#diabetes diagnosis

[gofitnesspro]

Diabetes in Young Adults: Causes and Solutions

Addressing the rise of diabetes in young adults requires comprehensive strategies that promote healthy lifestyle choices, including regular physical activity, balanced nutrition, stress management, and increased awareness of diabetes risk factors. Additionally, early detection through regular screenings and improved access to healthcare can help identify and manage diabetes at an earlier stage,…

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Unveiling the Age Spectrum of Type 3c Diabetes: When Does It Emerge?

Within the realm of diabetes lies a lesser-known and intriguing form known as Type 3c diabetes, scientifically recognized as pancreatogenic diabetes, which materializes as a consequence of impaired pancreatic function. Throughout this comprehensive exposition, our focal pursuit encompasses unraveling the chronological emergence of Type 3c diabetes in individuals, encompassing its multifarious…

[icedcoffeeandsleepdeprivation]

L,

Today I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. I'm scared and I really wanted to talk with you about it. Wish me luck.

- Pumpkin.

[donthitanybody]

Mom might have to get her liver shunted. Watching diabetes slowly destroy her organs one by one kinda makes me never want to eat a candy bar ever again.

[mooneln0ne]

hey idk if it's sensitive to ask, but how did you exactly almost die? (you can ignore this question)

It's ok Anon, I don't mind answering!! This week was my exam week and I'd been studying, sleeping, and drawing and I think it tired out my body to the point where I accidentally dropped to the ground and started twitching. I think it was because of my anemia? idk I'm fine now, that's really what matters to me My little brother told me that I looked like I died because I stopped moving after the twitching, so there's that

[ceridwyn2]

New Diagnosis

Thoughts for the day (12 July 2023)

So yesterday I went to see my Nurse Practitioner for a belated appointment - missed the last one. Went through some of the bloodwork as my sugars have been elevated for a while so now I have a diagnosis of Type II Diabetes. In a way it’s not surprising - both my parents have the same diagnosis. I’d been losing weight (~15lbs) in 6 months without trying. My NP has put me on Metformin (250mg twice a day to start for 2 weeks, then 500mg twice a day), and testing sugars 2-3 times a day to get an idea of what time of day my sugars are spiking.

I picked up the meds and the Diabetic supplies (monitor, lancets, test strips, sharps container) and started them yesterday. Have the monitor syncing to my phone so I can more easily track testing. I’m so used to having regular sodas and the like (sweet tooth), so I’ve started trying limit sugar intake - body not used to that, bit of a shock to the system. And I can’t drink diet sodas because of the aspartame - I’m allergic - it triggers migraines. So not only a change in dietary intake needed, a new mindset is needed. Will see how this goes.

I also got some more pain prescription medication (Naproxen 500mg) for carpal tunnel syndrome to take on an as needed basis when I have flare-ups.

[dingo-saurus]

non-exhaustive list of things i need to do as a type-1 diabetic whenever i eat in order to keep my blood sugars in a healthy range (which i need to do consistently to stay alive and not need to amputate limbs or deal with organ failure later in life):

count the carbs and sugars for everything i am eating or drinking in that moment. this is obviously harder if the meal is homecooked as you need to not only work out the carbs for everything in the meal but also how much your portion would be. fortunately and unfortunately there are a number of apps that can help with this built primarily for dieting that you can take advantage of

am i taking metformin (med that reduces insulin resistance) or not? if so, normal dose. if not, slightly higher. usually only by 1 or 2 units but this varies

test my current blood glucose. even if i am wearing a glucose monitor i need to do this manually with a fingerprick test to confirm the monitor is correct (they often aren't). is it in range? normal dose. too high? a little more, depending on how much higher my blood glucose is and how much my body personally needs to correct sugars. which needs to be worked out with testing, and is subject to change. too low? have a few sips of sprite or some jelly beans while meal prepping. how much i need to bring it up into range is subject to change and something that experience with my body helps me with

okay so now we need to figure out how much insulin i need with the meal, taking all the above into account. there is a mathematical formula that helps to determine this based on your weight that i was taught by a medical professional and type 1 diabetes expert (yes the advice is different between type 1 and 2. you need someone who knows your specific type or you will get Bad Advice). this is not infallible, in fact it does not work for me at all (i sometimes need about twice the insulin i should need, due to my body's fluctuating insulin resistance). so i have had to deviate from it and work things out for myself, increasing the ratio of insulin-to-carbs until i was getting it correct. this can change based on basically Anything. have i been exerting myself today? are the specific carbs in the meal quick or slow to release? is there protein? am i sick? do i have a migraine/have recently had a migraine? did i sleep well? am i stressed about something? did i take a dose of basal insulin today (and how much)? experience will help me feel this out. i can still get it wrong even after 4 years, and need to correct it after the meal

okay, i've done the calculation and have my number. when do i give myself the insulin dose? well that depends. i need to time it so that the peak of the insulin's effectiveness hits when the meal is hitting my blood sugars. i have a couple of rapid-acting insulin brands that hit at different times, but the one i'm taking rn takes about 30 minutes. so either before or during the prep/cook time i need to duck out and do my dose, or i need to wait for a time after i take my dose to grab whatever i'm grabbing. i set an alarm for this

inject insulin (thankfully this was not difficult for me to get used to as it's MUCH easier these days than it was in the past)

eat

you are doing this 3 times a day, more if u want to snack. my body changes constantly, and requires frequent rethinking of all of the above (metformin is making this easier for me, thankfully. i had to troubleshoot and figure this out myself after 3 frustrating years)

as you can imagine, it generally means i do not eat out (most restaurants do not keep track of the carbs and sugars in their meals) and cannot eat homecooked meals unless the cook is willing to calculate exactly how many carbs and sugars are in the meal so i can figure out how much is in my serve

it takes a lot of energy, attentiveness, adaptability, determination, and perseverance to treat your diabetes effectively day-to-day and avoid damaging your body or putting your life at risk. thankfully i have the support to do that monetarily, medically, and socially. not everyone does

be kind to diabetics

[iridescentclaws]

Diabetes is so homophobic I can't take it anymore /lh /hj

[wronggalaxy]

I just want to develop diabetes already and get it done with. I'm tired of this whole "everyone assumes you're diabetic because you're fat but you're not even close to pre-diabetic but also you have most of the symptoms of diabetes and also every time you've ever checked your blood sugar it's either been under 60 or over 130 and both your parents and also a bunch of other family members have diabetes and went through this exact expirence before being diagnosed but at the same time you've been tested for being insulin resistant and you're not and surely they'd check for the opposite at the same time, then again this is doctors we're talking about" thing

[1-800-dnkichu]

not related to the cadaver bit but the medical professionals dismissing medical problems until weight is lost.

back in like. 2014, i think? i was about 13-14 years old, thats all i remember. that, and i was about 250lbs at the time.

for a whole year i had this really bad pain in the upper left quadrant of my abdomen. i went to my pediatrician for it several times and she told me i must just be eating too much and feeling pain from gorging myself.

the times when the pain was so bad it hurt to breathe, i went to the hospital and they'd do an xray and tell me whatever pain i was feeling was just because i was overweight and have i tried weight loss surgery?

eventually my pediatrician sent me to a specialist for gut health (who doubled as a glorified nutritionist) and i detailed my eating habits and explained how the pain felt and where i felt it and when it acted up most often and...she asked if i had ever considered weight loss surgery.

at one point the pain was so bad i could barely move and we went back to the hospital. when we finally went back, we gave the usual spiel about how much it hurt and where and for how long and before the doctor could go about ordering an xray we told them i had already had plenty of xrays done for whatever this problem was and what if we, i dont know, might be too crazy but, what if we tried something else this time! they ordered an xray. found nothing. gave me some strong pain meds and sent me home.

after the prescription ran out, and the pain was only getting worse, i went BACK to the hospital and my mom told them we wouldnt leave until they tried something other than an xray. so they did an ultrasound. found something that didnt look quite right, so they ordered a colonoscopy and an endoscopy.

to everyones amazement, i had spent the last year or so by that point collecting an astonishing amount (i cant remember the exact number but it was over 20) ulcers throughout my esophagus, stomach, and colon. they removed them and were happy to report that the pain should be done. gave me some instructions on how to change my diet to prevent them from returning and. you guessed it. suggested weight loss surgery.

it didnt end there though! nope! they sent me back to that gut health specialist i saw before. while she went over my new diet, she brought it up once more. "you know. diet changes wont help if you stay obese like this. you thought about what i said with doing the weight loss surgery? its really simple and youll lose the weight so much faster that way!"

in the years since, i just grit my teeth and deal with my aches and pains, no matter how severe or debilitating, because im sick and fucking tired of doctors seeing my weight before they bother even trying to look into whatever is ailing me. even if it ends up just being my weight thats the problem. i get that a lot of issues probably stem from being overweight or obese. i get that losing weight would fast track a lot of my problems into practically nothing. i get that the heavier a person is, the more risky it is for them to go under anesthesia. but i have my reasons for not wanting to have weight loss surgery and im exhausted by every trip i take to the doctor or the hospital when they end every appointment with "you know you could get that weight off easy-peasy if you just-"

Hey did you know that you can’t escape fatphobia even after death? The article talks about how these donated bodies are used for first year anatomy students to study the body, and how the 'perfect' body for that should be 170-180 pounds.

[pier-carlo-universe]

Endocrinologia e Oculistica: l’ammodernamento per una cura integrata. Alessandria

Si consolida la collaborazione tra le due strutture dell’AOU AL L’Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Alessandria prosegue il processo di rinnovamento tecnologico con l’acquisizione di nuove attrezzature grazie ai fondi PNRR, che permetteranno di consolidare la collaborazione tra la SC Endocrinologia e Malattie Metaboliche, diretta dal Dott. Marco Gallo, e la SC Oculistica, diretta dal Dott.…

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In retrospect a fucking shoutout to the pharmacist who told me 4 years ago that I needed to start talking to my doctors about pneumonia vaccines because of my asthma. Every doctor I spoke to said I was a little young but when I said “but the asthma” they said ok. Dunno if the strains I was vaccinated against had anything to do with whatever I had for the month of January/half of February, but if that was the mild version, I’m grateful, and if the vaccinated strains are different, I’m in favor of not having that experience again.

[odditywellbelove]

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[jahidhossains]

➡️ Defying Diabetes: A Fight for Health.⬅️