Diabetes Type 2 Support Group

It amazes me how prevalent it is! For me, I was gestional diabetic during my preganacy. My dad is T2, his mother was T2, his sister was T2 and all his uncles were T2. All of them, except my dad, have passed away. Actually my dad is doing really well, lost about 30 lbs and is currently using Byetta along with Metformin. I have an older sibling, but he's not diabetic.

Like many of us that showed higher sugar levels while pregnant, my mom did too, but they never returned to normal. So she's been diabetic since her mid 20's. Her mother was insulin dependent AND my father's mother was insulin dependent.

I assume it must be a dominant gene since our family doc told my mother we would ALL have it in our lives. And we do. One insulin-dependent.

One of my son's was dx'ed at age 21, the other is okay so far, but with his father being diabetic too, he knows he has to be careful.

Both of my maternal grandparents are T2D. They were both diagnosed in their mid 40s. My grandfather goes through times when he is great control, and then he slips. This has all lead to his kidneys begging to shut down. My mother, on the other hand, has severe hypoglycemia. So, my family history lead to me getting diagnosed at 24.

I was not obese, my BMI was only slightly (by .5) over what it needed to be, I was an active college student. I completely did not expect to get diagnosed so soon!

I had know that I was just really tired all the time, but I considered that all a part of working full time, taking a full course load, studying constantly, and trying to keep the house clean. When I got pregnant though, and they started doing tests when I was having a miscarriage, they found out my sugars were insanely high. So I am now on Metformin and Actos, and doing so much better.

Hi Mrs. Griff! Welcome back! And welcome to all the new and returning folks too. I was worried when school got back in session that everyone would get too busy...!

For those who don't know/remember me, my husband was dx'ed pre-diabetes about a year ago. He's not on any meds for it but he checks his sugar three times a day and he's been working on his eating habits. he main change he's made, over several years actually, has been to eat smaller portions and cut out juice, beer and other "empty" calories.

There's really no family history of diabetes with him, he hasn't even told his family about the pre-diabetes diagnosis yet (his mom has enough to worry about). He's managing OK but could be better, so we're still here reading and learning, just busy like everyone else I guess.

-FM

There is no family history of diabetes in my family and I can't figure out how I got it. I was always overweight but not obese - yes I ate loads of carbs but so do a lot of other people who never get it. It could be my age combined with carbs (I ate pasta several times a week because I loved it and didn't involve real cooking) Who knows.,

There is no history in my family. But thinking back to my Dad and all the things he would say I am willing to bet he had diabetes. But they didn't used to look for it like they do now.

In my family I am - so far - the only one in my generation with it, but there is still many years for them to catch up to me as I am a decade older LOL.
My mother was diagnosed quite a number of years ago (about 15 or more I think) and is now on multiple meds and insulin - she is 87 and apart from several heart attacks and age she is fine.
We do not have any diagnosed diabetics in my grandparents generation but several died young and we think that a couple were diabetic but went undiagnosed.
My great grandfather was diabetic and from some bits of the family history it would seem that others in the family were also.

As I said in the round table at the education classes I attended for me it was not a matter of IF but of WHEN.

I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT DIABETES SKIPPED A GENERATION, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO MY FAMILY. MY MOM, HER BROTHER, GREATAUNT AND SEVERAL ON MY MOMS SIDE HAS DIABETES. AND ALSON ON MY DADS SIDE MY GRANDFATHER HAD DIABETES. AND ALL OF US BUT ONE OR TWO HAS HAD TO USE INSULIN.