Story time: How I found out I have diabetes and how I manage it

Hey Everyone!

In this post I’m going to share with you how I manage my Diabetes.

A little Background…

Wednesday June 11, 2025

After a routine blood test at my local Kupah (health clinic) I saw my blood test results and was shocked… My resting blood glucose was 350. 350! Normal resting blood glucose levels vary from each person but the normal range is between 70-100. My Hemoglobin a1c was 12.6 much higher than the normal range of 3.5 to 5.7. Basically my blood sugar was high. 

I quickly called my kupah and scheduled an appointment with a doctor for that day. And guess where he sent me… you guessed it- the ER. 

So here we are around bedtime with 5 kids needing to be watched and put to sleep while me and my husband go to the ER. Thankfully my friend arranged a neighbors daughter to come watch the kids. I quickly packed an overnight bag and we headed out. I was cycling between a lot of emotions on the car ride to the Hospital. Shame, fear, upset, devastation to name a few.

Now I’ve had gestational diabetes with 4 out of 5 pregnancies. So I’ve dealt with diabetes before. But its very different when it’s gestational diabetes. You assume it’s going to go away after you have your baby so its not a lifetime thing. Also you hopefully don’t blame yourself.

Once the hospital got me started on insulin (long-acting) and monitored me that my blood glucose levels were going down I was released with instructions on how to manage my diabetes and 2 prescriptions.

One for long acting Insulin and the second for Glucomine.

So how do I manage my Diabetes?

I take my blood sugar levels 4 times a day

1. Right when I wake up
2. 2 hours after eating breakfast
3. 2 hours after eating lunch
4. 2 hours after eating dinner

I take Glucomine 3 times a day (1 pill with every meal).

I inject long acting
insulin every evening at around the same time.

I eat whole healthy unprocessed foods

I record everything I eat and all my blood sugar readings in a notebook.

You may ask why I record everything. The answer is so that I can be a food detective and figure out if certain foods trigger my blood sugar to spike more than others. Also I have something to show my doctors when I come in for appointments. Yes I know there’s probably an app for that but I enjoy writing with a pen on paper.

I’m also going to be starting a modified Whole30 hopefully Thursday July 3rd.

Thanks for sharing this journey with me!

Shulie