GLIPIZIDE vs INSULIN ASPART

Just wanted to share some great news. My grandfather had diabetes and even had to have his leg amputated later in life. I watched growing up how restrictive his diet was. My father and brother were also diagnosed later. 2 years ago, after thinking I had restless leg syndrome, I got a blood test

My A1c results after four months of carb reduction, intermittent fasting, apple cider vinegar, cardio and a 60lbs weight loss... 5.4%! Plus Metformin, Glipizide and ~~Trulicity~~\*. Hoping to be able to decrease the meds and hopefully not have to start insulin. My a1c was previously > 11, thankf

For the first time since I started getting my A1C checked regularly, it is now in normal range! I got my recent labs back, and it was 5.7. It was as high as 11.7 as late as two years ago, and has regularly been in the 8+ range for several years. in July, it was 6.7. It has taken a combination of Met

6 months ago, after complaining of hypos in the middle of the night from Glipizide, my doctor took me off of it and put me on Mounjaro. I've been steadily increasing my dosage every few months and am up to 10mg now. He told me that I wouldn't need to check my glucose more than once a day which signi

1/ yes, I know, there's room for improvement. That's always going to be true. I'm okay with being a work in progress. :) 2/ I started off 14++ earlier this year and my PCP stressed the need for a gentle slope of reduction in sugars so complications wouldn't plague me as much. 3/ I started off with

January 31, I had an A1c of 12.4. My endo wanted to start me on insulin, but I decided I was going to try to take control of the factors that I knew I was not paying attention to. Revamped my diet, cut calories, slowly incorporated exercise, filled the nutritional gaps I needed with supplements, and

Back in October my a1c was 11.6 yesterday got my new results for my a1c and I'm at 8.4 I need to tell someone that understands me and that is you guys.i have just been taking all my medications i take metformin 1000 and glipizide 10 mg and I stopped eating late at night and stopped all the soft drin

EDIT: I realized that I put 5.7 in the title. It's actually 5.4. Just want to share my story because the last three months has been a roller coaster both physically and mentally. Hopefully this helps for those who needs guidance. I [29M] was diagnosed August of this year with an A1C of 11.5 with a f

For some reason a childhood memory popped into my head just now. We were driving somewhere with another family and their mom was in diabetic shock. My mom stormed into an Italian restaurant demanding a sweet tea. The staff were hesitant. Meanwhile the lady in distress was not in her right mind and s

there are two stories about my mother being judgmental regarding my symptoms, and here they go. when i (20f) was in 8th grade, there was a high school entrance exam that i was going to take in june. the whole year was horrible for me; apart from being severely depressed, whenever i sat down to study

From her instagram account: “ I spent 9 days in ICE detention and it was the worst days of my life. My case was eventually terminated because I had filed the necessary paperwork with USCIS (I'm married to a US citizen, that's why we were at our green card interview) The whole experience was beyond t

* I recently published a comprehensive guide for people who have never heard of the keto diet or want to know more. This was very well received [on /r/keto](https://redd.it/4vhrv5) and I'm sure /r/fitness would benefit as well from this information because diet is one of the most powerful and effect

Tw: Chronic condition. My baby boy was diagnosed with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes, our lives haven't been the same eversince, we've been struggling with accepting his condition as the new normal while trying to learn as much as we can and be able to provide our son with the best care and mi

Is anyone able to clarify this for me, I’m an RPh but I hadn’t heard anything about this before. I had a patient who was (correctly) dispensed several vials of generic insulin aspart as per the prescription (no DAW or prescriber note requesting brand name) and our state laws pertaining to generic d

Coverage from Kaiser Health News with links: [https://khn.org/morning-breakout/nonprofit-civica-rx-to-make-insulin-for-under-30-a-vial/](https://khn.org/morning-breakout/nonprofit-civica-rx-to-make-insulin-for-under-30-a-vial/) Earlier this week, there was lots of discussion about Mark Cuban's Cost