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Type 2

Do type 2 diabetics benefit by taking purgative or laxatives medications routinely?

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I am a 26 year old male with type 2 diabetes. From what I understand, people my age with type 2 diabetes are rare. My efforts to find some kind of support or even information on dealing with type 2 diabetes as a young adult have come up dry.

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I am a 52 year old who has type 2 diabetes treated with Glucophage, but I’m m really having a problem keeping my blood sugars below 250 mg/dl [13.9 mmol/L]. I am trying to finish college in the next six months. At what blood glucose level does a person with diabetes need an adjustment in treatment plan? How can I adapt, get control, and make it through until graduation?

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I have had type 2 diabetes which is being controlled with diet and exercise. On strenuous exercise days, my blood sugar remains normal for the whole day, but spikes at bedtime. I am trying to achieve some consistency here without medication, but I start to obsess when I get the bedtime high. Do I need intermittent insulin to knock down these bedtime highs? Would adding insulin cause more lows?

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I have type 2 diabetes and my A1c is in the normal range with diet and exercise control alone, but I find one to three blood glucose elevations per week (up to the 150 mg/dl [8.3 mmol/L] range). My weight is completely normal, and I refuse to try diabetes pills due to their side effects. What damage, if any, is likely being caused by post meal and/or bedtime highs? If the A1c is normal, and a patient cannot tolerate pills, is it appropriate to use insulin intermittently for a few weekly spikes?

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My 75 year old dad has type 2 diabetes and has recently been diagnosed with a failing heart. He is on oxygen at night to help his heart. He has also recently been waking up in the morning with extremely low blood sugar even though his doctor had him cut back on his medication, and he has juice before bed, etc. Any suggestions?

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I have had type 2 diabetes for almost two years, treated with diet and exercise, I am taking a diuretic along with steroids, and my blood sugar average has been 135 mg/dl [7.5 mmol/L] for the last 30 days. How long should I let it go this high? How high is too high before a diabetic drug is added?

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Nine years ago, at time of my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, I was quite overweight. I went on a low fat diet and once I got my weight down, my blood sugar normalized. Now my blood sugar is not good at all. Two weeks ago, I was waking up with elevated readings, so my physician put me on Glucovance, and I have several questions.

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Do you know where I can locate the survival or mortality rate for type 2 diabetes?

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I have type 2 diabetes, and, on my last trip to my primary care physician, I had gained some weight so I went straight to our local health club and started working out on a daily basis. My morning readings went up so I started monitoring twice a day. Now, no matter what time of the day, they are within the same range. Why is this happening?

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