I began my control of Diabetes type2 on the impact of finding the photo of my mother when she was 80 and was a type 2 diabetic and she had dementia and was in a care facility and was on a diabetic diet and was slim and looked healthy.

So I decided that day - as I was 80 also, that I could do better with my health and my late onset Diabetes type2. So I stopped eating ice cream , cake and junk foods and walk daily for exercise and eat healthier foods. It took 2 years for me to lose 16 kilos of fat and I reversed my Diabetes type2 and now I’m still in remission from Diabetes and I’m keeping my weight down to around 55kg and I’m feeling great for almost 85yeara years young

I’m also taking quite a few supplements and vitamins daily to boost my health and my body strength.

Qt

Also my doctor is happy with my health and my progress and told me to “Just keep doing what I’m doing “

Hugs from Judy

Be compliant with your diet, and staying physically active. And be here to watch your grands grow up. If you take medicine for diabetes, take it on schedule daily
You don't whine and say I can't do this. We all can do it
It's mind over matter.
You still got this. There may a few bumps in the road, but that doesn't slow you down.
Love you ❤️

Henry, you did a masterful change. I too changed myself. We are all different. I felt like I had to do mine all at once. This choice was intuitive for me. I was not rushing, but I felt I could not do baby steps. My decision provoked 3 days of hell doing total carbohydrate withdrawal. I stuck with it. I felt like it was my last chance at life. At the end of three days I woke up feeling 20 years younger. I then started treadmill which I do to this day.
Again, we are all different. My method worked for me 23 years ago. I had to lock myself in my office so my coworkers would not see me shaking.
When my wife was diagnosed, she did the same thing. She was and is successful.
I am not recommending my method to anyone. It worked for me and we are all different. My mind is that of an engineer. I see problems and opportunities and go for them. This is my style of thinking. You cannot design a circuit with halfway methods. If I had done something like that I would have been fired.
We eat less than 20 grams of carbs per day. This comes from vegetables like asparagus, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, etc. Unlike my wife I like salads.
I want to reiterate that we need to choose the method of treatment that we think will work for us.
I must admit my method was also influenced by working at a medical school with a large public hospital where I saw the horror of "complications". Fear is a powerful motivator, especially when that motivation produces a good result. I was also influenced by the physician/scientists for whom I worked who told me to do just what I did. Ultimately, it was my choice but they were quite insistent and their motivation was monetary. I provided electronic design and coding for their studies. This was at no charge because I was a civil service employee. When I went on a months vacation, they had to hire a replacement contractor at $400/hour in 2002. This took huge bites out of their funding. They needed me healthy and ready for work. Too bad this is not the motivation for all our physicians.

I still remember in surgery having the blood on me when we amputated the legs at the knees of a 30 year old woman who refused to change when she was diagnosed. We were all shocked in there at what we were having to do. It is a lasting memory.

@A DiabetesTeam Member I am blessed to live were people come to hike❕

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