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Welcome to this wonderful forum Silverback! I wondered if I could ask you what your diet was like for most of your life before diagnosis. I suspect my own father, who is 80, has been eating in a similar way, skipping breakfast and lunch then eating a healthy dinner, and I thought it should protect one from diabetes. if you didn't eat processed carbohydrates or fast food, I'm wondering what lead you to a diabetes diagnosis if it was something about your diet.
This might be a rather rambling response so take what you will from it.
I have always tried to eat properly but there were occasions when I might over-indulge. I tended to instinctively fast after such occasions.
There is some research that indicates a connection between high stress levels and the onset of diabetes. In 2001 my wife presented with cancer with a prognosis of perhaps a year. I sold my company and devoted myself to her care. I also began changing her diet ( and mine) to pure foods. Nothing that was not fresh and certainly nothing with additives. The prognosis wass not realized but the treatment she underwent devastated her body and I became her ongoing caregiver. I would not have traded that time with her.
Five years ago, she presented again and this round was metastatic. I knew this one was not going to have a good outcome. It was about that time that my weight began to slide from a robust 175 to 140 within a year. I knew there was something going on but it was not possible to be sick or take the time for treatment if it was a severe medical case. So I put it to the back of my mind and dealt with everything else that was going on.
After my wife died, I must admit that tubs of ice cream and absolute junk food took me over for a few weeks; and that, combined with my ongoing joy of baking sweeties I am convinced sent my blood sugar rocketing. Finally, when I went to the doctor, diabetes was confirmed and all of the symptoms that I had experienced made sense. In fact, the diagnosis was strangely a relief because I think I had constructed a strong case for pancreatic cancer.
Yesterday was a benchmark day for me. My blood was 8.3 at midday a dramatic decrease from 12.3. So one continues to be hopeful.
Anyway, I hope this answers your question. This dissertation is not intended to elicit sympathy but rather candidly, to respond to your query
All the best to you and your father, Cocosilk
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