There is no cure, just control. I think doctors think they mean the same. my friend at work had a gastric bypass and diabetic. She has lost 100 lbs so far and more to go. Now she is off one insulin, still has another and metformin but the diabetes is still there. I was never overweight and very active and ate heart healthy and in moderation always but yet I have diabetes.

I agree with mizizgayle. You can control your diabetes, but I do not believe you can 'cure' insulin resistance, or your pancreas not producing enough insulin. I think my doctors have fallen into the trap of Rabid American Marketing, where you flash a key word or phrase to get the unsuspecting public to fork over vast sums of cash for a 'cure'. Down my way, they used to call them 'carpet-baggers'

'I think MANY doctors have..." I meant to say.

Kind of wish they would let you edit your typos here LOL

I really think they are trying to find the cure and IMO....they are getting closer. I read stuff daily....however, I am a critical thinker and don't believe half of what I read and hear. They have some good logical findings and are going in the right direction......but no cure.
I have lost around 80 pounds since I was diagnosed last October and my sugars are under control......however, I am not cured.....not even close.
My mom is also diabetic.....diagnosed about 15 years ago.
She has always been obese and still got it under control until recently. For no apparent reason.....her sugars are higher than usual. Her doctor can't find anything wrong and her A1C is still in the normal range for being diabetic.
She is new to the computer life and keeps seeing the ads for "diabetes cure." I have to repeatedly tell her there is no cure and the ads are merely snake oil. She too thinks that if she has a gastric bypass, she will magically lose all the weight and be cured of diabetes! OY. She is a retired nurse and should know better......but she has been out of the medical loop since the 60's.

I think when there is a cure......we will definitely know it and it will be verified by our doctors. I would think they would be calling us or telling us at our regular visits. I might be the last to know seeing as my doctor says I'm doing so well that I can do 6 month stints instead of the usual 3 months :)

I agree control yes, cure, no so much.

I also know 2 folks that have had surgery and both of them are right back to being overweight. Neither of them have diabetes.

Those are my thoughts as well. I think it's incredibly irresponsible of doctors AND media to call it a "cure" when we know that's not what actually happens. It gives false hope to those that don't know any better yet. And is dangerous because one could get the surgery, then think they're free from diabetes and go back to eating poorly again.

they are working on something but it is geared more towards type 1.

I don't think that there is a cure for diabetes. However through using a healthier diet and exercise can help you control diabetes. If your anything like me, you want to eat everything. I have lost 25 lbs and felt much better. So how I started out was eating more veggies and decrease things like potatoes, white rice, breads. Things I love to eat. If you can exercise and do away with those things, your A1C's will go down. My A1Cs' was 8.6 to a 7.9... which is still bad but not like before. You can do it. We both can, our lives depend on it.

I'm curious... I know there is no cure, but would a pancreus transplant be a cure? Do they even do that? Just curious. Diabetes is like alcholism.. Once is always... No cure for it, just control over it.

IMO...

I do not think a pancreas transplant would be a cure, especially with type 2 diabetes. It is my understanding that in Type 1 diabetes the pancreas stops producing insulin, so perhaps a transplant would work for Type1. However, I believe, in Type 2 diabetes you can have, along with a non-insulin producing, or one that does not produce enough, it is also very common to have insulin resistance. From speaking with my health care team, and my personal study, I believe that is my condition; my insulin resistance caused my pancreas to produce more and more insulin, to keep the glucose in check, until it just gave out. I someone with insulin resistance were to somehow have a pancreas transplant, they would still have to deal with insulin resistance.