I am a "creative type" who successfully brought a badly type 2 diabetic cat into life-time remission; but struggle with my own human pre-diabetes. Cats are clearly carnivores-easy-peasy. I am still confounded by the "carb controversy" where humans are concerned though. I wish the excellent veterinarian who wrote the book to guide me through treating my cat, would write a book for diabetic humans. Anyway, I went to school for visual arts and ended up in the technical (hard to believe, I know) graphics field, with a few detours along the way. I guess, if/when my feet fail me, I want to paint and write and actually took a baby step in that direction recently by signing up for a creative writing class this fall (in addition to the dance classes I take). I guess the one thing I am convinced of, is that physical activity is the best thing I can do to "save myself" at this time, while I'm still able. And that it took a lot of trials and false starts to find that path. Phew!

@A DiabetesTeam Member

Great post Graham. Thank you.

When I send every new member a guide on how to navigate the site, the first statement that I make to each new member is as follows:

“Please always take the advice of your medical practitioner. Do not change your medication or your treatment, unless under strict medical advice.

This is not a medical site but the support that you will receive from other members will be extremely rewarding”

I make it very clear to every new member that this is not a medical site but rather a support group. ❤️

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my studies are human services and i have a pastor license

Yet despite all the medical knowledge I aquired throughout my career. I still refer people to their Dr or even pharmacist as they know more about medications then Dr. A Dr prescribes as per protocols depending on blood works and symptoms, while a pharmacist is required to know everything such as adverse reactions and interactions with other medications, so once you are prescribe a medication a pharmacist can help you out more then a Dr, especially if you take other medications and have other medical conditions.

Diabetes is not something to be messed with, so many patients came to hospital with various degrees of complications and I saw enough to know i do not wish to get any of them myself. I myself am in remission since May 2020 and am not on diabetic medications, which is harder to do then with medications. But should there come a day I require medications I will not hesitate. I would say research and support here is helpful, the more you know about your medical conditions the better. I have 18 diseases with no cure and 5 are autoimmune, so get to know your health and what works and what doesn't. Always consult a Dr or Pharmacist when needed.

All these while working full time. I worked 50 years in industry. Retired June 2022.

Associates in Science
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering

Associates in the Arts
Secondary Education

Batchelor in Science, 
1) Chemistry. 
2) Chemical Engineering.
3) Mechanical Engineering. 
4) Electrical Engineering.

Batchelor in the Arts, 
1) Secondary Education.

Trade School, licensed Stationary Engineer
1) Black Seal in Charge, high pressure steam.
2) Blue Seal in Charge, high pressure steam.
3) Blue Seal in Charge, refrigeration.
4) Universal Refrigerants.

Trade School
Instrumentation and Control, 
Licensed by Instrumentation Society of America.
Level 1, 
Level 2, 
Level 3.

First responder 
38 years of drills, education,
First Aid, CPR, AED.

Brought back several who presented, no pulse, no breathing,
One At work.
A 2nd at work unsuccessful.
Two On the highways after coming upon crashes.
Two At Christian Music Festivals.

Wilderness First Aid.
Disaster Management. 
Disaster Triage.
Medical Diagnosis