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I wasn't sure where to post this thread, but I'm talking to some newly diagnosed patients on monday and I've been mostly focusing on "how I did it" as per request of my nurse. But I also want to answer some of the questions the nurses and nutritionists and so on don't answer. Specifically I've...

Hello, everyone! It's been a long one and a half years with some major lifestyle changes... So to start things off, I discovered my diabetes after I passed out at work. I work as a nurse and the symptoms were kinda piling up, so I decided it was time to face facts and get that blood sugar taken...

Hey, everyone. I've heard so many different opinions on the matter and would like to ask you all what you go for. My nurse says I should aim for under 10 post-meal and under 7 on the pre. And the same goes for the morning. I am quite inexperienced still, so when I got an 8.0 post meal I was...

A moth comes into the dentist's office and sits down in the examination chair. "How are you doing today, mr. Moth?" asked the dentist. "By God, Mr. Dentist. I feel terrible. I wake up in the morning and want to go back to bed instantly. I eat breakfast but I may as well be eating charcoal...

Hello, everyone. I am currently doing some fine-tuning of my insulin dose and I am wondering: Why do we wait 1.5 hours to measure post-prandial sugar? Does it mean that in between the meal and the measuring, the sugar will be higher and it'll settle by that reading, or is it supposed to be at...

Hello, everyone. A little update: duagnosed a couple weeks back and am now in good conteol of my bs. At this point I only go about 4-6 even after my meals! But I do take great care to avoid carbs! I take night and morning insulin, insulatard and have noticed a few new things. At the start of...

Hello, everyone. Still in the shock phase of newly discovered diabetes and I am doing research on my future. I am wondering if anyone here has heard anything about completely avoiding complications? Is it possible? I see a lot of people stating it can be put off for decades etc, but noone really...

Hello, everyone. I am a 26 year old male with a hba1c of 11.1. I work as a nurse and monday this week, I was simply going to hide from a doctor I did not like and decided to hide in the nurse of diabetes' office. While I was there I thought of the fungal infections I have had lately, so decided...