I am a diabetic

[kitten645]

EVERYONE in my family has it except my siblings and a few cousins.. It is cureable in alot cases. I was diagnosed boarderline about seven years ago and that was enough of a kick in the keister to get me on the right path. It was either eat right or medicate. I lost the weight and have been good about watching it.
The one thing I would say, that even diet soda triggers a "not full" response in your metabolism so watch that.
I finally got tired of being sick and tired and that's what worked for me. Good luck and know you have support at PT.

[Grace]

It is cureable in alot cases.

Diabetes is not curable. Type 1 is an auto-immune disease in which the pancreas does not produce insulin. The only cure for this would be a pancreas transplant.

Type 2 is preventable. Once you get it, it is chronic - unless of course you have one of those gastric by-pass procedures.

Gestational only occurs during pregnancy.