My Endo switched me from Trulicity to Mounjaro, and gave me the 1st month’s supply at the 2.5mg dosage, but then I haven’t been able to get the 5mg dosage from my pharmacy (Express Scripts[by the way, they suck if you have a high deductible PPO plan]). They called me and told me straight out they can’t keep it in stock and therefore can’t provide it for me. I can have the prescription transferred to another pharmacy that might have it, but I’ll constantly have to get an override from Express Scripts… like I said they suck. So in my search to find a pharmacy to supply me, I’ve seen a lot of compounding pharmacies providing Tirzepatide aka Mounjaro.

Has anyone had any experience with getting Mounjaro/Tirzepatide from a compounding pharmacy? What are the pros and cons of getting from a compounding pharmacy? I’ve never used one before.

So as the title says had anyone had any massive changes to the sugar or anything measurable after a long time poor control or neglect? Oh has anyone been hugely surprised by their progress?

Hi everyone, just a quick question, does insulin injections just randomly Hurt more as time goes on or am I doing something wrong?

Kia ora. So I'm new on insulin. So I now get the lovely yellow sharps bin. I'm wanting to do something fun with it. I would love to see how other people hide their bins in plain sight as I'm 20 and I sometimes do have tiny humans around so I do want to keep it out of reach of them but I don't want a yellow bin in my room so what yall do?

Presumably we all need to eat fruit because of what's in it, apart from the sweet stuff

Ever since I made the switch from Type 2 diabetes medication to Insulin injections, I have been struggling and failing to keep my blood sugar in check. I have an unhealthy and unexplainable fear of needles, but I have finally become proficient with the injections. My diet has been relatively healthy.

For the last two weeks, I have fallen off the wagon when it comes to regularly checking my blood sugar, Insulin injections, and healthy diet. I can feel the neuropathy pain in my hands and feet.

I did this to myself. I'm sorry. I just needed to vent. I'm going to get back on the wagon now. Thank you.

I started the OmniPod 5 last week. Physically 5’11”, 163 lbs, I use G7 and it was on my right back of upper arm, for context.

The first pod I put on my right thigh. It went fine till later that evening post intimate activity. I thought I had hit or moved it in some way and expected it to calm down, but pain got intense enough to wake me in the middle of the night and I had to remove it and put a new one in.

Went with a love handle placement; this was mostly okay until about 6 hours prior to needing to replace it. Stuck with love handle about 2” away.

G7 had to relocate to left arm after those 3 pods(5 days worth) and tried sensor high in the arm and pod low on the arm. Had the same experience as the right love handles.

Basically, these are mostly fine until about 36 hours into the Pod’s life cycle and then it starts to hurt.

My numbers have improved substantially- like going from 33% in range to 75% in range, and even out of range, I’m just barely Out of range.

I just don’t know if it’s worth it.

Edit: pain is from the cannula. Not an allergic reaction the adhesive or anything.

Just started my CGM yesterday. My diabetes educator suggested when using it to test things out here & there to see what causes spikes etc. I had a PB & J with my fave strawberry preserves & yeah it spiked up from 150 to 250. It’s coming down now but damn I didn’t realize just how much sugars can spike. I’m still new to all this & doing my best to figure it out. Sad that I’ll have to cut it out because strawberry preserves are my fave 😭

I'm 27F and I'm trying to stay positive with this diagnosis and and live a long healthy life with this disease. I'm living with specks in my eyes, peeing a lot, falling asleep after eating too many carbs, and neuropathy in my hands and my feet. I'm also trying to lose weight and adjust to my diet. It's a nightmare that I caused to myself, but I can't change the past, can I? I ned to suck it up and stay positive because I have the easy diabetes and at least change my diet. I don't want to go back to my old lifestyle.

There needs to be more support groups for young people with Type 2 Diabetes, since it's becoming an epidemic. Type 2 Diabetes affects 90% of the diabetic community in America. There are so many people now younger (and older) than me eating whatever they want, heck I work at a Starbucks and drinking these sugary drinks. You're going to have to be living with pricking your fingers/checking your blood sugar for the rest of your life. This younger generation is going to be in trouble with eating too much carbs, with the rise of prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes. I never thought I would get it. Unfortunately, I did, and I can't feel sorry for myself now. I have to make a lot of sacrifices, and especially when I fog on vacation. I might contact with a friend who works for older people who are affected by Type 2 Diabetes.

Hello! I have been craving a kit kat and was wondering if anyone found any low carb low sugar substitutes? Something with that crunch? Thanks!

Hey guys, I was diagnosed with T2 in February of 2024. Since then, I’ve been working on tackling this with diet and exercise. I’ve never been a super athletic person in my life but I’ve read that strength training exercises help. But I’m clueless on the type of exercise to do. Any tips or suggestions?

I learned that im prediabetic a few weeks ago. I got told my test results show im barely in the range to not need insulin and i just measure 2 times a week to see when i need to start taking it.

Im very new to this and dont know how to manage any of this. My fasting bg was 10.3 then but now its about 6-8 since reducing daily sugary food. I mostly have highs, my highest was 11.4 after breakfast so nothing super bad but still not good. But the thing is i have lows aswell but they didnt mention anything about it when looking at the measurements over the 2 weeks. My lowest was 4.0 about 4 hours after a meal and i was so shaky and weak i couldnt hold the spoon in my hand so i drank some juice and waited to feel better until i ate my meal. I have had these weird shaky episodes when trying to sleep and now that i have my monitor i have gotten confirmation its my bg going low. I eat dinner about an hour before bed and then scroll on my phone for 2-4 hours and in that time i get the shakes. Not every time but sometimes. I also have health anxiety and cant tell if what im experiencing is just my anxiety or low bg. About half of the time i feel shaky and weak my bg was actually low. Well ive been stressing about this and get the shakes almost every night and cant get peace of mind until i measure. Sometimes my bg has been like 3.9 so i eat a spoonful of honey and go to bed. But i feel like this is just causing me alot of anxiety every time i go to sleep. But at the same time, because of this i have fixed multiple lows. Is this neccessary? I dont know what i should do, i know if i get the certain feeling in my limbs i cant fall asleep until i check. But that just wakes up me and my mom (she says the beeping and spring of the lancet wakes her up, my stuff is in the kitchen)

Idk if this is a good thing to keep track of, i have been putting down the times i get the shakes and my levels so if i need to show them i have them. Is it fine to just go to sleep if i sometimes feel the weak and shaky feeling in my limbs and it is actually low bg? Or what if i just dont measure but eat some honey just in case? I have done that aswell but then i start thinking about the possibility of me going high... ugh.

Also if there happens to be someone who knows how to tell the difference between anxiety weakness and shakes vs low bg weakness and shake that would be a blessing... I dont get hungry when im low which is weird. When i was at 4.0 i was not hungry at all and had to force eat. Might be because my anxiety affect my daily appetite but still.

How is the accuracy of the accu-check guide me blood glucose meter? Is it comparable to with lab results? What’s the +/- difference?

Any one have any recommendations for a low car, low sugar granola bar? Or something of that sorts. I’ve always loved having a sweet treat with a black coffee and a struggling on what that can be without effecting my sugar too much. There has to be something out there!

Last November I tried to add a motorcycle endorsement onto my driver's license. I passed the test and paid the fees, but the DMV put a hold on issuing me the license because I have diabetes.

In December the DMV sent me a notice of reexamination packet that I had to fill out with my doctor and send back to them about my medical history and diabetes diagnosis. I turned that in 3 weeks ago and i received a letter from the DMV today informing me of a mandatory virtual meeting I have to attend in a few weeks with a case worker.

Has anyone else done this before? what can i expect? Is it as bad as my imagination is telling me it's going to be?

The photo on my last post forgot to upload, but has anyone read this? The title just rubs me the wrong way, but I haven’t read it much.

I am curious, what are you doing to prepare yourself if there are ever any supply chain issues in the future, when it comes to medical supplies? If you use a pump, what are you doing to prepare if pump items aren't available? Same for CGMs & insulin etc.

I am generally curious how those of you that are thinking about this, are putting plans together.

I noticed that the bags are out of stock: https://abbottstore.com/diabetes-management/freestyle-brand/freestyle-brand/adc-sensor-kit-take-back.html

Does anyone know if this is just a temporary situation or if it's permanent? This has been my go-to for throwing away the sensor kits

I had a realllyyyy high BG from unmonitored Type 2 that made my vision really blurry.

As my BG was going down my vision got worse over the course of 4 weeks. I went and got a second diabetic eye exam at the end of the 4 weeks since had new insurance and just wanted to make sure no nerve damage popped up. I also wanted an updated prescription for glasses.

After the extreme blurriness from having my pupils dilated went away my vision went back to normal. I was going to get some reading glasses and had the text on my phone as large as possible. Literally as soon as dilation wore off it was like a tv pastor touched me and I was healed like when Eddie Murphy could see again in Coming to America.

I just wanted to share in case anyone else experiencing BG related blurriness a dilated pupil may help. The ophthalmologist said it takes 6 weeks for sugar to leave the eyes.

Newly diagnosed, still trying to figure everything out. Have a question about water.

I usually only drink water and coffee. Soda when out to eat. Now I know I have to stay away from soda. Really not sure about diet sodas as I’ve heard that aspartame isn’t good for you.

Any ideas on how to flavor water safely? Trying to stay away from artificial stuff.

Hey all! My Kiddo was recently diagnosed with T1. This was not a completely unexpected result as her Dad is T1 too. I’m wondering if anyone has opinions on this iHealth glucometer? We are an iPhone/iPad fam and I’m wondering if this glucometer is the way to go for us or is it junk? Will it help make the transition to diabetes life easier for my kid?

Hi everyone, so I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes earlier in January. I am happy to share that I have reduced my hba1c to 7.6 from 9 and my fasting blood sugar is down to 98 from a whopping 274. There's still a lot of work to do but I am happy about my little progress and felt like sharing it with everyone. Oh and yes I have done it without any medication so double cheers I guess 😁

I had an unpleasant atheroma on my back removed two weeks ago. In Germany, this is considered a “cosmetic procedure” and isn’t covered by health insurance. According to the literature, it has no impact on blood sugar levels.

However, I’ve noticed a significant “calming” of my blood sugar over the past two weeks, with noticeably lower average values.

Has anyone else experienced something similar?

Does anyone have book recommendations that has helped you understand diabetes from square one? Thanks!

I use the Tempo Smart button by Eli Lilly to track my insulin pen doses. Two questions for anyone who knows anything about it:

1. The app stopped working a week ago, rendering the device worse than useless. Happening to anyone else?

2. How do you extract your data from the app? Or is it trapped in there forever?

For my fellow diabetics who are into fitness and watching caloric intake — what are some of the best fast acting low snacks you have that aren’t crazy high in calories? (Not juice)

I have 27% time in range, but judging with my most recent measuring, it's probably 0%. Like I said I last ate 17 hours ago. I had like 11-12mmol/l before this picture and I have a vomiting feeling since more than a day now, I'm hungry but I don't have the urge and blood sugar to eat. I changed the canula 3 times already tried 2 different tubes of insulin, had no too lows since days. Its 12.7 now so not like I'm dying but I'm running out of options, but the pen, though that also didn't really do much, but better than the pump.

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