diabetes

shannon, my mom and brother are hypoglycemic and i believe you can go from that to diabetic... i know they were concerned my brother would. but that was many years ago and i don't remember it well.

thanks everyone... you have no idea how much i needed to hear some words of encouragement... this is soooo hard. i love my hubby so much and don't want to loose him to this... :hug: i'm so much more concerned about him, than myself since my glucose levels are much lower...

thanks for the link jo!

we never eat white flour... haven't for years. not much dairy to speak of as we use rice milk for our cereal and no milk at all in the house. he does loooove his snacks though... chips, ice cream, cake... all those are off limits until we get this under control and then he'll be able (maybe) to have small amounts here and there... we'll see. our next diabetes class is wed morning.

i'm so mad at our doctor christie... i could just slap him!

those classes are very helpful Aleesha.. take plenty of notes. heh.. glad Im not the only one who likes those snacks.. ice cream being my biggest downfall. give him the breyers no sugar added ice cream. if he gets his snack he'll be less inclined to sneak other bad stuff. this will help in the long run while your getting his levels lowered. my hubby has the potential of becoming diabetic due to it running in his family as well. So now my kids are learning to read labels to know what to avoid.

thanks doris... i'll do that!

I actually have type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes). I do not produce ANY insulin myself which means I take a shot with every meal. However, my sugars and A1C are in excellent control due to diet and exercise. I have had it since I was 12 and I am now 35 so I have had lots of practice. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Aleesha-

While I don't have diabetes, my grandmother passed away from the complications... she didn't take care of it when she could have, and ended up losing her sight, having several avoidable surgeries, and ultimately the congestive heart failure that ended it.

My understanding of diabetes is that it has to do with your pancreas being overworked... it makes the digestive enzymes used to break food down, and when it's having to deal with too much junk, it stops making metabolic enzymes. There is a doctor in this area that has helped people go from daily shots to needing nothing by monitoring their food intake and supplementing with digestive enzymes.

I know I haven't talked much with you personally, but I really enjoy the bits of sunshine you put into your posts, and I'm sure we would all like to enjoy them for a long time to come, so please take care of yourself. :)

thanks you aaron... :)

and you too zues... it's just nice to feel connected to others who are dealing with this as well.

I'm diabetic, diagnosed about 3 years ago.... I watch what I eat and take insulin usually once a day.

It's not a big deal taking it. There are more and more sugar free foods and drinks coming available.... bad part is we get ripped on the price of these foods. Which I think is sad, being testing supplies are not cheap, your limited on food choise to a degree and you get hit hardest at the check out.

I'm sorry to hear about that, Aleesha :( Diabetes isn't easy to deal with. I don't have it myself, but I've known people with it. Most of them didn't need to inject insulin--they were able to control it with good food choices. My grandmother controls it with a pill.

One thing I know a lot of Type II diabetics have in common is being overweight. I don't know if this is the case with you or your husband, but if it is, I would consider trying to get the extra off through healthy diet/exercise. Type II diabetics can sometimes get off of medication entirely (if they were on meds or were going to need them) just by dropping their weight.

I would also try as hard as you can to find a different doctor for another opinion...you definitely don't want a doctor who's going to shrug this off. Diabetes really needs to be controlled--and if he's not willing to help you, do try to find a doctor who will. :hug: Hang in there, sweetie--you and your hubby will figure it out and be just fine!

They have now determined that complex carbohydrates (pasta, white bread, etc.) are worse for you than simple sugars such as pop and candy. So much has changed since I was first diagnosed. With type I your pancreas cannot create any insulin which means it cannot be controlled with diet and exercise alone. Type II the pancreas is able to create the hormone insulin, just not enough....which is why with type II you can eventually get off of the pills. The body needs insulin to allow the absortion of sugars...otherwise it stays in the blood which eventually damages the organs (which is why one of the symptoms of high sugar is extreme thirst....your body tries to flush out the sugars).

I don't have either type one or two, mine is a result of Cystic Fibrosis.... I had a double lung transplant 9 years ago.... life is good!