Type two diabetes....

[carole]

I was just curious how many PTer's have this or have it in the family, my dad has it, my sister and now my mother has just been diagnosed with it, do i feel it is me next, yep, however i am doing my best here not to be the next one, i had a test about a year ago, and all was well, and i have now lost weight and will be starting to exercise when i get motivated, yep the latter is the hardest one for me, last reading was 4.3 which is fine, but i a now feeling a bit paranoid about my chances ,but will do everything i can to hopefully avoid it.

How are you coping if you have it,? and what steps can be taken to avoid it, other than what i am already doing, am i just genetically wired to get this or what, opinions, advice , thanks.

[Grace]

I was diagnosed 4 years ago - probably had it for a couple of years before that.

I'm still controlled with diet, exercise and Metformin. I will take Prandin occasionally - before a high carb meal like Thanksgiving dinner or pizza.

I test several times a day - for my own information. I like to know how different foods affect my blood glucose.

I don't know if you are 'genetically wired' or not - but with your family history you are wise to watch your diet, and continue with exercise.

An excellent book I found - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Gretchen Becker. Another one she wrote - Prediabetes: What You Need to Know to Keep Diabetes Away - might be good for you right now.

[slick]

I've had it for about 3 years now (brought on by obesity) and controlling it with Metformin and Gliclazide both twice a day. My recent weight loss has help tremendously (duh-why didn't I think of that before!! ). My doctor says if this continues, in a year I may be able to start weaning myself off the meds.

[Marigold2]

I got it for my birthday last year. It's a bummer. I exercise almost every day and watch what I eat. Life goes on.

[kitten645]

When I turned 40 my body literally fell apart! I went in for a regular ob appointment and they sent me for bloodwork. I got a message later on in the day that if I had any symptoms, to call 911 Symptoms of WHAT? I had to wait the weekend and found out my glucose was like 400 something They took it again and told me I was borderline diabetic. Nearly EVERY single person in my family is diabetic. My younger siblings haven't been diagnosed yet.
I've been dieting ever since and have lost 60lbs in about 4 years. That has really helped. I'm now on the Flat Belly diet since I'm told people who carry their weight around their mid-section (that would be me thanks much!) are more likely to have glucose problems. I'm on day five and it's pretty do-able.
I strongly suggest you read up on EVERYTHING related to the disease. You can fend it off but you have to be equiped with information!
Good luck!

[carole]

Thanks everyone for your replies, yes i will continue with the way i eat for life, i was getting right fed up yesterday being on WW, and felt like giving up, it was so darn cold here and i was hungry,but now this has made me more determined to get to goal and keep it off, i have never been obese, but i need to shift those spare tyres around the middle, the late middle age spread, i call it lol, and i need to start an exercise programme that will work for me.

My dad is slightly overweight,(at 78 he still works full time in his own business and is pretty darn active ), and my mother is not, although she is carrying a lot of body fat around her middle, she has a thyroid condition and has been on medication for cancer which all contributed to this happening, but she actually only weighs 61 kgs,my sister probably could loose a few pounds but she is not what i class as being overweight by much at all.

I sure hope i am not genetically wired to getting it, i will do everything possible to keep it at bay, of course it is treatable and life goes on, but hey i would rather NOT have it, lots of complications that occur with having it, are the worst, like the slow healing,eyesight problems,just to mention but a few, i have enough going on with health issues, no more for me thanks very much.