Stories

Rather than listening to me talk about our huge family risk, the pediatrician accused me of having Munchausen's by proxy... Maternal grandmother, 25 aunts, and uncles, many cousins Paternal great-grandparents...

I was scheduled for surgery to remove kidney stones on August 9th. I was supposed to get a tube placement on August 4th. I was as ready as I could...

How I found out I was a type 2 diabetic. I knew something was wrong when I was so thirsty, I just couldn’t get enough to drink. I was having...

I've had type 2 diabetes for a while. I just didn't accept it, not until my eyes started failing and I had a stroke. Now my right limbs don't work...

My husband and I have diabetes. I had it back in 2014 when pregnant. I got worried when I was pregnant back in 2019 with my second and then had...

Very excited. Another unusual food addiction that tanked blood glucose spikes for me. Had read recent info regarding studies with rats using onion extract and its effect when using Metformin...

Stress does some weird things to me as a diabetic. At one stressful point in my life, I was taking a water pill... I don’t remember why it was prescribed...

This is my story and mine alone. What effects I have achieved may not work for others and here I admit I am somewhat extreme in the steps I will...

I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2016. 6 years of confusion, in and out of hospitals, ER, and admissions. Going from 500 mg of metformin to 1500 mg of metformin...

I suffer from a couple of other uncommon serious ailments, as well as being diabetic. I find that very few care providers know very much at all about them, so...

For many years, I was too busy to take care of myself. When I received the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, I was horrified. I felt so many emotions: anger...

Hi all, New here. I’m in the 12-Step program with some sobriety. I’ve had type 2 diabetes for about a decade and have controlled it off and on. I know...

My sister is 42 years old with down syndrome and I took her to Joslin clinic they taught us a lot about food. A friend shared with me that exercise...

I have been diabetic since 2001. Not on regular insulin or pills. I was itchy, tired more than usual, and had some fuzzy vision from time to time. No increased...

I have had type 2 diabetes for about 20 years. No one in my family has the disease. I am afraid I have it thanks to my multiple exposures to...

Hello everyone! Admitted to hospital a month ago with blood sugar at 735 and A1C at 15.6. Surprise to me! After a regimen of shots daily and metformin I am...

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a year ago. I'm a 76-year-old woman that is 20 lbs. overweight, not on any medication, and until this diagnosis, considered myself healthy...

Hi, I'm mags from Ireland... I'm a 49-year-old mum of 5 kids, 3 grown up and 2 under 15... I have type 2 diabetes for 15 years. To cut a...

I’m type 2 and was diagnosed probably 12 years ago. I never watched my diet and ate and did whatever I want to do. Anyway, my A1C in January was...

I've had type 2 diabetes forever, it seems like, and have been using CGM for a while now. As I read a recent article on mistakes made on the DTII...