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Is this weird? I was tad overweight at diagnosis in October. After diagnosis, doctor asked me to lose about 10 pounds. I saw a dietitian, researched diet for diabetes to death and learned all about carbs and the effects on blood glucose. Cut those carbs and sit around 20-25 per meal. My meter...

I think I put this somewhere else, but the original way it was determined that I had diabetes (type 2) was through an eye exam. I get them a lot. I see a low vision doctor due to nystagmus (acquired when I was a teen, no relationship to the diabetes) and double vision. We are in the process of...

I was diagnosed in October with an a1c of 10.1%. At that time, with a lot of research and reading (and not a lot of help from the doctor's office) I learned that I should I should be testing a lot, and lowering my carbs. I did. My first a1c after diagnosis was a 6.2% (or 6.1% I can't remember)...

Sometimes I get off my routine and don't drink enough. My Certified Diabetes Educator told me that tea and coffee count as liquid, but I also drink a good bit of water. But on the weekends, I tend to get off track (easier to have routine on work days.) My question relates to this...I have...

I am going to doc right after the holidays, but am curious as to how low low numbers should be? I am taking metformin only (2000 per day.) I was given the high end numbers, but not the low so I am not sure at what point if/when I should call the doctor about adjusting medication. Like for...

I have googled but can't seem to find answer. If you are testing two hours after a meal, what happens if you miss the two hour window by say...10 minutes or 15 minutes? Should you test anyway? Skip testing? Is there a big difference between the numbers between that two hours and two hours and...

So, I posted a couple of days ago about questions and y'all were so lovely and welcoming. (Although, I do owe an apology for using a curse word out of frustration ... I am so sorry if I offended anyone. :( ) I sometimes feel very alone in this new diagnosis. As I mentioned before, I received...

Hi...like so many, I am new to this and was virtually thrown into the deep end of the pool with no lessons. I have all kinds of eye issues and during one of many dilated eye exams, the eye doc pushed away from me and asked if I had diabetes. When I answered no, he said you should go to your...