diabetes, different for each person

[Guest guest]

I would just like to put two cents worth in here for those who may not be

familiar with the disease called diabetes. Type I diabetes is very different

than Type 2, although both are morbid diseases. And adult onset of Type I is

different than Childhood Onset of Type I.

The interventions for one are NOT the interventions for the others. Each kind

represents a different set of needs. And a different customized treatment

plans as each person with diabetes is DIFFERENT in constitution, age and

other factors, in general.

There are sometimes misdiagnoses of diabetes. Even more often, it is not

diagnosed early, but rather late. Sometiems childhood diabetes is missed and

not diagnoses til a person is an adult, and so on.

RNY specialists have noticed a profound abatement of blood sugar readings in

type 2 diabetics, after RNY. For ma ny of us, we were " lucky " enough to at

least this far out, to have this occur, and we took a huge chance, I know I

did, to abate this morbid illness, at least for a while, forever, or for

however long it can last.

I know for myself, I can only say I have unending gratitude that my body is

no longer eating itself, my nerve sheaths in particular, that my eyesight

degeneration has not deepened, my loss of feeling in legs and trunk has been

reversed to a large extent, and so on. Though I have had MANY complications

and hospitalizations as a direct result of the RNY, including occasional

bouts with LOW blood sugar, and (I carry an epi-pen to shoot up if I have

need)I am still here, and every day is blessed. My blood sugars remain in

the normal range and I still am incredulous--prior to rny, they were out of

control for so very long no matter what we/I did.

The thing I know most is that few pcp's or rny docs are specialists in

diabetes. I believe you need a shoe maker to make shoes, not a farrier.

(horse-shoer) noi matter how good that farrier might be. There are many

aspects to diabetes; certainly one is diet, but the other huge one is stress.

A specialist can help by giving a good clear picture of 1. what you have.2.

what you cannot do about it. 3. what willhelp to make it better. 4. what you

can do to help yourself.

Seeing a truly knowing specialist takes matters out of a blind-flurry of

things wrong, and orders them instead, pins them down so they make sense to

you and so you know exactly as possible of where you stand.

in terms of diabetes, like all other disorders, each person has A DIFFERENT

experience of it...and this ought be honored, and I think here on grad list

that is most often very much so from all the kind and brave hearts here.

love,

ceep G-MOM