I wish I had known about this forum many years ago because relying on the usual drug focused treatments just meant things got gradually worse from 'pre-diabetic' (what does that mean?), through full T2 (what is that?) to 68 units of insulin per day (I know what that meant!). Not until I heard about low carb here did I have significant and continuing improvement in my bg levels. Yesterday my doctor (the 4th in 6 years) congratulated me on my success and asked me which medication did I want to drop. So no more linagliptin. I wanted to keep the Metformin level as I hope it is keeping my Dawn Phenomenon lower that it could be but it is the next to go.
The downside is that after 12+ years of bad diet information and no support to have personal bg control I have what seems to be fairly bad DPN - from tingling around my knees to major burning in my feet. This is my next target and my doctor did not try and stop me going to see a naturopathic doctor to see if that can help (It works for the Queen) along with the suggestions I have received here that are also helping. My new doctor wanted a full set of blood test to get a baseline and all results were in the normal range
So I pass my doctor's congratulations to everyone on this forum who are helping to improve my condition, to prevent potential complications from a worsening condition and hopefully and to reverse the DPN. You are all part of the solution for me.
I will pass on anything of use that the naturopath suggests.