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...
I feel I am not the only person that was diagnosed and left to figure it out for myself. Or was given advice that was not right. When I found that most of the meds I was given was not working, and the Dr. started me on insulin shots, I felt something was missing. So I started reading more and more. I happened upon this book, "Think Like a Pancreas" this guy actually made sense of this disease, and his information is backed up.
I personally cannot recommend this book enough to people. He tells it like it is, in ways everyone can understand. I have been watching the board for a while, and the biggest this I see is cutting out sugars completely. In the book, he states that by cutting all carbs from you diet, you are causing a bad chain reaction with your liver.
Anyway that is my two cents worth.
I have been extremely successful on the pump. I keep an average of 130, my A1C is 6.2, I use on average 70 units of insulin a day, and eat less than 200 carbs a day.
Before the pump on insulin alone, I was uncontrolled over 200, my A1C was 7.5, and I was using 120 units of insulin a day. There comes a time when you have to stand up and say I need more info, and this was mine.
I personally cannot recommend this book enough to people. He tells it like it is, in ways everyone can understand. I have been watching the board for a while, and the biggest this I see is cutting out sugars completely. In the book, he states that by cutting all carbs from you diet, you are causing a bad chain reaction with your liver.
Anyway that is my two cents worth.
I have been extremely successful on the pump. I keep an average of 130, my A1C is 6.2, I use on average 70 units of insulin a day, and eat less than 200 carbs a day.
Before the pump on insulin alone, I was uncontrolled over 200, my A1C was 7.5, and I was using 120 units of insulin a day. There comes a time when you have to stand up and say I need more info, and this was mine.
Doctors do not know what our bodies are doing, they have training but they do not know the individual person and how they react, the only thing is to take charge of your own health since only you know how you feel, etc.
very proud of ya
Sorry, I realize I am running on. Sometimes, I just need to vent and this seems to be the place.
When I started with the one I have now, I interviewed her....asked her what she believed with diabetes, how many patients did she treat with this, did she believe in me taking control of my own health and did she have a problem knowing I would not just do everything she said, that she only had 45% control of my health....of course her look also priceless thinking what kind of patient do I now have but she answered all right....
More people need to take control of their health, and learn as much as they can about their bodies.