#Diabetes and its Types

[itsraining-honey]

hot opinions straight off the stove! 🥘🔥

[venlazlo]

fanart i drew of march dying in a glue trap

based on this

[arionaleilani]

can ppl stop name dropping ozempic in reference to weight loss when it’s literally a diabetic medication meant to help make managing blood sugar levels easier. i am so sick of hearing ozempic be so casually connected to weight loss. non diabetics who use ozempic are improperly using diabetic medications. don’t make diabetic medications become fucking brand names for weight loss when diabetics of all types already have a hard time being taken seriously in the face of jokes about obesity and sugar

[emrysthegoodwitch]

I fucking can't stand living in the USA.

I'm disabled, I am a type one diabetic. I ca not work full-time. Last time I tried I ended up in the hospital multiple times.

But of course the government has decided that having an entire organ not fucking working is "not a disability."

So now I have to go through an entire appeals process, possibly not getting my Medicaid while I'm going through it. Meaning I'm on my last fucking box of teststrips, the things I need to know what my blood sugar actually fucking is.

Did I also mention I CANT FUCKING PAY MY RENT WITHOUT MY DISABILITY BENEFITS!

And all of this is happening right as my Spring semester is starting.

I fucking hate this country, now I'm having a breakdown over being able to get my insulin (WHICH I WILL DIE WITHOUT IN A MANNER OF DAYS!!!!)

I wish I lived somewhere where getting my medications did not rely on my income. Like, everyone else can just live life normally. WHY THE ACTUAL FUCK DO I HAVE TO PAY LITERAL MONEY TO DO LIVE!!!!!

Because greedy capitalist fucks who make money off of people who suffer.

[wumbreon]

We need to move. We need to move soon.

Not sure if we should move to a state where it's cheaper to afford groceries or if we should consider actually leaving this country as it descends into fascism. I don't know. I don't know.

[evp3playr]

I'm so glad people have been able to relate to my impossible diabetic desire to unplug for a bit. My next impossible desire is for my CGM to stop beeping at the most inopportune times

[srchprty]

Since it's pride month pt. 2 (disability pride month) I decided to change our pfp to a logo based off of the T1D (type one diabetes) pride flag I made a year ago.

[t1d-culture-is]

T1D culture is...

sleepless nights thanks to high blood sugar not letting you rest.

[gtzgoblin]

Full day one with the new pump and I'm genuinely surprised by the stats. Obviously I need some time to bed it in, but:

Sugars have been 92% in range (high 80s/low 90s below 10 is fairly usual for a good day), 2% low which is better than yesterday's 10! Highest sugar was 11.7

Average sugar is 6.7mmol/L with the above in consideration (was 7.4ish on tandem)

My programmed basal insulin total was 31units in the tandem to reach 88%ish in range with an average sugar of 7.7. Today my basal has been 21.7units - a low I don't think I've ever seen while on a pump

Total insulin usage for today has been 37.2units, whereas on the tandem I was averaging about 56.

How the hell is this box achieving not just similar but BETTER results with less insulin? Magic? Maybe it's magic.

I don't wanna be premature, I'm aware it could still go tits up but if this is how good it is on day 2 of the system learning me, without me faffing with it (I'm a chronic med-tech faffer), and when I had massive amounts of carb for tea, I'm looking forward to what it could do for me in the future. As soon as it's used to me I'm going to drop my target from 5.5 to 5.0 (I put it up last night after 5 hypos in a row that I couldn't keep up) and try and get more time within the 4-7 range (my last check with clarity I was 55%ish, I'd like that to be in the 70s or 80s)

Go team ypso!

[sein-zum-tod]

Got my test results back and my A1C is only 6.7! This is probably the lowest I have ever seen it since I've been going to this endocrinologist. Whatever I'm doing is apparently good so yay.

[saltyoaktree]

had a meal plan recommended to me by a nutrologist and being prescribed a routine by someone else (its very very simmilar to what i already eat) is making me so upset i had to lie down

[immortalratking]

yall gotta see the funky displays of the sugar pixel. I keep it on top of my clock rn and it honestly makes rolling over to check my sensor as soon as I wake up easier

[architectureenthusiast]

trying my new sensor out for the first time today🥰

has a two hour warm period 😐

[assumedcryptid]

[the-kestrels-feather]

I hope all of the people using Ozempic and Mounjaro to lose weight without a perscription and the celebrities having fucking "Ozempic and Mounjaro Parties" are enjoying it because I (a person who actually needs it for diabetes management and has a perscription) am about to miss my 3rd week of shots because I've called 3 pharmiacies and not a single one has it.

[basyacriptid]

"tasting my piss" 😦

i know its kinda funny off contex but i am seriously not doing well, i dont have sugar measuring thing in my home, nor acces to doctors so only way to calm myself is trying to disprove the panics idea any way i can, im sincerely sorry for even telling that in your tags in first place i see how that was gross