@A DiabetesTeam Member I hear what you are saying so let me put it this way

We know that Chemo poisons us but would you refuse it if you had Stage 2 or 3 Cancer and the Doc told you "you can live for 10 or 20 more years if you take it, you will be pushing daisies before Labour Day if you don't"?

Maybe 1 in 1000 would refuse it under that condition and why would 999 not even blink and practically plug the IV Bag full of Poison in themselves?

Because we are "deathly afraid of Cancer" and see it as a death sentence unless you do everything possible - even lose your hair, puke your guts out, open yourself up to all kinds of disease and infection from trashing your immune system

And we are not afraid of Diabetes so we can find dozens of reasons to resist the treatment

The lunacy of this - 90% of us will die from Diabetes complications and very few of us will die from cancer - statistically, diabetics die from cancer at less than half the rate of the general population

We collectively need to start seeing our Diabetes diagnosis as at least "equal" to a Cancer diagnosis because the only real difference is how "quickly" one will kill you compared to the other

This is a wonderful post. Medication is exceptionally important . With it I can have a good quality of life...without it I can have a painful quality of life. The other day I spoke to someone who had gone very high and was online asking for help. I felt bad that they felt my post back was harsh. I know I get scared for them. There are people all over social media who post their symptoms thinking there is an easy fix and some magic poster will give them an easy answer. The thing is none of us want them to wait to go to the ER. I get not loving the ER I really do...but it can be life-saving. We can not afford to be frightened of taking medication or going to the ER.

The biggest thing with me and meds has been is it worth it. Sometimes it really is worth dealing with the symptoms. Also with some medications the symptoms get better with time, It is important to understand the medication and READ the pamphlet. Also talking with others yes you get ideas...but every one of us reacts differently to different medications. It is more important to talk with your pharmacist that is what he or she are there for. Education over ignorance is important but weigh everything out.

Well said! T2 is a silent killer and there’s no stopping it! It’s coming no matter what! So take the meds you might live a little longer!!

If the med has side effects that you are getting, then talk to your doctor. There are usually several options to address your issue. If one has too many or intolerable side effects, you can always try another. Sometimes it's like playing whackamole. One drug is a miss but you eventually find the right one and the right dosage and you whack that mole on the head lol. I have gone through several iterations of this with different drugs. But don't hesitate because of the listed side effects. Keep in mind, that is the list of every reported side effects anyone has ever had. It doesn't mean these are the side effects you will experience. Most of the time you get none or a relatively mild one at first, which leads to another bit of advice...if you do get a side effects and it's not something too severe, give it a few weeks. Some drugs will have an initial side effects that goes away as your body gets used to it.