I'm sorry things are bad for you right now. Did your Doctor tell you that exercise is very important. That's what my Doctor said. He say's diet alone isn't enough. I know how hard this is, trust me. It is gut wrenching to a point. Many prayers sent up for you, in hopes that you will feel better soon.

I'm sorry you aren't feeling well and you are having a hard time. My physician, back in september, put me on a 1500 calorie food plan and I count carbs for diabetes. I've lost alot of weight and it controls my diabetes real good. I do take 1 metformin pill a day, most people take 2. I don't want to have the secondary problems with diabetes. Scares me. I still don't exercise much besides a little walking, I'm a large woman. That will be my next step I'm working on. Diabetes can cause alot of problems if not taken care of, I don't want to be a statistic. I hope you get to feeling better soon.

I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. My hubby has a number of issues as well. I am trying to get him to exercise more and watch his food intake.
Take care..

You hang in there and fight the good fight! How high is your blood sugar? Ask your doctor about the benefits of gastric bypass surgery as well. They have socialized medicine over there don't they? It may be that you would qualify for such a surgery and maybe it would help you lots. I'm pulling for you. *hugs*

Gastric by-pass can be a great help if your health is not already to bad to under go the sugery. My DS weighed 418# two years ago,she was diabetic, had C.O.P.D. and couldn't walk more that 250ft. without sitting down. She now weighs 174#, can walk a 1/2 mile without stopping, and is no longer diabetic!!! - - also for exercize with many who do not tolerate exercise well, try water aerobics. You feel as light as a cloud in the water and will find yourself able to do things you never thought you could.!!!

So sorry you are going thru a difficult time right now.
If you are not used to exercising it would be difficult to start now. But sometimes we have to push ourselvs to do what we don't want to do. Just walking would for 30 minutes would be good for you.
Hope you feel better soon.

I don't have any suggestions, but I wanted to offer my support and hugs. Take care and maybe the by-pass would be a good idea. I will keep you in my prayers.

I am so sorry to hear your not feeling well. I have no advise only prayers. I wish you tons of love and tons of prayers. Get well wishes. Hugs, Frieda

I was going through much the same kind of jolliness until I started the Neal Barnard regime. No animal products and no more than 2g of fat per serving in anything you eat -- it brought my BS down drastically and I have lost half the weight I needed to in less than 2 mos.

I was truly touched by your message.

I can't strongly enough encourage you try Dr. Neal Barnard's Plan for Reversing Diabetes. There's a book as well as a web site. It can seem very radical at first, but then again it sounds like you may be ready for a radical change. I've been doing the plan for just over three months and it seems quite "normal" at this point. My numbers started to change within the first few days. After 3 weeks, I couldn't believe how much better I felt... and now several months into it, I have a new life. I wish you well.
Lily

I will say to you this isn't fun. I have been doing this since 1991. For 10 years I was able to control everything with diet alone. Then in 2001 I had to go on meds. Actos only gained more weight, then on Metformin but never tweak, then on Glipizide. I had to watch my diet but I couldn't keep the weight off when I would loose it.

This year I made the decision to see an endocrinologist. Best thing I ever did and I wish I had did this sooner. If you aren't seeing one I highly recommend that you do. I also recommend that you see a nutrition or a dietitian or diabetes nurse educator.

I now have been able to loose 28 pounds since June and my FSB is awesome 97 to 120 in the morning. I was put on Byetta and my meds were tweaked 5mg of Glipizide 2x a day, Metformin 1000 mg 2x after lunch and dinner.

You will have to make radical changes in your diet and start counting the carb grams. Talk to your doctor about the Byetta. For me it controls my carb cravings.

Don't give up tomorrow is a new day!

Thank you all for your messages of help and support they mean such a lot its good to know im not alone on this one.Still waiting for hospital appointment infections are worse not responding to treatment at the moment plus a few more have appeared.mood is all over the place at this time being in constant pain isnt fun at all..Take care my friends and i hope your all well

Hang in there, friend! We are pulling for you.

I have no advice. I am a poor example of what a diabetic should do. I too am limited by mobility so exercising is not an option with me. I am morbidly obese and have an eating disorder. My a1c was 5.6 the last time it was done. I don't know why, lol. I eat whatever I want. I did cut back on how much I eat though. I can't do the gastric bypass because of other illnesses. They tried PT to help me with mobility but it caused more problems. Seems like everything is just overwhelming. I know that I am the cause of a lot of it. I will say a prayer for you. I hope that the infections will clear up. I know about incontinence too, it was horrible when that became an issue. I take DDAVP for that at night. It has been wonderful. Do you take anything for yours? Take care and God bless you.