Questions & Answers

I work overnights five nights a week Mondays to Fridays
12 am to 8 am so my meals are a little different. I take my insulin and other medications at lunch 12:30 pm and bed time is
1:30 pm to 2 pm. I usually wake up at 9:30 pm leaving home at 10:30 pm. So I usually pack my work lunch when I get home in the morning, portion control work lunch. Nothing heavy for work lunch because no sleeping on the job for me.
I appreciate any help you can give.

I’m sure many wonder, why is the Doc prescribing this for me

The answer is quite simple

Most Doctors at least in the member countries of this group use Treatment Guidelines established by a panel of experts specifically for the treatment of Type 2

The various drugs are separated into 4 Tiers

The only Tier 1 drug is Metformin – why is it prescribed first?

Because it allows the patient to do their part, start eating better, lose some weight and exercise which will limit the “self induced”… read more

I thought of this question from a number of posts where particularly new members come here asking for "medical advice" when we are simply a support group

During an Ambassadors meeting the other day a pertinent subject came up as well where the AI Bot uses information posted in the group along with whatever (medical) source to formulate an answer to a question asked

Now I know a fair bit about diabetes - grew up around it and took an interest and do a lot of reading - mostly university and… read more

A number of new members and some may be wondering "Why Me"

A "Disease" is defined as: a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that has a known cause and a distinctive group of symptoms, signs, or anatomical changes

So first off we can play a game of semantics and get hung up as to whether Type 2 is a Disease or a Metabolic Disorder or a Condition but none of that really matters

If your Doc orders an A1C test and your A1C is >6.4% twice in a row… read more