Stories

Before camp ended, I made my annual appointment for a complete check up to meet the requirements for working in a State of Florida licensed child care facility. This consisted...

I first discovered I had diabetes when I was pregnant. I learned how to eat right and monitor my blood sugar with a glucometer. Now, 4 years post pregnancy, I...

4 years ago my A1C was slightly elevated. So my doctor was monitoring my progress and within a year I started medication for Type 2 diabetes. It's was a battle...

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in July 2022 with 2 bad cholesterol. I decided to research and found Dr. Fung's 'The Diabetes Code' & 'The Obesity Code'. He...

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the end of May 2022. It was as a result of a routine blood test and checkup. Diabetes isn't something that runs...

Hi my name is Lorrie I'm 59 years old. I developed diabetes in 2006 but I reversed it and now I am on medication (metformin). It started again with my...

I’ve always had trouble managing eating and ate a lot of carbs. I never really followed a specific diet. Within the last few years, I started having mental health issues...

I am caring for my fiance's mother who suffered a stroke. We finally got her blood pressure under control, but now her type 2 diabetes is giving us a run...

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...