As a Type 2 diabetic in France, I sometimes wish I could just take insulin (despite being terrified of needles) because it's frustrating when the smallest amount of carbs makes me go high and feeling like crap but I have no choice, it's either don't eat carbs or feel like junk from the high blood sugars afterwards so I wish I could have a way to fix it that is not just "wait it out and drink tons of water to flush it out". I was diagnosed in 2015, at the age of 34. I had gestational diabetes in 2005 and had to take insulin then, and was warned that I could develop type 2 diabetes within the next 10 years, so when I felt the extreme thirst, frequent urination and fatigue, I knew what it might be, and my doctor prescribed the blood test and the diagnosis was made, thankfully my A1C wasn't too high and I managed it through diet and exercise for 4 years before I had to start taking medication because my A1C increased. So I started taking Metformin and have been for the past 4 years, and when my doctor increased the dosage last year, the side effects were awful (although I had no side effects when I first started on Metformin) so she changed it to Stagid which is a different type of metformin and it's better on the side effects part. However I still get high after consuming carbs, and my fasting blood sugars are often in the 140s. And although it lowered my A1C at first, it's slowly going back up again. But the protocol from the health authority here for Type 2 says that you have to go through several stages of oral medication and combinations (you start on monotherapy, then bitherapy and when that becomes insufficient, you can be started on a mix of oral medicine and insulin and if you don't follow that protocol, the insulin won't be paid for. We actually don't get prescribed a glucometer and test strips either unless we take medicine that could make you have hypoglycemia (which metformin doesn't). I have a glucometer and pay for test strips out of pocket, but only check sometimes in the morning or when I don't feel good. From time to time I decide to check consistantly several times a day for a few days to a week. My doctor only bases her medicine prescription decisions on my A1C which is what is recommended, but doesn't take into consideration how high my blood sugars get after meals. She tells me not to deprive myself and to allow myself to have treats every now and then, but when I know how awful it makes me feel when I eat them, it makes it not so enjoyable and eating as a whole is a struggle when it feels like just looking at a loaf of bread will make me go high.
The way the treat type 2 diabetes is wrong.. the only way to maintain diabetes with pills is if you do and eat everything the same everyday. If there’s a change at all it will mess up your sugars.. type 2 diabetics should also be given fast acting insulin so they can actually adjust when needed . Right now they make type 2 diabetics stress out because they can’t actually control their sugars, and it’s impossible to eat and do everything the same everyday.. i find they play dumb in this situation and you should do some research and make them actually help you.
As a Type 2 diabetic in France, I sometimes wish I could just take insulin (despite being terrified of needles) because it's frustrating when the smallest amount of carbs makes me go high and feeling like crap but I have no choice, it's either don't eat carbs or feel like junk from the high blood sugars afterwards so I wish I could have a way to fix it that is not just "wait it out and drink tons of water to flush it out". I was diagnosed in 2015, at the age of 34. I had gestational diabetes in 2005 and had to take insulin then, and was warned that I could develop type 2 diabetes within the next 10 years, so when I felt the extreme thirst, frequent urination and fatigue, I knew what it might be, and my doctor prescribed the blood test and the diagnosis was made, thankfully my A1C wasn't too high and I managed it through diet and exercise for 4 years before I had to start taking medication because my A1C increased. So I started taking Metformin and have been for the past 4 years, and when my doctor increased the dosage last year, the side effects were awful (although I had no side effects when I first started on Metformin) so she changed it to Stagid which is a different type of metformin and it's better on the side effects part. However I still get high after consuming carbs, and my fasting blood sugars are often in the 140s. And although it lowered my A1C at first, it's slowly going back up again. But the protocol from the health authority here for Type 2 says that you have to go through several stages of oral medication and combinations (you start on monotherapy, then bitherapy and when that becomes insufficient, you can be started on a mix of oral medicine and insulin and if you don't follow that protocol, the insulin won't be paid for. We actually don't get prescribed a glucometer and test strips either unless we take medicine that could make you have hypoglycemia (which metformin doesn't). I have a glucometer and pay for test strips out of pocket, but only check sometimes in the morning or when I don't feel good. From time to time I decide to check consistantly several times a day for a few days to a week. My doctor only bases her medicine prescription decisions on my A1C which is what is recommended, but doesn't take into consideration how high my blood sugars get after meals. She tells me not to deprive myself and to allow myself to have treats every now and then, but when I know how awful it makes me feel when I eat them, it makes it not so enjoyable and eating as a whole is a struggle when it feels like just looking at a loaf of bread will make me go high.
The way the treat type 2 diabetes is wrong.. the only way to maintain diabetes with pills is if you do and eat everything the same everyday. If there’s a change at all it will mess up your sugars.. type 2 diabetics should also be given fast acting insulin so they can actually adjust when needed . Right now they make type 2 diabetics stress out because they can’t actually control their sugars, and it’s impossible to eat and do everything the same everyday.. i find they play dumb in this situation and you should do some research and make them actually help you.
i find diet and exercise and pills just don't do it!