Why Isn't Diabetes Reversable?

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

Another Question. We've all be told that Diabetes is

irreversable...only managable. I can't wrap my " logical mind "

around this. If anyone can answer this, I would really appreciate

it.

To tell you where I'm having problems grasping this concept, let me

give you an example.

The first person- let's call him Mike, has a predisposition to

Diabetes, but doesn't know it. He keeps fit, and maintains a

healthy weight. HOWEVER- if he " let himself go " , he would get

Diabetes.

The second person- Joe, also has a predisposition to Diabetes. He

gains too much weight and doesn't exercise and one day his doctor

tells him he has Diabetes.

Joe immediately loses weight, and starts exercising. All his

readings are now totally normal. HOWEVER - even though Joe is on

no medication, and has normal readings, he is labeled Diabetic.

So...what is the difference between Mike and Joe????? Bear in mind,

also, that the " threshold " for making the " call " for Diabetes has

been lowered the last few years.

Nikki

[Guest guest]

Hi Nikki,

You can gain control of Diabetes and live a normal life. But once a

Diabetic, you are always predispostioned to diabetic complications, even if

you have tight control. The hope is that tight control will alleviate most,

if not all complications. BUT. . .NOT guaranteed.

Rhonda Y.

>

> We've all be told that Diabetes is

> irreversable...only managable. I can't wrap my " logical mind "

> around this. If anyone can answer this, I would really appreciate

> it.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Nikki,

You can gain control of Diabetes and live a normal life. But once a

Diabetic, you are always predispostioned to diabetic complications, even if

you have tight control. The hope is that tight control will alleviate most,

if not all complications. BUT. . .NOT guaranteed.

Rhonda Y.

>

> We've all be told that Diabetes is

> irreversable...only managable. I can't wrap my " logical mind "

> around this. If anyone can answer this, I would really appreciate

> it.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Nikki,

You can gain control of Diabetes and live a normal life. But once a

Diabetic, you are always predispostioned to diabetic complications, even if

you have tight control. The hope is that tight control will alleviate most,

if not all complications. BUT. . .NOT guaranteed.

Rhonda Y.

>

> We've all be told that Diabetes is

> irreversable...only managable. I can't wrap my " logical mind "

> around this. If anyone can answer this, I would really appreciate

> it.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Because human bodies are idiosyncratic, one can do everything 'right'

and still get complications; conversely, there are people who do nothing

'right' and never get them. Sometimes, over time, one's body changes so

that what used to work no longer does so.

The only 'cure' for diabetes is really islet cell transplant, and even

that isn't a perfect 'cure.' One still has to take anti-rejection drugs

one's whole life through, and sometimes whatever killed the patient's

own islet cells will kill the transplanted one's as well, and one is

right back where one started! (This is one reason why most US insurance

won't pay for islet cell transplants, although I'm told that Canada's

and the UK 's socialized medicine schemes do.)

Re: Why Isn't Diabetes Reversable?

Hi Nikki,

You can gain control of Diabetes and live a normal life. But once a

Diabetic, you are always predispostioned to diabetic complications, even

if

you have tight control. The hope is that tight control will alleviate

most,

if not all complications. BUT. . .NOT guaranteed.

Rhonda Y.

[Guest guest]

Because human bodies are idiosyncratic, one can do everything 'right'

and still get complications; conversely, there are people who do nothing

'right' and never get them. Sometimes, over time, one's body changes so

that what used to work no longer does so.

The only 'cure' for diabetes is really islet cell transplant, and even

that isn't a perfect 'cure.' One still has to take anti-rejection drugs

one's whole life through, and sometimes whatever killed the patient's

own islet cells will kill the transplanted one's as well, and one is

right back where one started! (This is one reason why most US insurance

won't pay for islet cell transplants, although I'm told that Canada's

and the UK 's socialized medicine schemes do.)

Re: Why Isn't Diabetes Reversable?

Hi Nikki,

You can gain control of Diabetes and live a normal life. But once a

Diabetic, you are always predispostioned to diabetic complications, even

if

you have tight control. The hope is that tight control will alleviate

most,

if not all complications. BUT. . .NOT guaranteed.

Rhonda Y.