Hey there.

I know none of you are doctors (or you are, in which case that's cool), I just want to ask about your experiences with this medication. I've been on a 3mg version of ozempic for the past 20 days and right off the bat my appetite decreased almost to nothing. I still ate okayish, although not much and lost 2,5kg in 19 days. It seemed things are okay.

I feel like this may be common sense and I just didn't register it yet, but I think now I have to be careful to eat enough. There's been some really stressful crap happening in the past 2 days and with my already decreased appetite, I basically forgot to eat other than one bowl of whole grain cereal and like 2 pieces of bread with some salami, a couple of crackers, spread across 2 days.

Today I woke up feeling dizzy and lightheaded and just weak in general even after 8 hours of sleep. I made a normal sized meal and I could only eat 1/3rd of it. It makes me feel worried. The only solution I see is to spread out 1/2 meals (at most) to the whole day because I can't eat a """lot""" at once. I feel nauseous and my stomach starts to hurt if I try to eat more.

But this brings me back to the same thing I had before going on this medication. I had hunger then and food occupied my mind as to how to eat normally, but less to lose weight. And it's the same thing now, because I have to pay attention to eat normally, but enough to stay alive lol. I'll lose weight regardless because I'm just unable to eat enough to stay at maintenance, which is good in theory, but poses the problem; which is having to have food on my mind all the time again.

So my question is, did any of you experience the same almost complete loss of appetite?

Is 6-7 months of this worth it to lose weight and bring my 7.1 morning sugar to normal :) (ignore this question, I'm contemplating it myself lol)

Sometimes I wake up and I'm a 4. I don't use a CGM anymore because it's like $100-300

Hey guys, it's me again. Sorry about this but I was just wondering does anyone else just get random sad days where they just want to stay in bed all day and watch silliness on TV?

I'm not going to do that exactly because I've arranged to meet my personal trainer in just over an hour. But still if anyone has any any good news. Good life hacks. Positive things to share. Please drop it down below because for some reason the tears want to flow

If I took my last shot on Friday of last week can I change my day to Mondays and take my shot Monday or Tuesday ?

Basically as it says. My sensor expired, and every kit in my dorm either has no batteries at all, or they are empty. It’s nearly 1:30 am, and I’ve got class first thing in the morning. What can I do?

Trying to stay positive and trying to cut off all the white breads, potatoes, candies, and deserts, but I'm afraid I'll go back to my diet/old ways. It's an uphill battle. I don't want to be a lard ass like Paula Deen or Wilford Brimley. I get so jealous that I can't eat as much as I used to. Fast food should be banned. I'm scared to travel. It's a living hell.

I'm proud of myself for starting to eat vegetables, but I have to live with the consequences of my actions and prick my fingers. I got kicked out of a Type 2 diabetes group when I was upset and throwing a tantrum about how unfair having this disease is. I'm still trying to be less angry and accept my reality. It feels lonely being 28 and diabetic and being with older people that have it.

I posted that young people should be careful what they should be eating because they'll end up learning it the hard way. Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes is something you don't want to have. Believe me.

I hate the judgement and stigmatization saying Type 2 diabetics deserve it. Sure, some of us may have made bad decisions in the past, but we're trying to be healthier and moving forward.

Recently with the past few days, my blood sugars have hitting lows rapidly and quite frequently according to my cgm but when I go to my meter, it says I am in range or above range. My hands are washed and clean. My cgm is on a site (upper right arm) when i dont normally have problems. Any ideas what the issue could be? I just recalibrated my transmitter and am hoping that fixes things.

Anyone knows why the price of this from 15 for a 90day supply is up so much to $50 now? I got the last one in October 2024-Dec 2024 for $15 at Publix. Today I was told it is $50 for a Blue cross blue shield Insurance. Any ideas

I used to have an Omni pod but have found myself down on my luck. Have been diagnosed since I was 6. I am 21 now. I am financially out of luck and I only have one packet of 10 needles right now. Can u reuse them if I need to?

Please forgive a short term emotional response, but Dexcom Support has severely declined.

I have been leveraging their system for roughly 5 years. Previously G6, now G7. Historically, if a sensor went bad, failed, fell off, etc., they would replace. Generally quoted 5-7 days (I'm in Illinois), but would offer to overnight/expedite if last sensor or traveling.

Tonight, I had to open my 30-day supply of my fill from 2 days ago as my active sensor expired. Naturally, all 3 sensors failed during warmup. Dexcom support will replace all three, but 7-10 business days estimate. They no longer offer any expedited or rush shipping--their fastest option is 5-7 business days.

This type of response and reaction is indisputably unacceptable. Granted, this is coupled with the flaws of US healthcare, insurance, and prescription restrictions, but ownership and care should be granted. This is a service industry, and at a premium cost. The response must be better. It should not be acceptable to casually allow a prescribed patient go without a continuous medication for up to two weeks.

Am 36 years old , struggling with type2, fatty liver, pcod and thyroid.Doctor has diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. Suffering from hepatomegaly from past 3 years in which I was pregnant for one year. Am unable to get rid of swelling in liver with moderate exercise.Is anyone in the same boat? I need some pointers?

I would like to donate plasma but I have type one diabetes. I was wondering if I am still able to do that?

I don't know if my measuring device is broken or not ? It keeps measuring 51 ? But I've been trying to correct it but I got distracted and retested it almost every hour and it ended up 51 - what are the odds?

I’m a 22 year old female and my creatinine level is 202 mg/dL, along with my albium:creatinine level being slightly over normal. However, I really want to work out and add some pre to my drinks before I go to my college classes for the caffeine. Does anyone else notice a difference with pre and it causing a change in their diabetes and blood work???

I'm going on a 10 day trip next month. What should I bring? I'm not on any cgm or insulin. I have issues with high bs if I'm sitting still for 3+ hrs. It's gonna be 4 days of driving. I can eat 0 carb, 0 sugar and still go high (250+) if I don't exercise. Any tips on what to bring/how to prevent highs?

Hypo overnight and sleepily overcorrected which lead to a very high spike in the morning.

Just thought it was funny and worth sharing how my BG descended perfectly into the middle of my target range and then stopped on a dime! Couldn't have drawn that line on better.

Total fluke though - don't ask me to do it again 😂

What's the best diet for diabetes? I'm a very picky eater but I've got to do something. I am a 56 ye old female. I'm 5'7 212 lbs. Give me all your tips and tricks and diets. Tia

Hi everyone. I know walking is great for lowering blood sugars, but is there any other exercise that you can do indoors that helps?

I have sciatica and am having a high pain day. Blood sugar was up significantly late this morning even though all I had was coffee and some carrots, which I've had before and not had this happen. Can pain raise sugar levels.

So 9 months ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, caught it fairly soon and my a1c was 7.2 I started exercising more and diet change, dropped 20lbs and my last a1c was 6.2, getting bloodwork done tomorrow and doctor app next Monday. Morning sugars jave always been in the 7s and occasional 6s. Most time testing during day I jave been from 5s to 7s 2hrs after meals and higher is I splurged but I made sure walk, treadmill etc to get them down 3hrs or so afterwards. I am also on no meds yet, jist diet and exercise. Recently past 2wks I jave had sugars in the 4s and 5s and mornings are mostly 6s now. I jist took my sugars 1hr after eating nachos and would normally be 10s but I was 6 flat, which I find these readings odd lately because I haven't been very active to keep them low. So I do have questions for my doctor next wk but curious what might be going on with the seeming quick drop past 10 days?

I was switched from Metformin 1000mg x4 to Synjardy 12.5 mg once a day. So far the change has been good. Just asking for experience,,, has anyone else used Synjardy?

Thanks in advance.

I’ve now just recently started running at the gym and I love it, The only thing I struggle with is keeping my blood sugar up. I keep my blood sugar above 8.0 when I start and usually take energy gels with 20g of carbohydrates and I still manage to go low after about 30 minutes on the treadmill at a steady jogging pace. Any tips or tricks? Anything would help 😊

That's all and yes I'm eating stuffs

Hey guys, I'm planning about 2 months travel to Europe later this year and was wondering how you guys keep your insulin cold for the trip. I was looking at chilled travel cases but there's so many to choose from with different cooling methods and types that I'm a bit lost on whats best. I would only need to store 2, maybe 3 pens at most if that helps.

I've been type two for almost 20 years. I've noticed that certain fingers are a waste of time for checking my blood. I can squeeze as hard as I want, but not enough blood comes out for the test strip. I also have one finger that is extremely painful to test. It's not a big deal except for it leaves me only four 'go to' fingers. Is this pretty normal?

Anyone have it that when your blood sugars are low food tastes like so much better

Does anyone have tips on how to build awareness when you're going low? I was washing dishes just now and my Dexcom 7 gave me a low alert. I felt fine so finished up. About 10 minutes later I took my bg with meter and it was 62. I ate and the sugar is going up again.

I got my diagnosis less than a year ago, and am still figuring out a rhythm. Sometimes I can feel when I'm going low. Most of the time I don't feel any different. I don't trust my CGM, which is part of the problem.

Do I just need to get over myself, and believe the monitor? Are there ways for me to better notice when I'm low?

Hi. I've been paying for the mysugr pro app for over 10 years now, but can no longer afford this monthly fee. I really like their option to add in the amount of carbs you plan to eat along with your current blood sugar level and it calculates the amount of insulin you should take.

I know there are those who can do this in their head or would suggest using a spread sheet. I can't do that in my head and firing up a spread sheet each time isn't very efficient. So I'd like to find a free app that I can use.

I'm currently testing out the Dexcom One sensor and had hoped their app would include this function but can't find it. If I'm missing an obvious option and it is included in their app please let me know.

Sorry if this question gets asked multiple times and thanks in advance for any advice :)