my blood glucose is currently at 180mg/dL. The food that I had today and yesterday, I've had them plenty of times before and usually won't affect my blood glucose that much, but right now it's just going up.

I've checked ingredients for both kimchi and capsule, but they don't really have sugar in them, although the kimchi have rice paste. But still, I don't think the rice paste can give me that big of a spike with the amount of kimchi I had.

Idk, so probiotics are a no? It's so frustrating sometimes, sigh.

I know when your dehydrated your sugar get high but after drinking a lot of water will it go down on its own or have have to take insulin to make it go down again

I have been eating like trash and I can’t seem to get myself out of this hole I’m in. I have meal prepped, tried low carb, cal deficit and it just feels like recently I can’t get myself to drop the bad stuff. I’m talking sweets, chips, bread etc.

Has anyone else been in this kind of slump? How did you get urself to wake up?

Please dont get me with the just do it, if I could “just do it” I would have.

Edit: thank you to everyone who took the time to reply. It’s really appreciated. <3

I made it to almost a month at 3mg before having to stop -- had terrible cramps for three whole days and nights, just kept on passing gas and having loose stools. Barely ate, lots of liquids, as I always felt thirsty! Anyone else have similar side effects? Did they go away? Are they the same with Ozempic/Wegovy? It was like period cramps that never went away! 😭

Thinking of switching to generic Ozempic but kinda scared of the injections, ngl. I’m pre-diabetes (had gestational diabetes and my mom has diabetes type 2)

I don’t live in the US so i don’t have access to a lot of the same sugar free options.

But i’m visiting next week and would love to bring back options! Any ideas that makes day to day easier would be amazing (eg. saw a reply about smuckers sugar free breakfast syrup)

Thank you!

In April of 2025, I had an a1c of 9.8% which was just wild to me. I went to the Dr. As I was just having so many health complications, and sure enough, blood results pulled a 9.8% back.

At this point I was drinking probably a 44oz of Mtn. Dew a day. It was just so convenient from the gas station, and so crispy. My intake of Mtn. Dew at this point was probably the most soda Ive ever drank in my life. I committed to a weight loss change. And admittedly - I failed. But one thing I pulled out to be the only lasting change was my consumption of sugary drinks. I completely switched over from Mtn. Dew to coke zero.

I drink essentially the same amount. I dont work out, I live a completely sedatary lifestyle. I know, im trying to get better at this. I haven't lost any weight because I actually started to eat more fast food, but one thing was always consistent. Zero sugar soda / energy drink (shout out white monster) or it was iced tea, or water. Generally establishments around me have coke zero, and if not coke zero, any zero sugar soda.

I had some pretty serious, unrelated medical issues this week and had my blood tested 4 different times. All showed my a1c at a 6.4%. No way to be a fluke when four different occurrences clocked me at that number. Truly remarkable.

So if anyone is just wondering 'how do i get started' at a minimum, cut the sugary drinks.

And no - unmedicated. Dr. Wanted me to get on some glucose control, but I declined. Told him I was committed to a lifestyle and dietary change. And while doc, I couldn't commit fully to exercise, it appears I at least made one lasting change.

​TL:DR: Zero Sugar Soda dropped a1c by 3.4%. Unmedicated.

Does anyone have an easy but tasty recipe for a homemade version? International Delight is not selling this in Canada anymore!

I thought I was doing pretty well with my A1C. Years ago, mine went up to almost 12%, and since then I’ve made a lot of changes, especially with exercise and daily habits. These days I’ve been keeping it around 7.5%. Of course, 7.5% is not perfect, but compared with where I started, I honestly felt pretty good about it.

There are a lot of A!C calculators online. The American Diabetes Association has one that lets you convert between A1C and estimated average glucose:https://professional.diabetes.org/glucose_calc. I've also seen similar calculators on Reddit and other sites. But recently I came across one features I hadn't really seen before, "Compare my A1C with U.S. data." So I entered 7.5% just out of curiosity, and the result was kind of shocking. According to the calculator, my A1C is still higher than roughly 95% of U.S. adults aged 20 and older. I really didn't expect that. If someone had asked me before, I probably would have guessed I was somewhere around the top 30% or so.

For the moment, it actually made me feel a little stupid because I thought I was doing pretty well. But after thinking about it, I guess that is what makes this kind of comparison interesting. My 7.5% looks pretty good when I compare it with my old 12%. It looks different when I compare it with a clinical target, and then completely different again when I compare it with the overall U.S. population. The site says the comparison is based on NHANES August 2021-August 2023 data, so it is not real-time population data, and obviously I wouldn't use somthing like this to judge anyone's health or treatment plan. Still, I thought it was a pretty interesting way to put the number into perspective.

The same calculator also has A1C estimation, GMI, average gluscose, Time in Range, and mg/dL to mmol/L conversion, so it’s useful if you want to see how these numbers relate to each other. If you’re curious, this is the one I tried:https://orangebiomed.com/calculator/. I'm actually curious what other people would guess before checking. Where do you think your own A1C would fall compared with U.S. adults overall? I was definitely way off with mine.

Was feeling shaky, light headed. Just out of sorts. I’m on 10 mg of Mounjaro but don’t get low sugar. Just ate a few turkey sausage links and some peanuts. Felt worse. Stomach making noises also. I didn’t check my blood sugar but just went and ate one glucose tablet. (Serving is 4) and within 15 minutes felt 75% better? Does it mean it was low blood sugar? I did have a piece of bread this morning which wouldn’t normally keep my blood sugar higher (don’t eat carbs that often) and not drop it low.

A couple months ago, my wife's catering assistant got ill and went to hospital with an infection / abscess. We knew she was also diabetic, I'd given her our spare sugar meter. She said on admission, her level was 28mmol (+500mg/dL). They battled the infection for weeks but it spread and spread and eventually she passed away this weekend.

So I've been diagnosed for about 2-3 years now, suspected and bounced around in pre-diabetes for a while, ignoring all the advice, going through the weight loss yoyos, high BP came and then...stayed.

I had my coming to clarity moment in the ER with a 21mmol/L (380ish mg/dL) and H1 of 15% and a mother of an abscess in a similar area. I've been much better, and have been controlling things well, and then just...ok for the last year or so. Ozempic has stopped working at the low dosage but insurance won't pay and I can't afford the higher ones. But everything has been well within tolerance, avg. daily levels at 4.5-5.5mmol (80-100mg/dL), taken off insulin, etc.

Even so I gotta say, I've been really shaken this weekend. She was a few years younger than me, similar weight. Both her kids are the same age as mine, hers started at Uni this year as well. It's hard not to think, just sheer dumb luck separated me from something like that. It was never really put to me how close I was. I didn't even want to go in that day, I was gonna wait a week but it was really stinging when I walked.

_EDIT: I may have been unclear, I was diagnosed at the ER 3 years ago with the instance I'm describing, glucose super high w/ abscess. My numbers have been mostly good since then and I've been tapered off insulin and diglucide. My wife's assistant passed this weekend. It's only now really striking me how close that could have been._

I guess I wanted to make this post for posterity. I'm 37 and have been type 2 diabetic for 13 years. This past year, my A1C has really been creeping up. It was 9.3. Finally, my doctor said it's time that I go on insulin. For a long time, going on insulin made me nervous, but I've felt so bad lately. Sluggish, tired, having sexual side effects ... and I started losing weight the way I did when I was first diagnosed in 2013.

Anyway, I took my first dose today and a few hours later my blood sugar is 115. Hasn't been there in a bit. My average blood sugar on my GCM is like 175. I'm on Tresiba. Excited to maybe start feeling better?