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Solssta2

Solssta2

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I was just diagnosed with diabetes. Who else has it, has had it, and what is the best advice you can mention?

I am prepared to overcome it.
 
IDD or non IDD?
My ex was IDD- only advice is take your levels seriously and test test test- complacency is not an option
 
As far as I know from what I was told, it's type 2. That is the non IDD type right? I'm going to know more at my doctor appointment soon. Hopefully I can get a monitor cheap.
 
Hey Solssta, good you started this. Don't know a ton about diabetes, but will look into it more. I know it's hereditary and my Mother used to sound like your father. She'd say be glad diabetes doesn't run in the family. They saw a lot of suffering and amputation. There is medical progress now in dealing with it, hang in there.

Solssta - Years ago, when I was 100 pounds lighter, my father tried to put the fear of God in me with regard to getting diabetes. He made sure I knew he wasn't worried about me from an appearance POV but that it's possibly the most difficult disease in the world to manage. He eventually got cancer and lost so much weight they took him off his diabetes medicine. As if the cancer was doing more damage I think before insullin
 
There is diabetes in my family, but I don't have it. My mother went diabetic in her 50s as a result of a heart attack. One of my 4 blood-related siblings had it. The key is managing it is diet and exercise. For example, I seldom drink OJ and will drink apple or tomato juice instead because the sugars in OJ are more likely to cause sugar/insulin imbalances. My brother no longer has type 2 diabetes because he got a gastric bypass (hinting at why he developed diabetes in addition to a hereditary propensity).
 
Type 2 here. Never been on meds for it, several years ago the Dr. told me we'd try to control it with weight and diet, and that seems to still be working for me.
 
Type 2 runs in my family - several cousins have it and my Dad became insulin dependent in his 50s and lived to be 91. It is manageable but it takes discipline and hyper self-care. 💗
 
I know two people that had type 2: my auntie and a family friend. Both ignored all medical advice. My auntie went blind and eventually died. The family friend had to have his toes amputated, then his foot, then his leg, and eventually he died too. The moral of this is to listen to the medics and take their advice seriously.
 
Thanks for sharing in this diabetes discussion. I just began some meds but I am optimistic that things can only get better.
 
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