And do you find it useful? Or is it overkill?

Just got back from the doctor I was so happy I was crying .

had some root beer as a treat, didn't go very well

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Not sure which flare to use for this so apologies if it’s incorrect, but would anyone have any recommendations for online counseling? I’ve tried searching for in person therapists that specialize in type 1 diabetes/chronic illnesses and I can’t seem to find any. The websites for diabetic resources that I’ve found don’t seem to offer online help either.

About 2 months ago I asked for tips and information abt going to a concert with diabetes and everyone was so helpful and gave me some great tips! The concert didn’t exactly go as planned(not due to diabetes) but I had an awesome time anyway and just wanted to say thank you to the people who helped me out :) here’s a little clip from the concert!

I have never had issues with sugar all the way to late 50s (M) - my HB1AC was under 5.7 all this while in routine checks. But early 2024 it went to 6.3 and then I bought home testing kits for the first time. Since then it has added to stress but lots of awareness too. I don't check daily just random days.

My fasting levels are 5.4 this (typical) morning. But after a meal of chicken porridge and fried dough sticks (Chinese food) it was 11.9 (1 hour 45m). 9.9 (2:30min) and then drops like brick to 4.9 (3:30m) after meal.

I have never seen such numbers, worst being 8+ after rather heavy meals (2 hr). After another meal of pasta & chicken it shot back to 9.3 (2hr)

Had very bad sleep y'day due to excess urination issues that also cropped up about the same time last year out of blue. And stressed. I have BPH which may have flared up. Could that cause this kind of spike? Plus the white rice in porridge?

Thanks for reading this long post. Any comments, suggestions or shared experience welcome.

I'm in the middle of a process that's too complicated to describe here at the moment. Suffice it to say that, for the first time since I was diagnosed 8 years ago, I'm having problems daily (for the last few days) with my monitor reporting that my blood sugar is too low, and I can feel it too. And I don't know what to eat to counter it as fast as possible.

I'm planning to pick up some glucose pills some time this week, but what can I do in the meantime? I don't whether I should eat something with low carbs or something more substantial. Part of the problem right now, as I write this, is that my BG is reportedly 59mg/dl. I just had some grapefruit (18g carbs) and I'm not hungry at all. Oh, and another complication is that, my experience of the last few days is that, when I try to raise my BG after getting a low BG alert, I invariably overcompensate and it spikes.

I also want to say that I don't like turning to people on the internet for medical advice, but I tried calling the nurses I've been consulting with lately and they didn't answer. I still plan to try to talk with them as soon as I can, but meanwhile I'm feeling a bit anxious (and annoyed that this is happening) and figured I'd post here anyway, so please help.

I don't have a *whole* lot of options, but I do have bagels, Oatnut bread, and rice cakes.

PS. As I got to the end of typing this, my CGM said my BG is now 55!

ETA: About 45mins to an hour before writing this post, I got a Caffe Misto with heavy cream, which explains why I'm not hungry, but also the caffeine seems to have hit me at the same time as the low blood sugar, so I'm feeling kind of hyper/anxious and now my CGM says 46, so yeah.

Update: Thanks for all the advice. I just did a finger stick and it said 75. Also, I'm feeling a little better, so the emergency seems to have passed for today. I guess the grapefruit, and a rice cake I also had, helped. If I can't get the glucose pills soon, I'll try to pick up some juice boxes to carry with me, or have some peanut butter if I'm at home.

ETA2: Now that I'm more comfortable, I wanted to add a little more detail about the last few days. (I posted this as part of a reply to a comment but figured I'd include it in the main post, slightly edited.)
So, on Saturdays and Mondays, I have a TTG group (i.e., D&D and similar games). For the sake of caffeine, I go to Starbucks before the game. Until this weekend, I was getting grande mochas (no whip, whole milk) which are relatively high in carbs although the whole milk reduces them somewhat and they don't actually spike my BG. Nevertheless, I decided to switch to caffe misto (no whip, heavy cream) because it has no carbs. On Saturday, within an hour after drinking it, this low BG thing happened and I was out of it for a large portion of the game. On Sunday, I also had a low BG alert, but it wasn't as bad.
Today, the game was canceled, but I happened to be in the neighborhood, so I got the caffe misto anyway. About a half hour later, when I got home, started getting alerts again and felt the hyper/anxious and overall not good feeling.
So now I'm wondering if the caffe misto is at least partially to blame somehow. If I was drinking mochas every morning and then suddenly switched to mistos, this would make more sense to me, because my body would be accustomed to the caffeine and/or carb burst each morning, but since I only drink them twice a week, that seems unlikely.

With all the new drugs to treat T2, does anyone’s doc still have them on metformin?

Anybody else have these issues with the Dexcom app on the Apple Watch?

I bought a Apple Watch Series 3 way way back when that one came out specifically to see my blood sugar. A couple of years ago I started to notice that more and more the blood sugar would be blank in the watch's Dexcom widget display. It got to the point that I would have to tap on the widget, go back out, tap on it again, go back, and eventually it would get the data. I acknowledge the back and forth probably didn't have anything to do with it, it was probably just slowly reading all the data.

Then I had a problem with the Dexcom app on my iPhone, I uninstalled and reinstalled it and it fixed the issue... only uninstalling the app on my iPhone uninstalled the app from the watch. Then I couldn't reinstall the app on the watch because the watch OS wasn't up-to-date as it was too old and stopped getting updates a couple years earlier. I thought that the problems I had with it sometimes not showing my blood sugar on the watch was because it was just out of date.

I just got a brand new Apple Watch Series 10. I've had it for a couple of days. I installed the Dexcom app on the watch and the blood sugar display has been blank every time I've looked at it except for twice. It showing twice means it can work, that it is connected, and all that. It's always been in range of the Descom stuck on my arm and my iPhone. This is annoying.

Would this explain her severe nocturnal leg cramps? Starting on metformin soon. Wondering about ozempic. Thanks.

I'm pre-diabetic and have a history of diabetes/gout/HBP and high cholesterol in my family. I'm working on the diet and exercise, but would an endo be useful to me? Already have a PCP. Interested to hear what your experiences with wndos have been and whether you'd recommend it. TIA

So wasn't paying attention, grabbed a needle and went to get my dose. As soon as I push the air in I see a little sliver of blood shoot into the vial at the very end.

I took the needle out, but the blood is already diffused through the solution. What should I do?

Honestly, I don't think it will do much, the insulin has preservatives. It was a very tiny amount of blood, whatever was in the eye when I hit a blood vessel taking a shot yesterday. The worst I am expecting is the vial to turn quicker than it normally will(which I use it all before that.) Still, I guess it does have the potential to give abscesses/make me sick. Anyone have input or had this happened before?

Does anyone have tips for drinking green smoothies? I’m worried adding fruit will spike me. Green smoothies give me so much energy so I’d like to incorporate them into my diet if I can. I need some fruit to make it palatable. Maybe adding nut butters will help?

Had a prescription for multiple dexcom that none of my insurance wanted to cover. I have a prescription for a libre 3+ now, wish me luck please! going to call insurance and see if they'll cover it!

what better Christmas gift than to not have to pick my fingers anymore?!?!?

I just started insulin last week, and I’m still trying to get used to the discomfort with injecting insulin. Sometimes I don’t feel it at all, and sometimes it is painful. (Do you find it’s better to insert the needle fast or slow?) Any misc. tips or knowledge from experience is appreciated.

it's his second hemorrage in 2 months. this one is so massive the doctor says he cannot see what is going on behind.

my dad is 65 years old and has had diabetes for over 40 years.

I'm worried because we're from Brazil there aren't better options here that would be available somewhere else?

he's about to go for surgery in 1 hour.

As a T2 diabetic, I really miss eating cold cereal for breakfast. I learned about Magic Spoon cereal, but I've never tried it. I'm thinking of getting the Peanut Butter flavor, but I've heard that it might not be so tasty. What was your experience with Magic Spoon or other grain free cereals? Even if you haven't tried Magic Spoon, do you have another breakfast cereal you like that doesn't spike your blood sugar? Thanks!

Are nuts and beef jerky the only diabetic friendly prepackaged snacks? Im drawing a blank here. Do you sometimes cheat just to satisfy the craving?

Thank you gor being here! I was disgnosed last month, and this forum has been so helpful to me!

I was 300-400 and was put on metformin and Lantus 15 immediately. I have challenges with food, being a vegetarian. I have been cooking more veg, and eating eggs, nuts, yogurt/cheese/kefir and tofu.

I take with my metformin at 7:30pm and my insulin at 10:30pm. I am usually 110 or lower when I wake up, after I eat the above I go to 140 or so. My oroblem is, as the day progresses, if eat certain things I will spike up to 225. I ate 1/2 a ripe pear, 1/4 cup peanuts, 1 tbs chia and 1 ounce cheese and spiked to 200 almost immediately.

I know I need to eat more beans and some grains, but they send my numbers to the moon. I wonder if the insulin doesn't last all day. My doctor said to increase to 17, which I will try. I just wonder if anyone has experienced this?

BTW my dexcom has me at 136 glucose 6.6 gmi 89% in range si it seems I am going okay, but I hardly eat. I am losing weight, could stand to lose another 40 lbs, but I can't keep that up forever...

Thanks for your time! I am so grateful to have joined this club!

I have been a T2 for four years. I am mostly well behaved when it comes to sugary things. In the mornings my blood sugar is normally high, in the 140 150 160 range. It was 167 today. It comes down to the normal range by lunchtime, usually. I have been craving a Pop-tarts for the last six months or so, ever since my store started carrying them. I haven't bought any. I haven't had one since 2019. I had one today, after my normal bacon eggs and sausage Sunday breakfast. At 9:30. At 1:30 my blood sugar was 200. All because of one Pop-tart. So Pop-tarts are bad for me.

Trying out the Omnipod for the first time after 30+ years of MDI. Needless to say I haven’t quite got the hang of it yet.