I agree with you completely. Every person reacts to every drug differently and you can’t say that because it works for me it’s going to work for you. One of the reasons I wrote how it did work for me is that I dislike the other side of the discussion being lopsided. When everyone talks about the negative side-effects, someone has to say when the stuff DOES work. Two sides to everything and I had been seeing conversations that felt totally off-balance.
I don’t like taking meds. Never have. Drag my tail and avoid whatever I can. But I’ve hit 80 years old this year and don’t have a lot of options. Took 6 months before I agreed to let them experiment with the Rybelsus on me. Just because it worked doesn’t mean I won’t fight the next pill they try to give me just as hard.
Diabetes runs in our family. Father died at 49 from it. Brother is late 80’s and has it bad. Since I’ve always refused insulin, it’s pretty amazing to find something that seems to be protecting me at my age.
My grandfather, father and brother all were diabetics, all from bad diets and lifestyles.
In June of this year I had open heart surgery, I was born with something called a bicuspid aortic valve, approximately 2% of the public is born with this birth defect and 80% of bicuspid aortic valve sufferers have some type of surgery in their life to repair the valve.
A bicuspid valve causes other issues, in my case I had an aortic aneurysm which got repaired at the same time as the valve replacement, ultimately, I had to have a pacemaker implanted at the same time as the open-heart surgery.
Two additional things I learned in the hospital, I was told I was not a prediabetic and showed no signs of becoming one and my coronary arteries were clear, and my cholesterol levels were all in the good range.
As I told another poster, the single best thing I did in recovery was cardiac rehab which consisted of 24 one-hour sessions of supervised exercise and diet counseling. After cardiac rehab I joined the YMCA to continue the exercise program.
I now work out at the YMCA 3 times a week and walk 5 miles 3 times a week, since June I’ve lost 30 pounds all without drugs.
You’re absolutely right, what worked for me my not work for anyone else, but simple lifestyle changes which consist of exercise and a better diet can only help and it’s far cheaper than a pharmaceutical solution in many cases.