Diabetes - Type 2 Community

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csjc

Hi I recently gave up sugar, a week now, and ever since I have had severe anxiety, feelings of being disconnected and being in a dream li...

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Type 2 diabetes and getting the shakes and lightheadedness

ncolledge

I am type 2 diabetes and sometimes I get the shakes and lightdeadedness and feel like i am going to pass out. When I check my blood lev...

2 answers | 1 comment

Worsening Type II DM or auto-immune DM?

Cher312

I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes 9 years ago and noticed a cyclical change in blood sugars that get worse, then better since 2015. ...

1 answer | 1 comment

Has anyone gone from type 2 diabetic to prediabetic or normalized?

Tamjochez

I went in for a physical 3 weeks and found out that my A1C was 10.7! They immediately put me on metformin and I have changed my diet. I u...

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Metformin causing kidney damage

Jewels4joe8

I am a type 2 diabetic, diagnosed in 2006 as a borderline. Was prescribed Metformin. It is 2018 and i am on dialysis due to the damage th...

4 answers | 2 comments

Worsening diabetes?

Cher312

Has anyone else experienced pancreatic pain and spasming that continues into the small intestine? My blood sugars had been going from 15...

Is hoarseness caused by Metformin permanent?

Shadow8814

I recently started taking Metformin & have developed hoarseness.

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very dizzy

savala54

one month ago started on metformin was told i have diabetes but i was feeling really good so now im on metformin and now i feel tired, do...

3 answers | 8 comments

Type 2 Diabetes

joe7764

I take my bolld sugars of a morning fasting and they are like 167-191, I take 1000 mg of janumet and 18 units of lantus before bed, of a ...

3 answers | 1 comment

How to make sense of medicines that contradict one another.

trixlette2

I have type 2 Diabetes. In the beginning all I took was one tablet of Metformin per day. 10 years later,I am now taking 6 medicines. Met...

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Can Sleep Apnea cause edema throughout the body?

Jauhara

I was in the hospital for a week in January of this year and since then have been on oxygen at home sometimes, and usually need it if goi...

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Is anyone taking Jardiance? How is it helping you? Any side effects?

CKS0411

Want to know how people are reacting and benefits of this medication.

3 answers

How do I download and enter data from my Sugar Sense smart phone app?

mmbosmd

The Sugar Sense web site state that the way to print out data for my health care provider ]appointment is in THREE HOURS] IS via MedHelp....

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Is diabetes hereditary?

AllEatons

hereditary traits

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Can i ever get off diabetes medicine?

KersGW

I do not want to be on medicine forever.

2 answers | 1 comment

Hi, anyone else have a problem with Byetta and insomnia?

scottsdale

I would really like some help with this. Byetta has been wonderful so far, and I've lost 30 lbs, yay! But now I've developed insomnia ...

Hello al! I have type II diabtetes rash problem

Sequestermd

Hello al! I have type II diabetes, which I see a doctor for. I no longer need meds for this, as I keep my diet in check & exercise daily....

2 answers | 3 comments

Know your numbers?

YSI

Diabetes is a numbers game and it is all about eating/drinking carbohydrates aka CARBS. What are CARBS? Yes, traditional white table su...

Can Prediabetes Cause Tingling

hopeshell

I was curious if prediabetes can cause pins and needles feeling in the hands and feet rather consistently? I can't sit down for more tha...

9 answers | 1 comment

Does anyone have any suggestions for beating Diabetes?

RPhi

I want to know what I can do to continue to fight Diabetes. I really try to eat more green foods and fish. I currently have an allergy...

5 answers | 1 comment

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