Almost most all of you guys are full of info.Acceptance is the only way to learn to face the condition face to face 😁❤️

I was shocked at first. Then acceptance set in. I decided to learn about it,as much as possible. I did my research. I did not have online access. Did all my research the hard way

My world came trembling down i could see the walls of Jerico falling on me i felt defeated i felt betrayed i felt pain i cried so much i still do cry shame i wont lie but i took it as just deciding to take make a change in my life and im sticking to it for the rest of my life so i took it as let me take these pills and injections to better my life not as diabetes i didnt wanna stress about it too much so i just prayed and said God just take over but as long as i can still eat chocolate its fine😂😂i compromised alot but id never do that on chocolate sorry😂but my suagr levels are amazing and i feel great i even forget im diabetic only when i inject its like ahhhhhh man and im suppose to inject like 4 times a day but it drains me so i make it 2 times sometimes 3 it works for me big time i basically experimented on myself and ive been doing great4 times is too much and drains my energy but i know how to balance between injecting 2 or 3 times a day 🙃

Hi @A DiabetesTeam Member,
I am the oldest of 8. Both parents passed from diabetes complications and comorbidities 30 years ago. All my siblings were diagnosed with diabetes 10-20 years before my February 2021 diagnosis, A1C 13.5.

That means that my average blood glucose number for the previous 90 days was 341.

I was relieved when finally diagnosed. For me it wasn't a matter of if, but rather when I would be diagnosed with diabetes.

The previous 12 years, I asked my doctor to test me, because that's when I started drinking 150-250 oz of water daily. He kept telling me that I wasn't diabetic.

With my new doctor I negotiated no diabetes medications for 3 months. I had to get my A1C down to 6.1 to gain another 3 months without diabetes medications.

What I did in response to my diabetes diagnosis, my right eating lifestyle, made all the difference in the world. I chose a ultralow net carb right eating lifestyle. No sugars, no carbs. Very low carb Vegetables and protein is my daily fair.

My myriad other diagnoses are now controlled. And I am down from 13 daily maintenance prescription medications to 3, plus my albuterol rescue inhaler.

I've dropped 62 pounds and my BMI is 24.8.

I self taught myself from medical and scientific journals and studies from universities all over the world.

Correlations that I drew from these sources, others, and personal experience, drive my experiments to better understand my personal diabetes journey.

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That's how I also felt NtombioxMiya.But now I am OK with it. In my family its only 2 of us who were diagnosed last year. I am 60 years old and my sister 50. We are doing things together and give each other support