Are Diabetics Diabetics Own Worst Enemy?

I'm not a diabetic myself, but it's funny-- I have one friend who weighs around 110, is a type 1 diabetic and is constantly going into the ER because she won't watch her diet, intake or monitor her sugar. I have another friend who is almost 300 pounds, watches everything all the time (she's also a type 1), and is healthy as a horse-- her doctor is always on her to lose weight, and she tries and tries, and it doesn't work. Then my 3rd friend was 120 until she had her daughter, then she got type 2 diabetes and she has gained 100 pounds in a year and a half since she was diagnosed, and she is obsessive about her diet and monitoring. All of them agree by the way that a healthy A1c is 6.5 or below. I have come to the conclusion that is must be luck of the draw. I have also noticed that most of the people I have known with diabetes that DIDN'T have children weigh less and gain less weight than those who have had kids. I know before I had my boys, I could eat anything-- after I had them, I look at a grape and gain five pounds. Maybe having children affects metabolism. As for me, I have diverticulosis, and when I have flare ups, I drop weight like crazy because of the constant diarrhea-- and for the past few years, every time I have had to go to a hospital for anything, even a migraine, they always ask me if I have ever been diagnosed with diabetes! I always tell them no, why don't you glucose tolerance test me if you're worried about it? It just started happening in the last two years. My blood work always comes back fine, I eat a low glycemic diet anyway because it sets easier on the stomach, and the only time my sugar is outside of normal is when the diverticulosis has been flaring up for more than a week, because it is really tough to stay hydrated. Heck, my sugar was at 58 when I had my last flare up and had to go in the hospital for intestinal bleeding-- but I was also dehydrated at the time. It was weird, because I didn't feel any different than I usually do when I am having a bad episode.My doc was amazed I was still conscious and on my feet, for some reason. Go Figure. I am dreading the healthcare changes-- they are going to end up costing everyone far more money for far less care. I live 4 miles from the Canadian border, and half my doc's patients are Canadians who come here because they can't get care in Canada in a decent time frame for a decent price. In Tucson, my care costs me over 4 times what it costs here, and prescriptions are 3 times higher and it's impossible to get an appointment with a specialist even when you pay cash like I do, because there are so many illegal aliens and indigent people in the system. My regular doc there raised his rates for cash patients 3 times in 2 years because the state and federal government kept cutting what they paid him, and when Obamacare passed he decided after the new year he is lowering his cash rates again and will stop seeing medicare and state paid patients entirely.One of the reasons I moved here permanently was so I could AFFORD to go to a doctor. My doc here has already told all his patients after January 1 HE will only be seeing cash patients, because if he does anything else he would have to raise our cash prices to triple what we pay now. Here in Bellingham, almost half the patients the doctors get come from Canada, and a lot of the doctors and clinics have announced they won't take government patients of any kind anymore. I don't blame them either-- the government doesn't pay them squat, and often doesn't pay them for months and months-- and when your insurance costs 6 or 7 thousand dollars a month, you need to get paid.

Some people are their own worst enemy. I know a couple of people I work with that think they can eat and drink whatever they want as long as they give themselves more insulin. Then they can't understand why their blood sugar is so high. I wasn't Diabetic until I had a kidney transplant 7 years ago. Now the kidneys have failed and I'm still a Diabetic. When I found out I was Diabetic I weighed 180. There are probably millions of people who are Diabetic but have never been tested. The thing that scares me the most is the thought of having body parts chopped off if I don't watch my blood sugar. This might just happen to the people that don't have themselves tested.

well I am diabetic, type 1 diabetes is hereditary, and you are most likely born with it. But type 2 diabetes is the disease of the obese, yes it is true, most people meaning 9 or of 10 people who have type 2 diabetes got it because of being overweight. It is a known medical fact, one of the few they know. It is rare that skinny people get type 2 diabetes. I have always been over weight doctors were telling me when I was 20 to lose weight or I ran the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. I didn't listen and got the disease in my late 40's. Mine is not under control. They are not sure what they can do other than keep upting my meds. If it doesn't get under control I will die from it. I can get heart disease, kidney problems, eye problems and so on all brought on by diabetes. In fact the doctors as saying every condition I have now is because of diabetes. I am trying to eat properly but it is hard. I only had ice cream once this summer, and donuts once this summer. That is it for the sweets.

my mother became borderline diabetic at 140 - but she watched her diet and never got any worse. I was up to 254 a few years ago and I actually had low blood sugars, go figure. There are a lot of different kind of diabetics. There are those who can stick to their diets and still have problems, there are those who can do about anything and take their meds and not have problems. There are "fragile" diabetics who only have to look at candy and need insulin. Of course, there are type 1 and type 2 diabetics, one born that way and one becomes that way. I don't try to judge people, but I expect them to do their best, testing and/or taking their meds or whatever.

As far as I know, I am not diabetic. I have been tested and the results have not shown me to be diabetic. However, I am a realist and I know that can change, especially with age and diet or heredity. I have contemplated this topic and have reached the same conclusions as you, but I also think this true of many ailments we suffer. It is difficult for some to accept not being in perfect health, they see it as some kind of weakness or flaw. In reality, everyone has something, so it is rather normal. We just have to get over ourselves and get down to the business of taking care of ourselves. We are our first line of defense against that which is harmful to us and we should be the first person to respond when we have issues that need addressing. We can be our own worst enemy or we can be our own best friend, the choice is up to us. No matter what we choose, others should not stand in judgment of us, especially not knowing our situation. Words once spoken are difficult, if not impossible, to eat.

You know, I do have to say that I agree with you that a diabetic individual's worst enemy is themselves. However, I don't always think that it is because of the fact that they don't always watch their diets and such, from the experiences that I've seen in my life, it is more because of the fact that a person's body doesn't always react the way that it is supposed to. For example, one of my close friend's son is diabetic (he is 12 years old and was diagnosed when he was 6 years old), he eats like he is supposed to, but his body has a really hard time adjusting to the weather like with the extreme heat we experienced this year, he has not been able to keep his levels under control.

I am a Diabetic but I am one of those who just let people be. If they should need my advise on how I maintain a normal range of A1c, then that's the time when I speak out and give them my regimen. However, if they're diabetics who are obviously trying to kill themselves, perhaps I would nudge them a little bit but if they don't listen, well, that's their life. I don't always follow strict rules and regimens though, I think they're making people miserable. I am lenient, my doctors are too, as long as I know my boundaries. I could eat ice cream, I could eat any sweet stuff, I could do just about anything a person who isn't a diabetic does. Most people wouldn't even believe that I am a diabetic. Perhaps it's because I don't look at my condition as something to be super worried about. I do have checks often. I go through a lot of doctors for everything. But I could still manage to live a normal life because I don't push myself too much. Thus, I guess, I am happier. As our trainer in Yoga/Pilates always says "Listen to your body". Regimens are made "in general", you will always know your body better than anyone else. My doctors are there to guide me as my friends. They don't need to scold me because I follow them and adjust whenever I feel the regimen is too much. There will always be alternatives. Have a great MylOt experience ahead!

Hello my friend KrauseHome Ji, Well, I am DM2 since all most more than 15 yrs now, but having regular treament only since six Years, but I never follow diet prescribed by Dr. Some times back I had send you my diebetic findings, I will try and repeat here once more :- CHART-II Blood Sugar [b]Date PP Fastg Normal