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How far did you get from last summer in your journey, Patch? Did you reach your goal weight. Did the diabetes go into remission? Can you eat normally?

Thanks, Stephen. Good to hear from you too!. I do in fact, even on a break, eat way differently than I did before dx. Thank goodness! And some talk of this 'addict' aspect. These last few days have not felt like any withdraw at all -- physically. Sure -- I prefer the 'texture' of 'cake' over a...

Thanks, Borderter, for the reply to my orig post. But I don't consider my 'break' a "slip up" at all. It was premeditated and taken on purpose 'with' a purpose. :-). My numbers never got out of control at all. I just relaxed the regimen sort of as 'a release valve' if you will. Thanks for your...

Welcome to the forum, Mbudzi! And welcome to the club noone wants to be a member of. :roll: But this journey you're starting is a 'doable' one. You'll see. It will challenge everything you've ever known about eating properly and will require some adjustments that at times will seem impossible to...

Hello all, I've missed you! My recent absence has been two fold. Mainly - I ended up taking another part time job in addition to my full time to help make ends meet - but the timing of the start of that new part time situation collided with my last semester of a degree I've been working on and...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Sometimes, when we cheat, gang, after living fairly restrictive lower carb diets - a moment of real 'losing it' and 'really cheating' kicks our pancreas into high gear and it spits out a LOT of insulin to cover since you've been...

Hi Borofergie! I'm in my last semester of university (after 25 years away) AND I took on a part time job in addition to my full time work. So the cycling took a hit this fall. That and the terrible weather/rains we've dealt with in the northeast of the US late summer early fall which you may...

'Bout a 6.2 for me this am. Higher than I like -- but I've been sorta - relaxing for a couple of months on what I eat.. Sorta 'taking a break' from the disease... :shock: -- I know -- crazy it sounds - don't it?! Takin' a break from T2??!? :? :D

The sad truth is, Sanober, that the medical professionals practice medicine 'defensively' these days to protect themselves against law suits. Insulin, when used 'incorrectly' has the potential for 'hypos' which can send your blood sugar 'too low' and potentially be dangerous. But the 'dangerous...

Patch, This is sadly one of the most widespread 'near myths' out there. Insulin resets your metabolism to 'normal' - so that if you overeat you will gain weight. Uncontrolled diabetes lulls us into thinking we gain weight very slowly - and can eat just about anything. That's the vicious cycle...

Hi BF! I'm on the road right now. But just Google "Asian studies early insulin" and you'll get all the info you need on it.

Yes, John. For 80% of us type II diabetics it's indeed all about visceral fat. For 20% (often referred to as "skinny diabetics") no amount of weight loss makes any difference in their pancreas's health. Fortunately for those of us in the 80% group, we can make a huge difference by changing our...

Good luck, Jo! And welcome to the forum AND to the club noone wants to be a member of (diabetes). Low GI/moderate carb is one of several very viable and proven methods to control your diabetes. Keep it up. It is indeed a sustainable lifestyle. But you do indeed need to get a blood glucose meter...

All of what you're saying there is true - but, as usualwith you, Sid, entirely beside the point.. Tune in, Sid. No one said anything about dieting. I surely didn't/don't.... They don't work.. My 'break' I want to take is from 'over-obsessing' about meter readings, when I'm very healthy and...

I admit, Fergus, this is a concern of mine too. The 'entirety' of my control isn't expressed by any 'one HBA1c reading. And like you said it CAN be misinterpreted by our docs that use it as a gold standard. Never once in this 31 kilos of weight loss has my doc said he was proud of all that hard...

Hey gang, I'll bet I'm not alone on this. But do you ever just need a BREAK from all the constant watching of carbs and wanting to get the 'dose' just right if you take insulin or of dealing with the side effects of the other oral meds?? :x I've been on this journey now about two and a half...

I think this place is very accomodating, Caleb, and though I don't think we get anywhere by making the comparison of how 'many more diabetics' there are in a place as a means by which to strong arm a group of people into accommodating us -- I do however think I punched back a little too hard at...

Oh. Well even that's a little different than what you actually said - to prompt my response of 'not correct'. Here's what you stated: That statement, as stated with no caveats, was incorrect - as others have point out too. Remember too that Bernstein's book was written quite some time ago now. I...

Caleb, What you're saying about it taking hours for fast acting insulin to reach the bloodstream is just not correct. Read up a little more. Novalog and Humalog reach the bloodstream anywhere from 30-45 minutes after injected - max. Then keep working over several hours to a lesser degree and are...

Grazer, Caleb's answer is exactly on target. Phase I covers meals - quick bursts of sugar into System and phase II is working to bring us back to fasting levels. Oddly the first kind of insulin that doctor's recommend is slow acting when really the fast acting more directly addresses the initial...