Hi everyone,
I'm new here.
I'm 37 years old. I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 16, I was pregnant when they found it. At that time I controlled it with diet and metformin. It got better for a while. Now the last 5 years have been a struggle. Last year my levels shot up to 500+ if I didn't take insulin. I started Levemir about a year ago. I was taking ..I can't remember the name of it..it was a short acting one and now I take Novolog before meals instead. So I take a dose of levemir in the morning and one at night and then the novolog for my meals. I'm really struggling a lot. I'm not sure if I am type 1 or 2 and it sounds like I need to talk to my dr. about finding out for sure. All this time we just assumed I was type 2 because it runs in my family but my dr. was unaware that I was diagnosed at 16 and had not been to see a doctor since I was pretty young.
My BS has come down to the low 200's now and sometimes upper 100's.
One thing that has been happening the last few weeks is that I am dizzy. Sometimes I think I'm almost going to pass out. I'm not sure if this is connected to my diabetes or not. I test and find that I'm in the 200's....which should not be making me feel that way.
In the last year I've taken off 50 lbs. but unfortunately, my BS did not get better, in fact it got worse because I didn't take my insulin. I also have high cholesterol now.
I still have about 100 lbs to take off and I'm trying really hard to eat right and exercise. However, my insurance will not pay for a diabetes educator as my dr recommends. So basically, I am on my own.
So I'm here to learn!
I'm new here.
I'm 37 years old. I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 16, I was pregnant when they found it. At that time I controlled it with diet and metformin. It got better for a while. Now the last 5 years have been a struggle. Last year my levels shot up to 500+ if I didn't take insulin. I started Levemir about a year ago. I was taking ..I can't remember the name of it..it was a short acting one and now I take Novolog before meals instead. So I take a dose of levemir in the morning and one at night and then the novolog for my meals. I'm really struggling a lot. I'm not sure if I am type 1 or 2 and it sounds like I need to talk to my dr. about finding out for sure. All this time we just assumed I was type 2 because it runs in my family but my dr. was unaware that I was diagnosed at 16 and had not been to see a doctor since I was pretty young.
My BS has come down to the low 200's now and sometimes upper 100's.
One thing that has been happening the last few weeks is that I am dizzy. Sometimes I think I'm almost going to pass out. I'm not sure if this is connected to my diabetes or not. I test and find that I'm in the 200's....which should not be making me feel that way.
In the last year I've taken off 50 lbs. but unfortunately, my BS did not get better, in fact it got worse because I didn't take my insulin. I also have high cholesterol now.
I still have about 100 lbs to take off and I'm trying really hard to eat right and exercise. However, my insurance will not pay for a diabetes educator as my dr recommends. So basically, I am on my own.
So I'm here to learn!