Excited to celebrate my birthday 6-yrs after diabetes diagnosis

Happy birthday

Happy Birthday (mine was yesterday) and I have been a Type2 diabetic for 30 years. I am 77. I take Metformin,watch my diet and exercise and drink lots of water. You have to adjust—good luck and perseverance.

Hello @chocolate5lover and @susu2🎈

Happy birthday to you both and congratulations on the good job you have done controlling your blood sugar levels.

If you care to share, can you tell me how you are feeling? Also, what has been the biggest challenge for you in developing a diabetes-friendly lifestyle?

Hello @mariemohar. I see that this is your first post on Mayo Connect, welcome!

I'm glad that you joined in our birthday celebration today. 🎈 If you care to share more about yourself, do you also have Diabetes?

@chocolate5lover Happy Birthday! Mine was last week on the 25th - I wish it was only my 51st. Sounds like you are doing great with your diabetes too, congratulations on that also.
JK

@contentandwell

And happy birthday to you, too! 🎈

Balloons to all!

Wow! Thirty years is a very long time to have diabetes, congratulations on all those years of success! I too follow the same pattern that you do--I take Metformin, watch my diet, and exercise 5 or 6 days a week, and drink water all day long. You are my new hero. I still have trouble with some very big drops in sugar--especially during any kind of exercise. I will keep you in mind when I get discouraged. Happy Belated Birthday--may God bless you with many, many more.

Thanks for the birthday wishes. On most days, I feel pretty good. I live in the "South" where fat and grease are on most people's plates here. Louisiana is known for its delicious food. My biggest challenge is the state I live in--where celebrating any occasion usually means large amounts of delicious food (prepared by some of the best cooks in the world). I suffer from huge drops in blood sugar--100 to 150 points, at times. It usually just happens when I am trying to do any physical type work--and I have found that the extreme heat and humidity here causes my sugar to rise drastically and then fall. So, i would say my location has been the biggest challenge for me over the last 6 years.

@chocolate5lover, have a Happy, Happy, Birthday! I am grateful for every one the Good Lord gives me. I am 74 and have had diabetes for 2 1/2 years. I can appreciate your problem as I live in the South too and food is always a part of any celebration whether a birth or a death and everything in between. I also find that even relatives and close friends are not as tolerant if people don't eat and praise all the illegal foods. But, I have changed my eating completely to everything roasted or baked and lots of chicken and green veggies. I am lucky so far that I don't have to take any meds for my diabetes. I am just over the line and check blood twice a day and watch what I eat. At my age, I do not have an exercise routine, but cooking and housework are enough. I need to lose weight, but so far I have stayed basically the same. I have just had to accept my situation and deal with it. I do occasionally cheat but just a bite or two. One thing about living in the South we have wonderful fresh veggies and fruits---so lots of choices. Good luck and have a wonderful year!

@retiredteacher

@chocolate5lover Oh no! Here I am about to head south for a quick vacation and I hear that! I will have to try hard to be good. Of course there is a lot of very fatty food everywhere these days. Up here in the northeast fried seafood is popular, but alas, I no longer eat it.

I love your name, I too am a chocolate lover. I generally have a piece of dark chocolate in the morning. My excuse is that it's good for my heart and since I can't drink red wine the chocolate will have to do.
JK