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Originally Posted by BuckeyeNuts
Hello everyone!
I do not trust doctors anymore. I got results back today...pre diabetes. They say that their is no cure for type 2 diabetes...I think they are not being truthful and just want me on their drugs. I believe it can be reversed with diet and exercise...and possibly a few vitamins, herbs or minerals.
Has anyone here sent their diabetes packing? If so...what would you recommend? I realize that you are not doctors...but I trust people that have actually had this thing more then doctors that are merely prescription pad jockeys.
Thanks! V
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Mostly I post silly stuff, except for sometimes when I post about real estate or about the economy in general. But this morning I am going to preach a sermon.
I could be nice and say, "Oh my. Oh dear. You sound upset. Ohhhh, you poor thing."
But nope. I am going to say, "That was a number your doctor showed you. Your doctor wants your attention. Your doctor does not want to have to give you drugs."
Here's the good part though. That diet and exercise thing you are talking about. A very good friend of mine, an RN, in fact, has headed off her need to go on insulin by dropping weight and walking every day and exercising indoors when the weather is just too awful to take a walk.
I kind of doubt that your doctor started chasing you around the office trying to shoot you up with insulin for a pre-diabetes reading. Your doctor wants just the opposite for you. Your doctor wants you to head this thing off at the pass and to not need insulin.
I probably do not need to preach about the things diabetes can do like take out your vision and mess with your heart, along with demanding a toll from just about every part of your body. This thing is nothing to mess with.
Actually, you sound more than upset right now, you sound angry. That's OK. Direct that energy toward exercising, getting a handle on what you eat, and educating yourself about diabetes. You are right about that part.
A pre-diabetes diagnosis should mean that you are still in the driver's seat. But do not ignore that number. I'll bet that your doctor told you to go the diet and exercise route. (Insulin or no insulin, that advice always stands.) With diet and exercise, you may be able to keep that insulin out of your life for a very, very, very long time. Maybe forever. It has been about 3 or 4 years since my friend got the same scare you just got. And she is still fighting off insulin with exercise and diet. It is not easy for her. She was not into exercise or diet before. It is amazing what getting scared can do.
You asked about vitamins, herbs, and minerals. I would not pretend that there is a magic bullet for diabetes, not one that comes in a bottle anyway. But, like I keep saying, I really do know someone who is still doing well because she was scared into diet and exercise. But I also know people who ignored what they needed to do. I seem to know a lot of diabetics. That's why I think I have the right to preach to you this morning.
I wish you the best. And I hope you will let us know how you are doing. Keep an eye on that number. Stay aware and work hard. It's not easy, I know.
End of Sermon. (But after all this big long sermon where I defend the doc, sort of, it just occurred to me to say that if your doctor did not talk about diet and exercise, get a new doctor.)
Boomer