Trulicity

[Apples30]

Hello there
I am struggling to get my sugars below 7 I am currently taking 3 different tablets
The doctor is going to put me on Trulicity to be honest I am scared by all of this I am scared that 3 current tablets are not working alongside being scared I am upset that I have got in this mess
Just looking for some reassurance and experiences I guess with Truliicty
Thanks in advance

 

[CatsFive]

Welcome, I'm assuming your diagnosis is fairly recent and being scared, overwhelmed, in a spin are all very normal reactions.

I see you give what is probably your HbA1c in another post as 89, and the reply there explains the different units. It's an average of your blood glucose over the past 10-12 weeks. It measures glucose stuck to red blood cells, and that's how long they live.

No mention of diet... I gather your new medication is intended to work alongside diet & exercise, though there are plenty of people here who have started with a higher HbA1c and got down to pre-diabetic levels with just diet and exercise. They have usually lost a lot of weight in the process.

The main principle of their diet (mine also) is very reduced carbohydrates. Of course if you cut out most of a major part of your diet you will feel hungry unless you replace it with something else, so vegetables (apart from root veg), fruit (berries, plums, kiwi fruit and grapefruit), full-fat dairy, some pulses, meat, fish, eggs are all good.

If you want to try that route there is lots of good information on this website and others. It also leads to starting to read labels on processed food of any kind very closely!

 

[MrsA2]

I am scared by all of this I am scared that 3 current tablets are not working alongside being scared I am upset that I have got in this mess

It's easy to be scared when it all feels outside of our control - but no need to be.
Did you know weight gain is a symptom of T2, not a cause of it? The base cause -insulin resistance - was there long before the fat cells started filling.

The good news is you can regain control for yourself. By changing some of the things you eat you can lower your bg and hopefully, in time, lower the amount of medications.

You'll get lots of support here to implement the changes and once they become routine it's easy and you won't feel scared any more

 

[catinahat]

I am scared that 3 current tablets are not working

Medication is sometimes unavoidable but by far the best way tackle high blood sugar is to stop eating the food that's causing it to go high.
If you had a sugar bowl that was overflowing, adding more sugar would just makes things worse. The answer would be to stop poring in more sugar and use up what is already in there.
Have a look at the link for the Nutritional thingy at the bottom of my post, it will help you figure out how to empty your sugar bowl.