Type 2 Diabetes

I found out last October that I have it. 
It’s in my family history pretty heavily  

I had been cutting carbs out for a few years, and then for some stupid reason I fell off the wagon  I blame it on the blueberry muffins at Walmart !

Anyway, I’m not going to disclose it, but my A1C was way higher. I’m on Metformin as well as Ozempic.

I needed to get it down ASAP  I had to self ground myself, and had to jump through a few hoops to get a special issuance  FAA medical, so I could keep my job  

Luckily, my boss is a great guy and very understanding  I couldn’t fly for two months, but didn’t miss a paycheck. My biggest fear was the FAA sitting on my paperwork ( I had heard it could take over a year)  and the boss said not to worry  Luckily, I got it back quickly  

Sorry to hear about your diagnosis  But it seems to be a manageable hurdle to deal with. So far  

Also, I was about 235 a year ago,( been as high as 260 a few years back), and I’m 192 now. 
I look like a wrinkled up old man!

My son has type 1 and mother in law type 2. Type 2 is pretty easy to deal with as long as you stick to a normal'ish diet. In some cases the need for medication goes away completely with adherence to a good diet.

Your boss is probably thinking he'll get his return back in lower fuel costs when you lose weight. LOL

Yes, but we have a couple of passengers that fly regularly that are old Razorbacks stars and are at least 6’5” and 325 plus.

We make sure they don’t sit on the same side of the plane!

Also, if you feel like you need to “cheat” do it early in the day, then do something to burn it off. 
 

Breyers Carb smart ice cream is pretty darned good, and doesn’t raise my sugar a bit.  
 

And the only good thing I’ve found about being diabetic…

it’s a built  in excuse to always order steak! You can say there’s nothing else on the menu I can eat. 

Type II is quirky in who does and doesn’t get it. I have several friends who have it and they were fairly fit (relatively, none were marathon runners or anything like that) when they were diagnosed. I’m substantially larger than them by BMI, and my doctor does an A1c test every 6 months just to track for it because of my size. My highest A1c ever has been a 4.6, but it’s almost always under 4.3. Just a genetic lottery win, obviously. 

My younger brother has had Type II for about 15 years. He’s fairly active and even with him watching his diet fairly well, he’s basically lost sight in one eye because of it. 
 

I have had it for about 7 years now, (was late 30's when diagnosed) had to change my diet a far bit, get rid of sugery drink etc, 

i have  managed with daily pulls and one injection of  lantus 

we have a family history of it as my mother has it, and her father as well, 

i started on metformin but i always had the shits alot with it, (a-lot) changed to Vildafliptin about 4 years ago after my mother did and find it much better, 

interesting that we dont seem to use an A1C test,  have a  Hba1c result every 6 months to see progress, 

i also had a ruptured panchares racing when i was young, i have always wondered if that brang it on as well, 

I was diagnosed with it last March.

I'd just had a operations on both hands, and thought that my being so unwell after them, was my usual reaction to the anesthesia. I've had so many Ops over the decades, but I never handle anesthesia well.

So, almost carked it, by just keeping going, thinking, "she'll be right mate". 

My family has a long history with both type 1 and 2. I made it to my mid sixties to finally develop it. 

I've not been that great with my diet, but, not that bad, compared to so many others habits I've seen. Keeping fit has become ever more difficult with my legs etc problems.

Now on  Insulin, and Metformin. I read a lot of worrying things about Metformin, though my Doctor and Chemist  say it's OK. I hope to get off it soon.

I've improved my diet, 'upped' my exercise regime, and am doing relatively OK. Though, I've lost 6 weeks of training with my Mums recent illness, but hey, you've got to take care of others. And, during that time, my blood tests did go up, at times over the "not so good readings".

I'm now just started back to my nightly, relatively piddly 20 mile pedals. It's fascinating to do blood tests, before and after exercise, to see the effects / benefits it has. It really makes one realize how Important exercise is.

I got put onto Ozempic (Semaglutide) but, with so many people snaffling it up / companies re-directing it to the "Easy Weight Losers" , supply has been really difficult for Diabetics. People are said to be getting multiple prescriptions, hording it, and injecting it  sometimes, daily. We diabetics, as far as I know, it's once a week. I'm on the low dose, and want to keep it at that. 

At least when I have been able to get it, with our PBS system here, it only costs around $30 AUD for a month. 

I saw last night, on a TV / Streaming program on   the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - the ABC - that Ozempic or other brands,  can cost near on $20K a year in the USA. Surely that can't be right? But, then again, I've seen how much something as basic as Insulin can cost over there. 

The program is 'If You're Listening'. It might take a few days or a week (while they do re-plays and plays to their different channels) for it to be up ( not sure if it's available to other country views). It's incredibly interesting - the original Danish company that developed it , "Novo Nordisk", now has a what could be described as a 'GDP',  greater than many, many (well off) nations. Other companies have come up with their own versions of it, and are making Huge money on it.

It seems Semaglutide is useful for far more than Diabetes / Appetite reduction. It seems to help with addiction and other 'things'.  

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists - I think that's what  Semaglutide is categorized as , and their further developments, seem to have quite the future to them. Though, what their effects with inevitable misuse, over use, well, will be in time, goodness only knows.

I've not experienced a single side effect that can come from it, but, as I wrote, I use it the once a week, when I've been able to fill a script, Not every bloody day (or more) that the f**knuckles are reported to be doing. I'd say there'll be some bad outcomes for many, playing that game of Russian Roulette.

Here's the Ozempic / Semaglutide video:

https://youtu.be/IWhuh87aYOM

The GDP thing was a comparison of Denmark's GDP, to Novo Nordisk's 'market cap'.

It goes into a few stories of things marketed for weight loss, and some dreadful advertising done years ago.

It eventually returns to Ozempic / Semaglutide.

I found it pretty interesting. 

As I wrote, I've only been able to fill prescriptions for it a couple of times in the last year - I made Diet changes and Exercise my Main attack on Diabetes, and , with the supply problems, it was the right decision - well, it's the right decision no matter what.

Seen several people on youtube recording their success with the carnivore diet, to the point they don't take any meds.  Have cured all kinds of normal health issues:  low t, Hugh blood pressure, hi cholesterol, etc....

Yep just got diagnosed after my second blood clot due to the fucking jabs, (astra zeneca) my blood test from around 12 months ago was ok, had another blood test after the clot and sure enough my blood sugar was through the roof, gone from 12.6 down to mid 6 over the last month or so, medication is playing havoc though as I can clear a room if I drop a fart  

I was recently diagnosed T2, and my life is so much better now that I have much BG under control.

I used to be tired all the time, brain fog, super tired every evening. Now all that is gone.

I feel so much better.

T2 rarely needs insulin. You can get CGMs now so no pricking your fingers all the time.

You do need to go on a low carb, no sugar diet.

After a week of good diet, I felt so much better, I was relieved to find out what was wrong with me.

Get with a good Endocriologist that has a good program Including diabetes education and diet training.

It's all gonna be good.

Has anyone else noticed that about every third commercial on TV is an add for diabetes medication?

And ED.  There’s a direct correlation…

Newbie chiming in with this bit of info, if you drink 8oz of water w/ a heaping tbs of apple cider vinegar a half hour before you eat, in 1 month your type !! could very possibly go away. The ACV helps break down the sugars, so your body can handle it and reset once it adapts. Naturally, you will need to continue adding ACV to your water.

Try it, what have you got to lose?

Thanks. I’ll give it a shot, but I’m not always where I could do that 30 min before I eat. Maybe it will still help some?

Almost 2 yrs ago my CDL physical blood showed up in my urine. A mri a few months b4 on my back shows your kidneys. They hv sist on them. I rode a few days b4 the track had gnarly square edges. I figured it was from riding because my kidneys hurt pretty bad after. They scheduled 2 more apts to test my urine because blood kept coming up.  Then it didn’t but they wanted to do surgery but 1st hv a scope go up my penis. I said ah no Thx , I,ll just tell my kidneys to behave. Dr,s hate that.  I do get a little nervous but not really of testing for diabetes.  The diet is turkey. Sandwiches from the flying j or pilot, or double cheeseburgers under a heat lamp. 

You could simply carry a bottle of water in one of those containers and add ACV to it, so it is always at your disposal. The more you drink, the better but 1/2 hour before each meal helps break down carbs and sugars before your body starts doing it, so you get a jump start on that.

Other natural things that you can do is avoid "white" flours, breads, rice, pasta and any high carb foods. After a few months of that, your body will adjust and possibly repair itself so that it can handle things without meds. It happen more often than not

I’ve already changed my diet and cut out all of that. My numbers are staying good, but I’m still on the meds. 
 

I hadn’t heard ACV could help diabetes, but my Dad was hospitalized in about 1993 with congestive heart failure. His Dr. came in one day and started telling him what to do to prepare for a heart transplant… he was down to 18 % capacity on his heart. They said it would never come back. 
Dad politely told him he wouldn’t get the transplant, and the Dr. said without it he had 3 years. 
 

He started craving vinegar, and would just take a spoonful straight every day. 
 

Between that and a lot of prayer, he passed away in 2012. 

My wife and I are both type 2 for 15+ years. Its strange when you first start trying to eat the “right thing”

1st thing we did was meet up with a diabetes food specialist and the whole conversation was don't eat this, don't eat that, don't eat this, don't eat that, till at the end we had no idea what we actually could eat.

Doctors and the medical industry just want to throw more meds at you for the rest of your life and not addressing what the problem really is. 

Mass produced food is all bad for you with all the crap sugars they put into it and the carbs are high. Read the labels! Read the quantity size because we eat way to much! Cutting back to the proper serving size is a huge step in the right direction. Eat and cook fresh is another step in the right direction.

When we went vegan I was taking metformin (bad side affects) a daily shot and a weekly shot. Dropped 10 lbs the 1st week and blood sugar dropped so much I stopped taking the metformin. Week 2 sugar dropped even more so stoped the weekly shot. Every week I was slowly reducing the daily shot till I finally stopped taking it.

strange part is when going into the grocery store then I lost the draw or desire to buy and eat crap foods.

I never did not tell my Dr what I had done or that I was no longer taking any meds and after 3 months and loosing about 30 lbs went in for the 3 month A1C test and scratching his head it had dropped so much that he literally said I should start eating more to get those sugar numbers up! 

Fast forward 5 years and my wife was going to Poland with her mom on a geology trip. Because she was going to be eating meat we started eating meat so her body was ready for it. We kept eating meat and still try to limit carbs but it’s just about impossible so I am back on taking meds. 

What’s that old saying, if it tastes good, spit it out!

Can anybody tell me the side effects they felt when taking Metformin?

I took my 92 year old mom to her first visit with a new doctor yesterday and what was an ok A1C for the previous Dr is not ok with the new one. I could do a whole new topic on what an arrogant bitch this woman was. She basically said she we do things her way or we could find a new doctor.

I told her mom does not want to live forever and that we are going by the "If she feels good, shes good", meaning no more medications that have side effects that make her feel like shit, but achieve some magic blood level.