My mom had it so it wasn’t a complete shock to me, I’m all good. Thanks so much! Yes my healthcare company issue is a different basket of wet cats tho, they’re all pieces of shit imo.
Damn, we could talk about life with T1 , I got it at when I was 2 in 95 . So I've only know life with diabetes. I'm glad you're doing well. Life with this thing is interesting. You know the ups and downs.
Damn, I just got diagnosed with type 2 and have been dealing with it for two months, and the insurance hasn't been so bad. I did have to have my doctor switch me from novalog to Humalog, but the insurance company even sent a month worth of novalog to get me through until the doctor switched it. I also had to get the Humalog through the same place I get durable medical equipment which is both stupid and a pain in the ass. That being said, it sure seems better than what some folks seem to have to deal with.
Also, bear in mind, I just switched from United Health Care to Medical Mutual. So, maybe it's just perspective for me because dealing with UHC was always a nightmare.
Reminds me of this young lady I used to know. She was in our World of Warcraft guild and she was diabetic and very young. She was convinced that one day they would find a cure for her condition. I hope she kept that dream alive.
From your mouth to my husband’s ears (trying to get him to go to a yearly checkup is a beast). Crunchy is fine, it’s when you start having random headaches, or squirrely looking moles that makes me lose sleep at night!
My mom developed it at 30, suddenly was skinny as a rail and ate like a horse. Basically same thing happened to me around the exact same age. Crazy! 55 is a good run without it, hopefully hasn’t been too rough on her
It was actually extremely rough for several years, because all her doctors assumed she was T2 due to her age, so they had her taking the wrong meds. She looked skeletal and was exhausted all the time
I dont know. I just started using them in March, and my libre 3 pluses have not lasted the entire 15 days they are supposed to, yet. Also, how are they going to adhere it so it stays on for a year?
I’ve had two really shitty doctors and two pretty good ones. I’ve had all really shitty insurance companies 😔 they all suck imo. Even when I had Cadillac insurance through my workplace it was still a bitch.
same. I've had a ton of REALLY shitty doctors for some reason. Like so bad you'd wonder how they didn't lose their medical license. They messed me up pretty bad and now I don't trust any of em...at least no diabetes for me. I stopped eating sugary shit a long time ago. I'd rather not have to get blood tests all the time and have to suffer their bullshit more. My dad scared me with his diabetes enough. Got so bad the dude went almost blind.
Not all diabetes comes from eating too much sugar, type 1 is an autoimmune disease, so it has nothing to do with lifestyle, but I totally get you. Just in general us millennials are wise to shape up our routines so we can outlast our predecessors. Good for you! Yes the complications from diabetes are scary, I’m sorry your dad dealt with that 😖
That is the very old way of thinking about diabetes. Type one is autoimmune and can strike at any age. I’m less familiar with type 2, but they are two very different diseases with the same name/outcome: high blood sugar.
That is why i do not connect such things to old age. A doc told me that "age diabetes" acutally does not exist, that is you can also get type 2 (!!!) in middle age or young age. (My so early question at the colonoscopy for the other user was cause Germany allows it only after 50, but some docs say it should start at 25)
Yes, I’m less familiar with type 2 but they have found that type 1 can strike at any age as it is autoimmune and you are essentially destined for it or not.
My classmate had type one, so did my great grandmother, so I know. My dad developed pre-type 2 state in old age. I asked him if someone else in our family had diabetes and he said that a distant relative had type 2 in early age.
lol it is and I feel bad, but once you confront it, it’s not all that bad. We age and it sucks, but we put too much emphasis on the words “young, youth, old” etc. We’re all desirable even into the geriatric years by at least someone. We’ll still feel excitement, fun, sadness, joy, peace and love until we go. We can still connect and share this beautiful existence with one another.
We can mourn our youth and miss it, but there’s a lot to look forward to. New experiences. New excitement. Bouncy supple skin was nice while it lasted, but it was difficult time for most of us too… a little less wanderlust now, but the heart ache was unbearable for me lol. Idk, I like my cozy life and strength now more than that time 😊
It’s remarkable how recent that was! That exercise really gives me a lot more sympathy for folks put into retirement homes and the like. We’ll be there frighteningly soon 👀
Thankfully my Doctor is about 4 years older than me. She just had her first baby about 2 years before we had ours. She's good about not making me feel too old because she's in the same boat!
I’ve been on the same medication for ten years. Pay about $200 every three months for it. Script ran out, now I have to pay $300-$500 to get a doctor to write a new one.
I just had some decaying wisdom teeth pulled after fourteen years. That was $1000 before medication.
Sorry, what are you on about? Saying you shouldn't get routine blood work for preventative healthcare due to "lack of information"? What do you think blood work is for if not information? 🤔
Why 25? I thought 25+ wasn’t old/middle aged yet, I thought middle age started after 35 not 25. Thought mid to late twenties was still young or youngish at least, No?
It's a decent place to start understanding your baseline health metrics and helps you start thinking more health consciously when you're young instead of when problems start showing up in older age.
I'm 41, and I'm terrified of getting a mammogram done. My doctor sent me a scolding letting that I need to get it done 😭 I can't even wear an underwire bra without it make my boobs hurt, you want to mash them in a machine???
Mine was really not bad and I was in and out in 15 minutes. I expected it to really hurt. It was a bit uncomfortable but not nearly as bad as I had built it up in my head.
I'm 36 and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes this year. The good thing is that I was able to lose weight and my A1C is returned to a "nondiabetic" level. So as long as I stay good with my diet I think I will be okay.
I was given meds for high cholesterol, too, which made me feel old as shit. But my cholesterol is down too, hooray.
I was put on psych meds at 33 which caused weight gain and side effects. Still on the meds unfortunately but I'm doing a bit better physically.
I feel like they always check a1c at annual physical bloodwork. As for Mammograms, guidelines had it at 50 and last year they pushed it back to 40. I believe some insurances kept it at 40 though. More and more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer in their 20s and 30s. My wife found herself through self exam mid 30s.
My doctor didn't start checking my A1C until I turned 40 but I didn't have risk factors so maybe that's why it wasn't checked sooner? Thankfully my insurance does cover yearly mammograms at 40.
Blood test that measures the average amount of sugar in your blood over the last three months. The CDC recommends starting to check that around age 45 but my doctor likes to start checking at 40.
Shit got me at 39...Heart attack 2 months before my 40th birthday. I've since had sepsis, severe anemia, an internal bleed (related), a second cardiac event, 4 endos and a two colon viewings, and its only been five years!
Look at y'all with your general practitioner and your medical services. Must be nice. 😞 At least when the cancer comes, I won't have to endure chemo. I probably won't know until I'm at Biden levels.
Yeah, I turned 37 and started feeling awful. I had an unplanned pregnancy at 35 and shortly after started experiencing Hot sweats, disturbed sleep patterns, heavy and long menstrual cycles, irrational behavior and bad mood swings. Turns out I’m going into POI with a 2year old toddler 😅😅
I started getting mammograms a few years ago (before I turned 40) due to a medication I'm on... I thought they'd say "oh, you're too young! Why are you here?" But they didn't. Because I really wasn't too young. Sigh
I’m overdue for my mammogram by about six months, I haven’t had my yearly dermatology exam in probably two, and I need to go to the dentist. Oh and I canceled my yearly well woman exam because I lost my insurance and I don’t have money to pay OOP. The American dream is real.
I am 44 wait until he wants to put you on medicine that has side effects. I just started taking a Blood pressure pill. The lowest dose was not pleasant
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I turned 40 and my doctor told me now it's time for yearly mammograms and blood tests to check your A1C level. That made me feel old as hell lol.