Type two diabetes....

[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.

[kitten645]

The good news is that as you loose weight, you actually start getting full on less. I can recall the day when I'd "Super Size" a mickeyd's meal. These days, if I go at all (why tempt fate?) I can barely do a Happy Meal!
Diabetes is treatable but the damage it causes is not. My mom is blind because she chose not to properly manage her diabetes. It's good motovation for a diet when you see the results. Better to not have to deal with it to begin with. There are some amazing statistics out there if you have a look. While not in ALL cases obviously, it's a disease that can be prevented. Knowledge is power.

[K9karen]

Diabetes runs in my mom's side of the family. She didn't have it, but, I think it may be genetic. But that doesn't mean everyone gets it.

I know 4 people who had gastric bypass and *Viola* no more insulin OR diabetes!!!

I just thought I'd mention that. No insults meant... these people had a life or death situation, where gastric bypasss was their only choice.. which goes to show, diet and excercise are vital.

Good luck to all of you. I hope you continue to stay healthy!

[carole]

I am not too concerned about the weight thing, i am not a very big girl, none of the ones with the diabetes are huge, just a tad overweight, none of us would near qualify for gastric bypass, my mum is rather tiny, she just has put it around her middle, due to her conditions and cancer medication.

Yes well i will get mine checked soon to make sure i am still good, i was before, but things can change, although i would imagine for the better in my case.

[smokey the elder]

Is it your A1C number that's 4.3? The latest cutoff from the American Diabetes Association for pre-diabetes is 6. They think this number is a better diagnostic than blood glucose, since that is highly variable. A1c, like fructosamine in cats, is a better long-term indicator of glucose regulation in humans.

(I don't have any human family diabetics, but had a diabetic cat for 3+ years.) Good luck!

One of my rescue friends was pre-diabetic; she took off a bunch of weight and is now in a good range, so it can be done!