because i am allergic to a lot of insulin sorts i had too use al lot of them and there was also abasaglar or is it the name in holland they use for it? Or maby it is something else?

Diabetis very low in the morning
I am on 10 mg of glipizide

type two diabetic

I recently had a hysterectomy operation and the wound got a whole and the journey with being diabetic and healing is tough .. and alone

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

According to data demographics in the USA.

We have been told that the diabetes incidence of the general population of the USA is almost 12%

Diabetes is much more common in the 65+ age group than we were led to believe.
29.2% of all adults 65 are diabetic.
By age 75 it is almost 35% diabetic.

So as diagnosed with diabetes, we are not alone. We are almost 1 in every 3, 65 year olds as diabetic.

In my church, there are 11 of us 65 +. All but 3 are diabetic
How have I obtained this… read more

I have been told that after having this surgery I would no longer have to treat my diabetes. However I am wondering if I would be trading one set of problems for another. Since I have a weight problem being approved is not a problem, but I prefer to do things as naturally as possible. Some insight would be helpful and appreciated.

My diabetes is genetic is started out as pre diabetic now it is type 2 it runs in both sides of my family I was told yesterday that is it genetic tell me I’m not alone.