Diabetes Type 2 Support Group

gma...I hear you need some help...at least 2 to 3 others do as well. Can we round up some volunteer buddies? I myself am not that "diet compliant".

Lots of stuff....like Piilgram, you might want to check with a lawyer. The longer it takes to get diabetes under control, the more nerve damage there is (neuropathy). Also, possible retina damage....doc should be ashamed of himself (or she)
Kinzie...a bonding moment? Glass half full stuff :-)

Any volunteer buddies? Or is it a stupid idea? LOL

My mum was t2d and ended up on insulin she didn't manage it very well at all in fact she resented it she eventually lost her eyesight lost toes to gangrene had several mini strokes and two large ones the second stroke killed her she died in my arms when i was21. i have always been careful checking my blood sugars every 3 months and i have explained before my sugar levels went up after i took ill with pancreatitis that was august this year still trying to settle my sugar levels and find the right medication. now i know how my mum felt but i am determined to respect the condition and manage it as well as i can my kids need me!!

Fern,
I am so sorry about your mom, that was so sad for you.
Well at least you know you need to be serious about watching your BS and is what is important. It isn't easy but it isn't impossible either. Just need some patience and good docs which you seem to have. just for the record you look like 21 still..Must be the Irish rain Lol

I was diagnosed in March 2004.
At the time the doctor I had been going to was not Bulk Billing (seeing patients who could not pay the gap payment) apart from pensioners - at that time I wasn't on the pension so I was going to the MedicAid clinic. The doctor there was really good and looked at my history and even though I went to get a referral for a thyroid test he added the A1C and when I went back I was told that my levels were 16.9 (304.2) and her got in touch with the top Educator and arranged for us to see him and I was advised that diet and exercise would be the best for me. And it was for a few years. The educator was great but the classes were not so much as they were still pushing the carbs too much and I knew that was not something *I* should be eating. So I took myself off them but have gradually slid back into eating them as DH does and they are readily available in the house. I have been on sometihng like a dozen meds in the past several years and have had side effects to all but this current one which has just been increased so right now I am on Daonil/Glimel 5mg twice a day, I also have to take BP meds (a result of one of the meds they gave me- wish I could prove it). My levels are still up but they are coming down - and now he would not tell me the last reading and as I was in a hurry for another appointment after having to wait over an hour to see the nurse and him I did not have time to query it. Have another test in the new year and will be sure to find out then.

10/30/06 was the final diagnosis. It started at about 2a.m. in late august when i was sleeping on the couch in friend's apartment. weak, unable to stand and walk, confused, but yet aware enough to know that something was not right with me. I was scared! My friend told the medical people (he drove me to the hospital) that i passed out for about 2 minutes and then came to again.

So, the final diagnosis, like I said earlier was on 10/30/06...My fear rose up in me like a tidal wave combined with an even bigger tidal wave of confusion. My mind was reeling...they hooked me up with a RD, who was very helpful thru her being patient enough to let me absorb all this in my own time. My doctor(s) were very compassionate towards me then...and to this day the doctor is still compassionate. Being a MH patient, and recently placed on new meds a year prior, my family doctor and I agreed that mine is medically induced.....Something that the psych doctor refused to accept up until about 18 months ago, and only because HE has seen an increase in patients like me.

We tried diet/exercise first, with no results. So they put me on Metformin for 30 days to see if it will help,and it did so well that they gave me a choice of staying on it or trying d/e again. I chose the 2nd option and I have had normal results to date so far. My next A1C is 12/18/09, and it will be a pleasure to share the report with all of you! I am here to received support and to give it in reciprocation as well. Thanks for letting me share my story!

Thanks so much everyone...love reading everyone's story, except the heartbreaking ones, but even those I want to know. The idiot doctor ones cause smoke to come out my ears...LOL, but I'll live :-)

Welcome Marshall and any other new people I missed. I'm new myself so it's hard for me to know who is new and who has just been reading and not posting.

Hope we keep getting stories.
Hugs, Bobbi