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I was diagnosed with type 2 last year. A nurse said I could be “diabetes-free” if I were to lose weight. Is this true?

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Is it the standard to discharge a diabetic patient without teaching before discharge, to facilitate matters so that patient’s needs will be addressed? When hospitalized in July, my elderly mother was given insulin for high blood sugars, then discharged without diabetes education. This just doesn’t seem right to me.

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I’ve controlled my diabetes through diet and exercise, but no longer have the willpower to diet. Am I better off on medications? I’ve heard they add to the risk of death.

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What are indications for a type 2 diabetic to become type 1?

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I find that if I eat a lot of grains, my blood sugar is elevated for several hours. So, I would think that eliminating them would help. Would I learn anything else from an OGTT? Could my Grave’s disease be causing elevated blood sugars?

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Is persistent hyperglycemia a stress to the body? Can well controlled type 2 diabetics get occasional sub-fatal hypoglycemia causing the occasional stimulation of stress hormones?

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I accidentally gave myself Lantus this morning instead of Victoza. What is going to happen?

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I have type 2 diabetes, and take two different kinds of diabetes pills.. For the past four days, my morning blood sugars have been about 230 mg/dl [12.8 mmol/L]. I have had some stress in my life for the past week or so. Could this be the cause, or am I in some other trouble? When should I call my doctor?

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I have experienced lower blood sugar readings post moderate to stressful exercise of about 20 minutes duration. However, I see questions about increased blood sugar after exercise which you say are normal. Please clarify.

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I am 39 years old, I have had type 2 for about six months, and I seem to be having hot flashes which appear to impair my glucose a few days a month. Are my hormone levels raising or decreasing my insulin secretion or causing my insulin resistance? I there any way to tell the sequence of events that is going on?

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