#type 2 diabetic

[crippledpunks]

i love you so much if you are diabetic, or pre-diabetic. our society treats diabetes so poorly. it's such a readily mocked condition, people often times resort to blaming the individual for having it, even going so far as to pass judgment on the diabetic's character, regardless of what type of diabetes they have.

diabetics are wonderful and deserve to love themselves regardless of whether or not they 'gave' themselves their diabetes. whether or not the person is "unhealthy" whether or not the person eats "right" or knows how to eat in ways that are safer for their body doesn't matter, they still deserve love, respect, and compassion.

diabetes is not a fucking judge of character. diabetics deserve better. diabetics deserve respect. diabetics deserve to be recognized as disabled. diabetics deserve kindness, love, care, compassion, and support. no matter what.

#diabetes #diabetic #type 2 diabetes #type 2 diabetic #type 1 diabetes #type 1 diabetic #cripple punk #crip punk #cpunk #cripplepunk #actually disabled #disability culture #disability rights #disability advocacy #our writing

[walterfartzroy]

i love you diabetics.

i love you type 1s, i love you type 1.5s, i love you type 2s, i love you prediabetics, i love you gestational diabetics, i love you diabetics who don't fit into a single type/have a specific type not mentioned here, i love you recently diagnosed diabetics, i love you diagnosed years ago diabetics, i love you diabetics who use CGMs, i love you diabetics who prick their fingers, i love you diabetics who do MDIs and fight with needles, i love you diabetics who use pods/pumps/infusion sets, i love you diabetics who use insulin inhalers, i love you diabetics who are sick and tired, i love you diabetics who went into DKA, i love you diabetics who have "bad" a1c, i love you diabetics that are struggling to stay motivated to care care of yourselves. i love you diabetics!!!!!!!!!

#and even if you weren't mentioned here somehow (i'm very sorry) and i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #tallorambles #t1d #t2d #diabetes #actually diabetic #actually disabled #spoonie #spoonies #disability positivity #type one diabetic #type two diabetic #type 1 diabetes #type 2 diabetic #type 1 diabetic #type 2 diabetes #OK I THINK IM DONE #sorry i made this because i am so so tired rn and want to spread positivity and love to my fellow so so tired diabetics #needle ment #needle mention #needle

[healthy-dude]

Why Blaming Carbs for Diabetes is Like Blaming Water for Drowning

Welcome to my post on why diabetes isn't just a sugary death sentence but a greasy one at that. Imagine your body is like a very finicky luxury car. You wouldn't fill its tank with maple syrup and bacon fat and expect it to run smoothly, would you? Well, your body works in a somewhat similar fashion—too much junk, especially fats, clogs up the works.

Here’s the breakdown for the medically uninitiated:

The Fat Trap: Think of saturated fat as the uninvited guest who crashes on your couch (skeletal muscles), refuses to leave, and blocks the door (prevents glucose from entering cells), causing a nasty traffic jam (elevated blood sugar).

Fructose – The Wolf in Sweet Clothing: Drinking your fructose in sodas is akin to trying to put out a fire with gasoline. It rushes in, overwhelms the system, and instead of being a quick energy source, it turns into fat. That's right, that sweet drink is more like a fat keg.

Cellular Traffic Jam: Here’s a fun fact — saturated fats cause a cellular traffic jam worse than Tokyo at rush hour. It messes up the whole energy production line, leading to increased blood sugar because glucose can’t get where it needs to go.

The Historical Angle: Historically, populations gorging on fats have shown more diabetes. Surprise, surprise. Meanwhile, high carb consumers (like the rural Chinese or Okinawans with their sweet potatoes) lived their days with hardly any diabetes. Maybe carbs aren’t the bad guys after all?

Sweeney’s 1927 Revelation: Since 1927, we've known that fats mess up insulin sensitivity. That's almost a century ago, and yet here we are, still debating whether to blame sugar or fat for diabetes.

So, what do we gather from this historic and scientific mishmash? Diabetes loves fat more than carbs. It's a lipid disease, mortals.

Advice from your not-so-friendly neighborhood nutri-student: Eat less saturated fat, dodge those sweet drinks, and maybe, just maybe, you’ll steer clear of the metabolic iceberg that diabetes really is.

Remember, when it comes to your health, sometimes the simplest advice is like Occam’s razor – cutting through the complexities to reveal a solution that’s, well, painfully obvious.

Stay healthy or, at the very least, try not to actively mess it up.

#health #health and wellness #diabetes #diabetic #prediabetic #type 2 diabetes #type 2 diabetic #food #chronic illness

[theblackqueen-ofmyheart]

You know what we need @fiery-red-kryptonite? We need a diabetic convention.

A few days long where diabetics of all ages could all get together and just talk, share things. both type 1 and type 2 diabetics. I know where I live there were diabetes camps but like…those were for kids and that’s great but so many people who are older need the support.

Because honestly no one understands a diabetic like another diabetic, doctors don’t get me the way you do. Other friends may try to help (and they do an amazing job when I need them to help) but I can just message you and go “holy shit the low I had today” and you understand and share what helps you. I can say “my lord the dream I had today” and you respond with “how was your blood sugar?”.

Plus I know way too many type 2 diabetics who are sorely uneducated on type 1 diabetes and I feel like they would learn better in an open, friendly environment rather than a doctors office where the doctor might not even fully know.

New diabetics who are scared and worried being able to talk face to face with elder diabetics who’ve been dealing with this Illness for most of their lives and hearing from some who knows first hand how they handle it. Being able to go back to their doctors with informed ideas on how to better manage their diabetes.

Panels set up by diabetics for diabetics (and their families because let’s be honest families need more education than they get too)

Little sales booths where diabetics can sell little trinkets to decorate pump or pen pouches. Little bears to help little kids with diabetes brave the injections (I had one his name was poke, he was my second favourite bear)

Just something for diabetics to get together in person and be able to share. Make connections with each other and finally feel a little bit less alone.

I don’t know this idea struck me while I was changing my sensor and I felt like a post that other diabetics may see and share etc would be nice……at least we can have a diabetic Tumblr group or something 😂

Edit: the post has been reblogged and liked a few times so I went ahead and made a discord so diabetics can connect in some way at the very least. The invite shouldn’t expire but if it does please let me know and I’ll put a new one or invite you personally.

#diabetics #diabetes #type one diabetic #type one diabetes #type two diabetes #type two diabetic #type 2 diabetes #type 1 diabetic #type 1 diabetes #type 2 diabetic #I’m actually considering blazing the post so more diabetics can see it…..

[ijustthinkevilunoisneat]

#hyper specific poll #hyperspecific poll #type 2 diabetes #type 2 diabetic #she hulk #nf #evil uno #aew #all elite wrestling #NRL #melbourne storm #doom patrol #i weigh with jameela jamil

[tomsteafor2]

If I'm going to have a chronic health condition, I might as well have a sense of humor about it

#type 2 diabetic #chronic illness #little shop of horrors #humor #dark humor

[needlepokes]

as a person who doesnt drink, i really want to know

(also, i know it's not an enjoyable experience but ive heard the comparison so many times that im curious)

#actually diabetic #diabetic #type 1 diabetes #type 1 diabetic #t1d #t1d life #type 2 diabetic #type 2 diabetes #diabetes

[thenapturalone]

Took my first dose of mounjaro this morning (before y’all jump down my fucking gullet, I am a Type 2 Diabetic). The doctor said it slows digestion which will act as an appetite suppressant. I did not expect the shit to work so fast tho.

I went out to eat with my wife and baby and ordered a wrap, a bowl of soup, a spankanopita, and a diet soda.

I had a cup and a half of the soda, the spankanopita, and half the wrap. Well, almost half the wrap. I took one bite too many and it almost all came back up. I was not expecting it to work so quickly. I’m taking all of the rest of it home.

The doctor told me that exact thing would happen. She said in the beginning I would take one bite too many and would instantly know my limit. Shit, imma have to start eating slower, drinking less or no liquid while eating, and ordering less.

God damn sugar betes smh. But I am glad I only have to stick myself once a week now instead of four times a day so I ain’t complaining 👌🏾

#thenapturalone #personal #mounjaro #diabetes #type 2 diabetes #type 2 diabetic

[eternaspacic]

type-2 diabetes pride flag!

i haven't seen a diabetes pride flag around, so i decided to make one! i'm type-2, so i decided to make a type-2 flag specifically! free to use with credit!

#my flags #type 2 diabetic #actually diabetic #actually diabetes #diabetes pride #disabled pride

[bjornkram]

I don't have room to add a see results option so if you're not diabetic please don't just click on an answer to see the results, sometimes things aren't for you and you just gotta learn to roll with it.

#t1d #t1.5d #t2d #type 1 diabetic #type 1.5 diabetic #type 2 diabetic #diabetic #diabetes #poll #grumbles

[evolution-ofa-geek]

GLOW - S1E8 Maybe Its All The Disco

Episode 132 - On this episode, I talk about my personal goals for next year and what I hope to accomplish physically and mentally and challenge you, the listeners, to go along on this journey with me. Will you be my accountability partners? On GLOW, Jenny whips up a party for Sheila's birthday while Sam helps Ruth deal with a new complication in her personal life. Mark changes his tune with Debbie.

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#pleasure passport #fitblr #fitness #type 2 diabetic #podcast #GLOW #gorgeous ladies of wrestling #netflix #wrestling #streamer #from under the apron #workout challenge #accountability #motivation

[multi-phantom]

I hate low blood sugar like wdym I feel like a pot of boiled potatoes bc I haven't had a little treat like???? "What's wrong with u" my blood is angry bc no food.

#i am so done with this #diabetes #diabetic #type two diabetes #type 2 diabetes #type 2 diabetic #type 1 diabetes

[cash4ennui]

I knew the mechanisms behind diabetes kind of but I met with a dietician today and the way he explained it made me internalize what it actually means and I feel like I might cry because I'm so happy things are getting better.

Like my body was literally not properly creating energy from the stuff I ate. No fucking wonder I was exhausted all the time. The medicine is helping that process work again and it's been a shock to understand just how bad my fatigue has been in retrospect because I am currently a feral animal who wants to make bad decisions

#biting you biting you biting you #type 2 diabetes #type 2 diabetic

[walterfartzroy]

trying to be nice to people when my blood sugar is over 200mg/dL is an olympic sport

#tallorambles #t1diabetic #t1d #type one diabetic #diabetes #diabetic #actually disabled #actually diabetic #i'm not type 2 but I'm tagging it too because i love my type 2 folks aswell<3 we're all in this together #type 2 diabetes #type 2 diabetic #t2d

[oimoi-op]

Insurance hasn't sent sibling's monthly dexcom equipment and won't return her calls , and she's trying to restart her sensor when it's trying to fall off. Luckily I get refilled next week, so I can bring her my last one for this month and restart my current sensor. I'm totally cool with doing that or else I wouldn't have offered, but I just want to let those who don't already know that not only do diabetics *sometimes* have to rely on other diabetics' compassion to survive, it's a *regular* occurrence. She literally went DKA last month. She's not even 19 yet. Her introduction to this thing was watching our mom drive me to the ICU less than an hour before I would've died, and now she's got it too. She doesn't want to die. We don't want to die. We live on the whims of companies who profit by making sure we're just barely alive until we're not, and then they just move on to the newly diagnosed. The only people who really care about us can't do anything to make this stop otherwise they already would've, and the people who can do something don't give a flying fuck. There are over 30 million of us in the US and we might as well be nothing more than wallets except that many of us are dying and it's slow and painful and we're aware every fucking minute. I just don't want to die like that.

#and that's just diabetes. almost 35 million with *diabetes* #not counting other disabled folks in a similar boat #it's all so fucked so so fucked #disabilities #disabled #diabetes #actually diabetic #type 1 diabetes #type 1 diabetic #type one diabetic #type one diabetes #type 2 diabetes #type 2 diabetic #type two diabetes #type two diabetic #healthcare #us healthcare is a joke

[emrysthegoodwitch]

Fan-fucking tastic

There is no area in my life where type one diabetes doesn't cause fucking problems.

Apparently, as a woman with T1D I'm MORE PRONE TO UTI's BECAUSE OF FUCKING HIGH BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS

I'm fucking done.

AND IF I GET MARRIED MY HEALTHCARE GETS TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE I UNFORTANETLY LIVE IN THE USA.

My plan when I was in high school to become a monk or forest witch is once again becoming more appealing

#type one diabetes #type one diabetic #type 2 diabetic #type 2 diabetes #diabetes #actually diabetic #diabetic #women's health #mental health #healthcare #womenshealth #diabetichealth #sexualhealth #diabeticsexualhealth