Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...
as per my primary doctor , i am pre diabetic even though my A1C has fluctuated between 7.4 to now 6.4 .i am on two metformin a day 500 mg each .
i also have A FIB , my fasting numbers run between 110 to 132 .my other numbers during the day are ok like 162 .
my deliman is that she wont recomend a endocrinologist for me saying that i dont need one ,since this is HMO ,also she has never suggested that i should go see a nutritionist for food and carb calculations ,she has never talked about this .
i am 54 and i am just nowthinking may be she is not the best doctor for me or do you guys think i am overreacting .
ray
los angeles
i also have A FIB , my fasting numbers run between 110 to 132 .my other numbers during the day are ok like 162 .
my deliman is that she wont recomend a endocrinologist for me saying that i dont need one ,since this is HMO ,also she has never suggested that i should go see a nutritionist for food and carb calculations ,she has never talked about this .
i am 54 and i am just nowthinking may be she is not the best doctor for me or do you guys think i am overreacting .
ray
los angeles
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I had gone to the grocery store. When I wheeled my cartback to my car I just stool there a minute. A few spacesaway a Tesla Cyber truck was parked. I had seen it on theroad a few times for a few seconds. But not close up.It looked like it belonged to 2126 and not 2026. I wasgoing to take a picture of the car but the owners cameback and drove away. It was an ordinary middle age...
If all else fails change your primary Doctor.
Also check with your local hospital, most of them have sessions about healthy eating free of charge.
http://www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/local-offices/los-angeles-california/
I can tell you how I changed my diet after I was diagnosed as diabetic after eating 1/2 gallon of my favorite ice cream for a year. It's in my family so I should have been more careful. My A1C went up to 7.2!
After that day, I stopped eating ice cream completely and went on this diet where it limited carb & sugar intake. Now my A1C is 6.0 (pre-diabetic) so I'm managing it just by changing my diet. I never took any medication because I wanted to see if I could do this on my own first. I did and so nutrition IS very important in managing this disease.
In general, try & keep your carbs 120mg or less/day and sugar 15mg or less/day. There's more to this diet but this is what I limited my carb & sugar intake to. My A1C keeps going down