johnlfitz said:
X-entricity said:
"she said that " you are and always will be diabetic, there is no cure" anybody have any thoughts, I was so disheartened."
I had exactly the same type of comments from my diabetic nurse. Then I went on a 1 day introduction course and spoke to the nurses there. They stated the opposite. Although you will always be prone to the diabetes, you can reverse it virtually out of existence. My Hb1Acs was 13, now 5.6 and still dropping. Dieting alone is not the answer. A complete change of lifestyle is need. I did that and actually prefer this regime to the old one.
Don't get disheartened. Just keep trying.
Couldn't agree more.
10 weeks ago I would never have been able to do 1 hour solid on a treadmill at 5.5km/h ..... last night I did.
It's about a permanent mindset change .... realising that I couldn't continue with just an OK diet and no exercise if I want to give myself a good future ....... hoping I'm "in time" to get myself into good shape ....
johnlfitz,
I wish to make it very clear that I am not an expert on anything. I am just a plain type 2 diabetic.
Early next month, it will be exactly my 22nd year as a type 2 exercising 4x/day, 30 minutes before each meal and before bedtime, and eating real foods (mostly carbohydrates) 3x/day (strictly no snacks, only water between meals). Not once have I tried any anti-diabetic pills or insulin. Because my diagnosis fasting blood sugar was very very high - 468 mg/dl - I was required in July 1991 to be on several anti-diabetes pills. I refused to take them.
Yes, I have been getting unacceptably high blood sugar levels 4x/day (fasting and 2-hour after-meal) which now total to more than 32000 (4 x 365 days x 22 years) since July 1991. Why don't I have any diabetes complications yet? I don't know. Your guess is as good as mine. What really is important to me is that I am healthy, strong, happy, feeling young, and living like I have no diabetes.
I am very sure that I will always be diabetic.
Why do I eat a lot of carbohydrates? Because to me they are nutritious, delicious, inexpensive, readily available, and the easiest foods to digest (my digestive system does not get to work harder than it should).
On the subject of test strips, I always buy the 100-strip package. They last me 1 year. I test only to find out if my daily exercise is still as effective as I expect it to be. I already know the bad effects of my high-carb meals on my blood sugar.
Bonny Damocles
Male, 77 1/2 years old, 139 lbs., 5'7"
Past A1c's: 5.2% - 6.3% (5.8% on 6March2013)