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What Are The Ten Key Facts About Type 2 Diabetes That I Wish Were Told To Every New Patient?
(stole the article from Diabetes Care Community)
1. It’s the most common type of diabetes
Did you know that some 90-95% of people with diabetes have type 2?
2. Being overweight increases your risk of type 2 diabetes
Research shows that if you’re obese, your chance of developing type 2 diabetes is 80 times greater than those of people whose body mass index (BMI) is within a normal range
3. You can develop diabetes at any age
But this type of diabetes is most common in middle-aged and older… read more
@A DiabetesTeam Member Also....this may be great to automatically post to any new people - what do you think? If so, could the "powers to be" just automatically welcome people with this information?
Losing 40lbs made my A1c drop from 6.2 to 5.9. Metaformin did the rest. Losing another 40lbs feels like climbing mount Everest that is covered in Grease with no climbing equipment.
@A DiabetesTeam Member to convert multiply by 18. So your 5.1 would be converted to 91.8
This wasn't told to me either by the doctors in the emergency room or by the GP. I knew some of it because my mother had diabetes although what was available at that time has changed. I had the brains to research the disease. It is a scary disease but it can be controlled if told the facts. Are the doctors scared to tell a patient or are they uninformed themselves? We can learn how to improve our bodies.
Thank you for posting this and for all you do. Everyone who has diabetes should know this and everyone who doesn't know the information should know too.
I definitely agree with everything you said. Great summary of all the different issues you can have. It is a scary disease but it is up to each one of us to make good choices to keep it under control. Take one day at a time and stay positive.
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