I’m constantly getting low glucose alerts but my cgm reading is consistently 10 points lower than a finger prick, so they’re not actually lows. But having it constantly going off multiple times a day is the most obnoxious thing in the world. Is there really no way to set this lower?
I’m really craving a hamburger, fries, and a Coke Zero so badly I can taste it in my mouth lol.
Any tips on how to help curb this? I’ve been working so hard to limit my carb intake and really make sure the lifestyle changes I’m working on stick and keep myself motivated to get this disease under control, and I’m afraid that one slip up will send me spiraling into an early grave and I really just want to live a long, healthy life. But these food cravings are terrifying me
Sorry, I have the reader, so I didn’t have a better way to get a picture of it, since the app won’t let me scan the sensor into it if I’ve linked it to the reader.
Anyway, I’m having these rises of my blood glucose in the mornings, even though I haven’t had breakfast or anything since I usually skip that with work and everything.
Is there a way to prevent this? I know rises after eating are normal, but I haven’t eaten anything. Is it because I’m eating too much the previous day? I keep meaning to ask my doctor about it, but whenever appointment day comes all of my questions just leave my mind.
My doctor has had me on Ozempic and we increased my dosage to .5 and as of today doctor wants to increase to 1mg, which is all fine and dandy.
My question is, I got a letter in the main from my pbm, cvs Caremark, saying that I have to enroll in Maintenance Choice and get 90 day supplies of my metformin and Ozempic. For the metformin it’s okay, because that dose we don’t plan to change since I’m doing really well on the 500mg bid. The issue is the Ozempic, since we’re still titrating up to the full dose. My doctor said she really doesn’t want me on 1mg for three months, and that ideally she would’ve liked to keep upping my dosage since I’m responding so well to it with manageable side effects that disappear after less than a week with each dosage increase. But if we don’t do the 90 day supply my insurance won’t cover it any longer.
Is it possible to fight this or get an exemption since my dosage is still in the process of getting to the weekly maintenance baseline for me?
Has anyone had any experience like this before?
So I’ve been on ozempic for about three weeks now, and I’ve noticed that suddenly foods I hated taste absolutely amazing now.
I’ve never been an egg person, but now I can really go all out on hard boiled eggs.
Anyone else noticed anything similar? Is it a permanent change, or does it kind of settle down the longer you’re on ozempic?
So I’m on 500mg of metformin bid and 0.25 ozempic once a week and my cgm is constantly going off and alerting me to low blood glucose levels. In the middle of the night it dropped into the fourties and I’m constantly having issues with having low blood glucose levels.
Any advice on how I can combat this? Because I’m eating plenty, but it’s like no matter what I do this past week I can’t get it high enough. Two hours after eating my blood glucose now is around 80.
Was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 29 years old after bloodwork showed my a1c at 8.3.
My doctor has me on a metformin/ozempic combination. So it’s been a little over a week on metformin and just took my first injection of ozempic a couple days ago. Doctor recommended I use a continuous glucose monitor so I have one of those on now, but also been doing finger sticks to just monitor things.
I honestly don’t even know how to cope. I feel so depressed and anxious and embarrassed that I allowed this to happen to myself. I’m working on improving my diet, cutting out carbs, incorporating more vegetables and lean proteins and fiber, it’s just all so disheartening. I feel like i can’t enjoy life because I’m always so worried and anxious about what my blood glucose levels are. It’s so bad that I’m terrified to eat, because I’m worried about how it’s going to affect my glucose levels.
Between the anxiety and nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea from the metformin and ozempic I’ve lost 10 pounds already, most of which is probably from water weight.
I ate two hours ago and my blood glucose is 114, and anytime I see it over 100 I panic, I just feel so lost and confused. I’m trying not to let it get to me too much because pretty much my entire family has diabetes (mom, dad, younger sister, grandparents on both sides, and my aunts so I’m a little used to seeing how it’s managed) it’s just depressing me so much. I have no interest in anything anymore. All I want to do is curl up in bed every day and cry, but I know that won’t accomplish anything. Any advice to a newly diagnosed?