Category: Experiences

  • Metformin Low Blood Sugar

    Metformin is a common diabetes medication. I was prescribed Metformin when I first was diagnosed with diabetes. Metformin is a cheap medication, available as a generic, and it works very well for many people with Type 2 Diabetes. For people with LADA Diabetes, Metformin may work initially to lower blood glucose levels, but as LADA…

  • My First Thanksgiving with Diabetes

    My First Thanksgiving with Diabetes

    This feels like my first Thanksgiving with diabetes, but it’s actually my 5th or 6th.  I don’t remember when I was officially diagnosed. I think the reason it feels like a first, is that it’s my first Thanksgiving with a continuous glucose meter (CGM) which makes me much more aware of my blood sugar levels.  I’m…

  • Weight Loss as a symptom of LADA Diabetes

    Weight Loss as a symptom of LADA Diabetes

    I lost over 50 pounds in the two years leading up to my diabetes diagnosis.  I didn’t know that the weight loss was a symptom of anything going wrong.  I had previously struggled with unexplained weight gain, so unexplained weight loss I welcomed. The Mayo clinic maintains a page listing potential causes of unexplained weight…

  • How I disputed a Medical Bill

    How I disputed a Medical Bill

    a surprise bill Five years after being diagnosed with diabetes, and two years after starting insulin for it, I moved across the state.  I researched the area I was moving to and set up an appointment with an endocrinologist.  There was only one endocrinologist in 300 miles and they were scheduling new patients 9 months out. …

  • Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), people experience it differently

    Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), people experience it differently

    What does hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) feel like? One of my “learned skills” from having diabetes is recognizing when I may have hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. Hypoglycemia is defined as a blood glucose reading less than [bgl]70[/bgl]. When the body’s glucose level drops, the body pumps out the hormone adrenaline, which causes a whole…