Diabetes occurs when the body either doesn’t produce enough insulin or can’t effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar (glucose) levels by allowing glucose to enter cells for energy. When this process is disrupted, blood sugar levels rise, leading to diabetes.

There are two main types of diabetes:
1. Type 1 Diabetes – This is an autoimmune condition where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, leading to little or no insulin production. The exact cause is unknown, but genetic and environmental factors (like viral infections) may play a role.
2. Type 2 Diabetes – This occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn’t produce enough to maintain normal blood sugar levels. It is often linked to genetics, obesity, physical inactivity, and poor diet.

Other forms include gestational diabetes, which occurs during pregnancy, and prediabetes, where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diabetes diagnosis.

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Need to take the test to determined.

Mine is Type-1
Was on Metformin and Tranaligpin for years and because my diet were bad, so glucose level over the roof

Symptoms:
Hunger all the time
Weight loss of 20kg
Urinate frequently
Thirsty all the time
Wound not healing properly
Foot pain all the time
Feeling fatigue all the time

2 weeks ago, it was 21.5 mmol/g when did a health check.
Doctor prescribed insulin to me, 15ml x3 at the moment
Monitor 3x a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Before take insulin and after take insulin + meal

Night -> morning - glucose level lowest at 7.5 mmol/g

Have to report to doctor every time, on the chat lol, show her what I ate and then been scolded all the time

Right now:
All symptoms is gone

Feeling better.

Breakfast:
Salad (cucumber, tomato, green leaf, lettuce)
Solid food can be anything:
- boiled chicken
- grilled chicken
- fried chicken

Anything that without rice, noodles or carb

Lunch
Salad again
Solid food can be anything: Boiled chicken, grilled pork, fried
chicken

No rice, noodles or carb

Dinner
Sometimes KFC burger and fried chicken
Grilled chicken, or boiled chicken

The thing is, I don’t cook, and my wife doesn’t cook as well, we are eating through take away ALL the time lol..

My only exercise:
Make love ❤️ lol

I didn’t and lazy to exercise for now.. waiting my condition back to optimum, will start running

I’ve no idea, I had been prescribed with metformin and tranaligpin for years. Been to few different hospital, all these doctor gave me the same prescription. There are also one hospital doctor kinda gave me wrong diagnosis causing me more pain for few months.. that’s another story

It was working until it was not (because I didn’t control my diet -> roti canai, teh Tarik, sweet drink (chagee) Starbucks, latte.
And I don’t work out and exercise at all, too lazy and busy

Since I have 2 kids now, recent body fatigue motivate me to re do health check at one of most expensive hospital in vietnam (I emigrate here, as my wife is Vietnamese)

This new doctor when first visit and look at my leg ( wound that healed but dark) and medical report, was angry that I’m young and already had all this condition, she loook genuine.

So she said dont take metformin anymore:
1. No carb (rice, noodles, bread, fried thing)
2. Exercise
3. Take insulin and report to her every single time on what food I ate, the glucose level.

She will then advise me on the dose of insulin to take as well. She prescribed 1 month of insulin for me.

The health system here in vietnam:
Doctor prescribed meds, and these meds you get yourself either in hospital or outside at the pharmacy.

This post has been edited by cuddlybubblyteddy: Mar 9 2025, 07:12 AM

She also give me this.



Did you test Peptid-C ? This is to determine type of diabetes

This post has been edited by cuddlybubblyteddy: Mar 9 2025, 08:25 AM

Morning diet



Currently the most effective to control sugar

Lots of green + boiled chicken

That’s the reason why I lost 20kg

No matter how much I ate keep losing weight.. because since I don’t have enough insulin, it burn 🔥 too much energy

You are well inform and knowledgeable about this, are you in medical field or read a lot medical journal?