Any Type 2 Diabetics here?

[Loyal]

@Juggs I don’t, although I pray all of you stay healthy and upright. Well @Loyal is a knuckle dragger, so he’ll always kinda have a lean to him

stinky bastid....

 

[Angry Ram]

So, I've been diabetic for a little over a year and have never taken care of it outside of medicine. I've finally started making the push to eat right.

One of the first things I did was replace my 10 cans of mountain dew a day and swapped that with diet doctor pepper. And only two bottles a day. Hoping to give it all up. But it was a step in the right direction.

The dr wants me under 75 carbs a day and I've struggled with that part. But I'm getting better.

I've started walking. And trying to get over 5k steps a day. I know that's not a lot for a lot of folks, but it is for me.

I'm not sure what changed it my head, but here is hoping I can make the right changes and get off these meds.

I find since cutting my sugar intake it's become much easier now to resist the temptation of a soda. The other night I made tacos and thought about a Pepsi was like...nah. Didn't miss it.

As far as carbs go I'm still eating the same amounts and things I did before this BS but it doesn't affect my levels at all.

Next time I go to the doctor I'm gonna ask her if I'm really considered a diabetic. All my levels have been the same except for that one lab error. Not like there's anything wrong with changing lifestyles, but like you I don't want to deal with the pills and hassle.

 

[Raptorman]

I did go from type 2 to 1 from 1000mg of met to 30mg twice a day of Lantus ,you know insulin.

Think a person knows when they go from 150 200 to 5 even 600 plus, at times.

Ah sorry, but no, you don't go from 2 to 1. They have a different set of reasons why the body is doing what it is doing. Your numbers might have changed, but that can happen from a change in diet. Or different types of the same food. For example, white milk will shoot my kid's numbers into the 300's. but with chocolate milk, it barely moves.

Diabetic "Types" are driven by your numbers. They are driven by why you have the disease.

Differences Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes - DRC

Unlike type 1, where the body doesn't produce enough insulin, in type 2 diabetes, the body still produces insulin.

diabetesresearchconnection.org

What are the Differences Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?​

Type 1 Diabetes​	Type 2 Diabetes​
Often diagnosed in children and young adults	Usually diagnosed in adults
Caused by an autoimmune response against insulin-producing beta cells	Cause is unknown, but related to weight, age, inactivity and genetics
Treatment must include insulin, as the body no longer produces it	Treatment usually includes some combination of medications, diet, exercise and insulin

 

[Mister Sin]

Ah sorry, but no, you don't go from 2 to 1. They have a different set of reasons why the body is doing what it is doing. Your numbers might have changed, but that can happen from a change in diet. Or different types of the same food. For example, white milk will shoot my kid's numbers into the 300's. but with chocolate milk, it barely moves.

Diabetic "Types" are driven by your numbers. They are driven by why you have the disease.

Differences Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes - DRC

Unlike type 1, where the body doesn't produce enough insulin, in type 2 diabetes, the body still produces insulin.

diabetesresearchconnection.org

Yea I just chose to ignore that when it was posted. There is no such thing as moving from one to the other, as if 1 was better than 2 lol