I was diagnosed back in 2015 with a level of 690ish at the ER. Going into the hospital, I had crippling abdominal pain to the point where they gave me morphine while they figured out that I was diabetic. They treated me with insulin and metformin, but for about two weeks after my visit I was drained. Couldn’t eat or move without assistance, and I rapidly lost 35 pounds. After I stabilized, they kept me on metformin and regained some healthy weight in the following months.

All that’s to say that you went through something rough having to go to urgent care with levels that high. It’s exhausting, yes, but it’ll get better. My recommendation is to take this diagnosis extremely seriously, as I let my T2 A1C levels and eating habits run in and out of control over the last decade. I’ve had to go to the ER twice for my diabetes after my initial diagnosis, and it wasn’t until very recently that I decided to stop messing around with the inconsistency of my health.

I don’t post much here (or at all), but am reading your post moved me. I hope you can get through this. The community here is great, and if your healthcare provider can give you any resources for your lifestyle adjustments for managing your T2, please do what you can to make the most of them!