Posted on 05/05/2025 12:29:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The ‘Modern Family’ alum tells PEOPLE that he was initially "embarrassed" about his type 2 diabetes and kept his diagnosis a secret from friends and family Eric Stonestreet used to think his health was “fairly good.” He struggled to lose weight like many people, but felt fine overall.
“I was just trying to maintain as healthy a lifestyle as I could without doing a tremendous amount about it,” he tells PEOPLE.
But in 2009, just as he landed his beloved role as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family, Stonestreet was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. “It was like this crazy happy moment cut with this diagnosis that I truthfully didn't take very seriously,” he recalls.
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“I use the Abbott Labs Libre 3 sensor to monitor my glucose level in realtime 24/7. I learn whether or not something is healthy. It costs $10 per week.”
How do you get it for that price? On my last attempt to refill my Libre 2, the cost was 4 times what you pay. My plan in Blue Cross - Blue Shield Medicare Advantage. I didn’t do the refill & am back to finger sticks. Hope you don’t mind the intrusive inquiry but would like to get back to the full-time monitoring. TIA!
I know a man who has lost well over 60 pounds by simply cutting out fast food, junk food, and soda, and working out with a trainer once a week.
He said now his tastes have changed and the food doesn’t even appeal to him any more. He’s on occasion indulged just to see what happened, and one time he was out traveling and wanted to eat and bought some fast food, and he said it was disgusting. He finished the meal cause he wasn’t going to waste the money and was hungry, but he said no more and he doesn’t even miss it.
He has also done a little more for veggies, but nothing radical and no 1200 calorie a day diet and is still maintaining his weight. He does want to lose more, but realizes that it make be a little slower now that’s he’s done a bunch.
Sometimes it’s a matter of reconditioning your taste buds away from junk food and MSG.
More power to him.
Yeah. Works great. Too bad it’s $1200 a month and Medicare only pays about half.
What is NASH? On taking meds, you do you and don’t take peoples opinion personally. I am glad you are doing well.
Not always, I take drugs for Cancer, that will be for my entire life. I am on the edge of Type 2 diabetes, and have HBP from the drugs.
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The pill form of Ozempic, called Rybelsus, is taken in the morning, 1/2 an hour before taking other meds, eating or drinking anything. The first month is a starter, 3mg dose, to smoke out any strong side effects. In the second and third month, the dose increases to 7mg. In either case, it is “washed down” with just 1/2 cup of water. Then nothing else for at least 30 min.
A small, mostly protein meal is breakfast, and any small meals eaten later are controlled, lest they provoke nausea.
I wonder how many people on it have first tried a keto or carnivore or even a low carb diet.
(I’m not a doctor, don’t play one on TV, but I’ve seen the results of those diets on people I know...)
I am on 2 Tier 3 meds, and my current plan is $47 per month, $131 for 90 days. ($10 off the monthly fee.) But I had to work with one of the 800-number people for a few hours to get the lowest overall plan. Factors include how many specialists you see to determine how you pay in office visit co-pays, procedure co-pays, Tier 3 or above medications, whether you plan on getting sick enough to spend time in a hospital, and it seems like a million other things like OTC credits.
Then there are differences in total out-of-pocket for the year, monthly premiums, etc. BCBS usually has the highest premiums, but also the best benefits, so keep that in mind. They don't pay for everything, but when they do the providers like BCBS.
Prior to the Medicare enrollment period or if you are thinking about switching private insurance, look at how many doctors you see besides your primary provider, and the medications involved. I suppose you can do the research yourself, but depending on who answers that 800 number, they probably know more about the different options than you do and can help steer you in the right direction.
While you are on the phone with the 800 expert, write down the major cost factors to help figure out what your out of pocket will be. And plan on spending some time explaining your existing conditions.
Then, after all that, hold your breath, close your eyes, and pick one. And hope nothing in your existing medical situation changes, because that could lead to a decision you might regret.
Yes, there should be an easier way to do this.
I tried keto and did lose weight and bring my A1c down, but I couldn’t maintain the keto. I crave bread and every bread recipe I tried was just plain nasty. I may try it again. My doctor has prescribed a saxenda sized dose of victoza, but it is unavailable till after June.
. My mother had this and passed at 70. She was not overweight in fact thin, but she had diabetes that was poorly controlled
Did you try any of the ancient grains, like Einkorn, Emmer or Spelt?
Of course, if you’re going to do Keto, you do have to seriously cut down on the carbs.
Maybe something like South Beach would work better for you.
I hope things work out for you.
Haven’t tried any of those. Carbs are my drug of choice, unfortunately.
Try baking with Einkorn, even a quick bread to start, and see if it affects you as regular bread does. You might notice a real difference.
(You need to make some small adjustments from the way we work with regular flour, but there’s information all over the Internet.)
Maybe I’ll try it sometime. The other thing to try is freezing or refrigerating bread before eating it. Apparently doing so makes the starch resistant, and is passed through the body without metabolizing.
I’ve heard that about potatoes, too. But if the genetic modifications in US wheat is causing the problem, I don’t think freezing it would help.
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