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Impact Of Extreme Heat And Humidity...
A DiabetesTeam Member asked a question 💭

I'm DT1. I'm in hyperglycemia a lot when it's very hot and humid... Do you also experience this? How do you deal with it?

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You should stay in Air Conditioning and drink plenty of water 🥰

Janumet
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Has anyone had problems with their throat and mouth while taking Janumet . I would get this ball of phlegm in my throat, and my teeth would ache and now sometimes my mouth will become very very dry and I would get a tin taste or a burning feeling in my mouth.

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Now that you said it about phlegm and dry mouth I understand I sometimes feel that too, I boil Peachtree leaves an hour before breakfast and dinner time since then it has sudsided

Can I Reverse Diabetes 2?
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Don't want to live with diabetez 2 for the rest of my life.

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You will always be a diabetic.

Can I Reverse Diabetes 2?
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Don't want to live with diabetez 2 for the rest of my life.

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Sorry, but you will have diabetes for the rest of your life barring some miracle cure that is nowhere on the horizon

Reversal or Remission does NOT mean that you are no longer diabetic

They are… read more

Can I Reverse Diabetes 2?
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Don't want to live with diabetez 2 for the rest of my life.

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Alta3, sadly Diabetes is something you will have for the rest of your life. The good news, if there is such a thing, is that good control could put the disease in remission. Control is hard work, but… read more

Hypothyroidism, Type 2
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With my hypothyroidism and being type 2 is there still a possibility of reversing my diabetes, I've been a diabetic so long ang I know hypothyroidism and having diabetes is hereditary, but I would like to know if it's possible.

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My grandmother, father, Sister & myself all have under active thyroid and take the generic for Synthroid medicine for it.

What Do I Drink And Eat? Breakfast Lunch Dinner And Alcohol?? I Mean Life Doesn't Stop Just Because I'm Diabetic. Help!
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Recently diagnosed with type two diabetes

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Thank you sir!

What Does Diabetes Mean To You.Diabetes And What I Do In Response To It, Saved My Life.
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Hi all you warriors
I was diagnosed with diabetes in February 2021.
Both my parents passed 30 years ago from diabetes complications and comorbidities. I always knew it was not a matter of if, but when for me.

I am the oldest of 8. All my siblings were diagnosed with diabetes 10-20 years before my diabetes diagnosis in February 2021.

I started an ultralow net carb right eating lifestyle, with no diabetes medications, when I was diagnosed with diabetes. I now maximize my carbs at 5 carbs per… read more

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Hope is gd diabetes is my battle every day

How Is Diabetes Defined In The Medical Community?
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All of us here have either been diagnosed with Diabetes or have someone close to us that have been given the news

So what is the "criteria" that separates us from Joe or Jane SugerEater?

Currently it is simply having an A1C, above 6.5% (47.5 mmol's in the IFCC scale) "twice in a row" measured 90 days apart

That's it, that's all - that "test" is all that is required for the Doc to determine "You have Diabetes"

No matter what you do after that, no matter how you control your blood sugar - no… read more

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I feel your pain in my 74 year old left knee. I cannot walk as long or far and totally understand. I find wearing a knee sleeve does help me when I am walking. Even the cheaper (under $4 in… read more

How Do You Deal With Diabetes Burnout And Depression
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type two diabetic

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See a professional

Counsellor, psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker

In Ontario we have great access covered by OHIP - if you have a local diabetes clinic (often part of a health team or in an… read more