I
am not a doctor. I am not giving medical advice but simply sharing my life
experience. I am 62 years old and overweight.
Doctors
are often criticized for prescribing unneeded tests and procedures that harm
more than they help and add to medical costs that could otherwise be avoided. One medical procedure now being questioned
worldwide as unnecessary and potentially cause sometimes harmful results to
patients is prescribing Type 2
Diabetes Medication to Achieve Tight Glycemic Control.
There is no evidence that using medicine to tightly control blood sugar in older diabetics is beneficial. In fact, using medications to strictly achieve low blood sugar levels is associated with harms, including higher mortality rates. (American Geriatrics Society)
I
have been fighting type two diabetes for six years. Each time I had my blood
tested and my A1C increased I got a new pill. I was taking six different
prescribed drugs just for diabetes. I
did not feel good. The medicine was not working.
What changed? I
started researching type two diabetes. In future posts I will take you
through this research and what I did to reverse my type II diabetes WITHOUT
taking six different medicines. Will it work for you? I
do not know and you will not know UNLESS you try something different.
My
blood sugar reading was 92 this morning (100 OR LESS IS GOOD). I enjoyed a big dinner last night and
even had a bowl of ice cream that I put honey on! My low reading this morning
was, in part, because of something I did for five or more hours yesterday. Stay tuned to this blog and
I will tell you more.
This is an ongoing conversation I had with a facebook friend after this morning’s post:
ReplyDeleteConversation started February 16, 2010
Tom Price
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10:52am Friend
Tom Your personal experiences are just that and unless your blog states that in terms EVERYONE can understand it is of no use to me. There is no "reversing" Diabetes. There is NO cure... The best you can hope for is remission and even then it has to be monitored DAILY
I am happy you are getting your diabetes under control. I just don't want to see you fall victim to what I have seen so many do..
Tom Price
10:59am
Tom Price
Again read my blog and then tell me if you think I am doing wrong.
11:01am Friend
I just am going to stop at the first paragraph. There is clinical evidence out the ass that DPP-2 inhibitors and GLC-1 type meds can and do control Type II diabetes.
Get your advice from an Endocrinologist and not a geriatric doctor.
Tom Price
11:02am
Tom Price
I disagree with you on reversing type II diabetes because I am on the road to doing it myself. What I am telling people in my blog is exactly what I have been doing because of countless hours of research I did on my own. Will my method work for everyone? I do not know but I do know the risk is worth the try.
11:03am Friend
You ARE NOT; you on the road to getting it under CONTROL. There is NO cure.
And Tom I have spent my life researching Diabetes. My Grandfather, Mother and Father died from it.
Tom Price
11:04am
Tom Price
I did not say "cure" I said "reversing" big difference.
And I am talking about Type II not Type I again big difference.
ReplyDelete11:04am Friend
Everything I ever say about Diabetes has been backed up by and Endocrinologist, the ADA and Joslyn
You get it under control. You have not reversed anything
Tom Price
11:05am
Tom Price
Yea, I know and that is exactly why I followed my doctors’ advice for six years BUT I was not getting better.
11:05am Friend
Was your doctor an Endo?
Tom Price
11:06am
Tom Price
I define "reversing" as have a normal AIC
11:07am Friend
YOU define it that way. The ADA, and the Endo Assoc. DOES NOT
My last A1C was 6.1%
But that is not the sole criteria
What was your Triglyceride Levels?
Your endocrine levels?
What was your Kidney Function?
Blood Pressure?
Tom Price
11:09am
Tom Price
No he is a DO. He told me that based on his personal experiences I would see some good results short term but at some point have to go back on the drugs. He may be right BUT I am certainly going to try. Based on my last two months blood sugar readings I expect to see my AIC at 7 or maybe lower by December.
11:10am Friend
Again AIC is not the sole criteria
11:11am
Tom Price
So what you are saying is a person can have a AIC at your level 6.1 and still be considered to have Type II diabetes along with all the bad things it does to the eyes, feet, kidneys, etc.
11:11am Friend
I sincerely am happy that your diet is working for you.
And I hope it will continue for many years
I am afraid so Tom.
The key here is to limit simple carbs. No one is saying to have to complete eliminate them
Just limit them
And to keep track of your AiC, and cholesterol levels
Get the weight off.
Keep doing what you are doing
Tell the world about it. Just watch your terminology and quote facts from relevant sources
and being a former Paramedic I don't even like taking OTC meds unless I absolutely have too
But I do take my DDP-4 inhibitor and Metformin religiously..
Tom Price
Please respond to this question; So what you are saying is a person can have a AIC at your level 6.1 and still be considered to have Type II diabetes along with all the bad things it does to the eyes, feet, kidneys, etc .
If your answer is "yes" then I have missed something.
Tom Price
11:25am
Tom Price
What got me on this trail is I felt fine with blood sugar levels of 280 BUT felt awful when taking the medicine especially Metformin.
ReplyDelete11:28am Friend
I did answer your question. Yes you are and always will be a Type II Diabetic even with A1Cs in normal ranges
Your body gets used to things. It was used to having a Serum Glucose level in the 280's
It was not use to being with-in normal ranges
Overtime and yes time is always an uncontrolled factor your body will get used to returning to normal
I let myself get out of control.. Stupidity actually. The day I got up from my chair and hit the floor in what could only be describes as a drunken' Stupor with a BS level of 484 I decided I needed to start listening to my own preaching
I started exercising again
I started eating right again
My BS level were dropping but not at the rate I wanted them too
Doctor and I have been online "Friends" for the last 4 years
I started listening to her advice
MY BS levels average 95-105 now. My A1C are with-in normal levels and my Cholesterol levels are with-in ranges
Kidney function and liver functions all normal
I still exercise when I can. Still watch the carbs
and yes I have been known to devour a bowl of Ice Cream
Doctor still fusses at me
but I cannot and I stress cannot do this without the Meds
11:41am Friend
Your doctor actually told you he's have to let you go?
Did you remind him even under Obama-no-care that is a violation of COBRA
11:44am Friend
Tom, I am not telling you to stop what you are doing. It's working for you and that is a good thing. Just watch the terminology. While the logical folks will see it as your experience there are far more people who will try and make it their experience and fail. Lastly whatever you do don't get complacent
Tom Price
11:51am
Tom Price
According to him he works for a medical corporation that tells him what to do. The owners/management of the corporation say they cannot stay in business UNLESS they get the maximum medicare payments on each person's office visit. Under the ACA if a person does not respond to treatment the doctor gets less money for seeing that person. I think a doctor can drop you at their will and pleasure.
COBRA has to do with keeping insurance coverage if you lose your job. You keep it by paying the premiums yourself for a certain period of time. So much is changing with insurance and general health care I do not know if this is still true or not.
Tom Price
11:51am
Tom Price
Anyway my concern is this statement from you that I ask further clarification on since it is obvious you have a lot of experience with diabetes.
"Yes you are and always will be a Type II Diabetic even with A1Cs in normal ranges"
Does this mean damage is being done to the eyes, kidneys, feet etc with normal AIC levels???
11:53am Friend
With normal A1C you are limiting the damage. Remember this; The A1C is a message of the AVERAGE BG/dl levels over a 90 day period.
There are highs there are lows
During those highs damage occurs.
Non-diabetics included.
However, a non-diabetic BG/dl level return to normal faster than a Diabetics does
By keeping the highs limited the damage is limited
The goal is to get your BG/dl levels back down below 105 with-in two hours of eating
or as close to that two hours as possible..
11:58am
ReplyDeleteTom Price
OK, thanks I was worried there was something I was missing. My goal is to get the A1C to 6 or lower without medicine. Last time it was checked it was almost 8 and going up. My next blood test is December. I will know then.
My big exercise discovery will be posted on the blog this week. Stay tuned. It is something everyone can do every day at home or work. I discovered it by accident.
11:58am Friend
Getting off your ass and walking more HA!!
Take the steps and not an elevator
Unless you are going to the 30th follor
Floor
I usually get off at 28 and walk up two
or get off at three and walk down
Come on out to the farm You can help me. You want unexpected exercise ha!
Walking around the yard WITH my dogs
Speaking of which the dogs need to go out..
12:08pm
Tom Price
Nice talking with you this morning. You will not believe what I have figured out regarding exercising. Stay tuned.