Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 126 for a fasting glucose is not too bad really. I know it puts you in the diabetic catagory, but please don't ignore diabetes if you have it and just blow it off. Yours sounds very controllable if you do have it with a fasting 126. My SIL chose to ignore hers and is now a type I diabetic on insulin many times a day and could have delayed this by many years had she listened to her doctors and taken her pills and followed her diet. I feel sorry for her, but she did bring it on herself by choosing to throw out all her diabetic meds and not see her doctor for six months. she finally started having trouble seeing and ended up back at the doctor's and realizing what she had done is now a type I diabetic like I said. What a shame huh? Don't do what she did. Follow your doctor's recommendations now. Good luck. Tracie. P.S. I have been diabetic about a year now and my sugars are remaining stable on my medication and I have not even needed an increase in the pills. As a matter of fact they have thought about cutting down my pills if I keep doing so well. So it is not all bad. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Thanks all. And not to worry...I'm an " attack the enemy as soon as you see their hats " kind of person! I'm pretty pro-active. Just learning all I can and waiting for my pcp appointment to get here so we can start doing whatever needs doing. Kim --- In , Tracie Bragdon <tracierae143@...> wrote: > > 126 for a fasting glucose is not too bad really. I know it puts you in the diabetic catagory, but please don't ignore diabetes if you have it and just blow it off. Yours sounds very controllable if you do have it with a fasting 126. My SIL chose to ignore hers and is now a type I diabetic on insulin many times a day and could have delayed this by many years had she listened to her doctors and taken her pills and followed her diet. I feel sorry for her, but she did bring it on herself by choosing to throw out all her diabetic meds and not see her doctor for six months. she finally started having trouble seeing and ended up back at the doctor's and realizing what she had done is now a type I diabetic like I said. What a shame huh? Don't do what she did. Follow your doctor's recommendations now. Good luck. > > Tracie. > > P.S. I have been diabetic about a year now and my sugars are remaining stable on my medication and I have not even needed an increase in the pills. As a matter of fact they have thought about cutting down my pills if I keep doing so well. So it is not all bad. > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Tracie, You're giving very good advice for anyone to follow if they're diabetic. I have a sister-in-law who just ignored her diabetes and didn't try to control it, and now she has two half feet. She also had an episode in which she lost her sight. I do want to clear up one thing, though. Type 1 diabetes is an entirely different disease from type 2. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease, caused when the body's immune system attacks the beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. In that respect, it is like RA. Many type 2's get to the point that they have to have insulin, but then they are insulin-dependent type 2's, not type 1's. I'm glad that you are able to control your diabetes. I always say that of the diseases that I have, diabetes is my favorite, because there are measures that I can take to make it better. It's hard to do that with RA. Sue On Friday, December 28, 2007, at 01:45 PM, Tracie Bragdon wrote: > 126 for a fasting glucose is not too bad really. I know it puts you > in the diabetic catagory, but please don't ignore diabetes if you have > it and just blow it off. Yours sounds very controllable if you do have > it with a fasting 126. My SIL chose to ignore hers and is now a type > I diabetic on insulin many times a day and could have delayed this by > many years had she listened to her doctors and taken her pills and > followed her diet. I feel sorry for her, but she did bring it on > herself by choosing to throw out all her diabetic meds and not see her > doctor for six months. she finally started having trouble seeing and > ended up back at the doctor's and realizing what she had done is now a > type I diabetic like I said. What a shame huh? Don't do what she > did. Follow your doctor's recommendations now. Good luck. > > Tracie. > > P.S. I have been diabetic about a year now and my sugars are > remaining stable on my medication and I have not even needed an > increase in the pills. As a matter of fact they have thought about > cutting down my pills if I keep doing so well. So it is not all bad. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Good for you, Kim. You'll do fine if you do have diabetes. Sue On Friday, December 28, 2007, at 02:36 PM, just call me Sheba wrote: > Thanks all. And not to worry...I'm an " attack the enemy as soon as you > see their hats " kind of person! I'm pretty pro-active. Just learning > all I can and waiting for my pcp appointment to get here so we can > start doing whatever needs doing. > > Kim > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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