[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes over 20 years ago. If your doctor says you almost have Type 2 diabetes and recommends medication...you need to do 2 things:

1. Start a serious regimen of regular excercise. Break a sweat 3 times a week. Speak with a dietician and get your food intake straight. Then get off the meds. The meds do not fix anything. They keep things in check and without proper diet and excercise, it WILL escalate into more meds and more meds as time goes on. Belive me. Been there...done that.

2. Find a new doctor. One who specializes in diabetes. The first word out of a doctor's mouth to someone who almost has Type 2 diabetes should not have been metformin.

Good luck.

[mj1234]

makes sense!

My father in law was diagnosed with diabetes
he:

1. stopped all alcohol
2. stopped all processed sugars- 0 candy
3. increased veggies and pure juices.
4. increased excerise- mostly just kept busy

He dropped 40+ lbs! and does not have diabetes anymore

[joe fonebone]

"Find a new doctor. One who specializes in diabetes. The first word out of a doctor's mouth to someone who almost has Type 2 diabetes should not have been metformin."
this happened to me..after 2 years of metformin, and my blood sugar completely out of whack, I stopped taking it and went to another doctor....turns out I am not diabetic ( at the high end of normal, but normal none the less ) and the metformin was literally killing me. My A1C was always in the decent range. A1C is the teller of all....If you are between 3 and 6, you are normal. If you are 7 or above you are diabetic. If you are between 6 and 7, lose about 25 pounds and you will be normal...you can buy A1C testers at the drugstore...this is what you need to watch

[RightField]

Find a new doctor. One who specializes in diabetes. The first word out of a doctor's mouth to someone who almost has Type 2 diabetes should not have been metformin.

Good advice. Mr. RightField has Type 2 and his first doctor sent him to a dietician for nutritional advice. She was overweight, had Type 2 herself, and advised him to increased his consumption of carbs such as saltine crackers and baked potatoes. Count calories, she said. We refused to pay the co-pay for the session, and walked out. They never rebilled us.

After discovering that diabetic cookbooks were just like regular cookbooks (except they gave the carb count for each dish) we retooled our diet ourselves ... no flour, sugar, potatoes or rice ... or any item containing any of these. Lots of green vegetables and moderate fruit. No fruit juices.

The result is that after 15 years as a diabetic, Mr. RightField has had no complications from the disease, has never increase his meds, and has lost weight.

You must be your own advocate. Read up and learn. And pay attention to your own body.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Good advice. If you don’t even know if you have diabetes I would not get on medication. My sister in law’s doctor has been on her for 2 years to take medication. She just kept refusing and she has stayed thin and eats right. She just had blood tests which show she definitely does not have diabetes. He was trying to put her on insulin. You have to be very careful about getting on these drugs.