<p>My nest just became empty and I can’t believe it – I’ve just been offered a job BUT I need to get up to speed very quickly on type 2 diabetes. Wondering if any CC parents are affected by it (personally or a loved one) and if I could ask a some questions. We could either have a thread here or take it offline. Feeling rather unnerved about taking a job when my learning curve will be so steep!</p>
<p>Main treatments or methods of avoidance are increasing exercise and losing body fat*. Fast digesting carbohydrates and sweet drinks should generally be avoided except as needed for long strenuous exercise events.</p>
<p>*Typical goal would be [waistline</a> less than half your height](<a href=“http://www.ashwell.uk.com/shapechart.htm]waistline”>Ashwell Associates - Dr Margaret Ashwell).</p>
<p>Feel free to PM me or I can answer questions online - I was diagnosed over 10 years ago (I had gestational diabetes 27 years ago so was predisposed). I’ve controlled it with diet and medication ever since the diagnosis. Ucbalumnus is correct that exercise and loss of body fat are excellent control mechanisms. I was able to drop to a lower dosage medication when I lost a lot of weight three years ago. Meet with a nutritionist to learn about carbs - I was surprised how many foods have carbs that are otherwise considered quite healthy.</p>
<p>You can certainly start a new job at this time as long as you don’t suddenly become completely sedentary and start eating white carbs all day long!</p>
<p>I think I may not have been clear in my original post…the new job involves knowing about type 2 diabetes; I did not recently become diagnosed. Sorry for any confusion. And, Marilyn, I will PM you – thanks!</p>
<p>Check webmd. They have easy to understand correct information. Or diabetes.org</p>
<p><–Nurse Practitioner, prints things for patients there all the time</p>
<p>I’m actually interested in connecting with people who have type 2 diabetes (or have first hand experience with a loved one) who would be willing to answer some questions and engage in some dialogue about it.</p>
<p>A very helpful forum is diabetesdaily.com. Members are very informative and it is a very active forum so you would be able to read a great many viewpoints and actions.</p>
<p>collage - you can pm me if you like, but my case is kind of weird. I was diagnosed as a Type 2 nine years ago but am actually an adult-onset Type 1 (they think)… in other words, I didn’t have any of the usual risk factors when I was diagnosed and I progressed really rapidly to insulin-dependence. Although my case is atypical, I have experienced almost everything there is to experience about Type 2 (I think…) - the diet, the exercise, etc - and I’m familiar with some of the issues that can arise when the disease continues to progress.</p>
<p>Thank you so much. Justforthis, the website will be very helpful. Scout59 and Marilyn, I PM’d you. If anyone else has type 2 diabetes or has a loved one with it, I’d love to hear from you. </p>
<p>I have T2 and I’d be happy to talk to you about it.</p>
<p>Dh was diagnosed this year with T2 and I feel as if the learning curve was pretty steep for us, too. Can you share what sort of job you’ll be doing? </p>
<p>Did you see these pieces in today’s NY Times? My father was a type 2 diabetic, following in his mother’s footsteps and I lost a lot of weight in an attempt to keep it at bay. There are quite a few knowledgeable folks over at the diet/exercise/health/wellness support thread as well. </p>
<p><a href=“Averting Diabetes Before It Takes Hold - The New York Times”>http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/prediabetes-blood-sugar</a></p>
<p><a href=“A Family Cycle of Diabetes - The New York Times”>http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/a-family-cycle-of-diabetes/</a></p>
<p>Collage1, I will be happy to answer questions also. My grandmother was insulin dependent, both parents were late onset, as was my older sister. I had gestational diabetes with my only pregnancy at the age of 42. When S was about four, I became part of the Diabetes Prevention Project which morphed into the Diabetes PP Outcome Study. About 6 years ago, I converted to diabetes from having metabolic syndrome. As part of DPPOS, I have attended classes and workshops at least twice a year. I don’t take any medication so I am continually adjusting my diet.</p>
<p>Might check out power pak ce and medscape. Both have lots of continuing education article /tests about diabetes. They require you sign up but it’s free. Medscape is usually very quick to review. </p>
<p>Google the American Diabetes Association website. This would be the latest, official information.
What is the job?</p>
<p>I haven’t looked at the ADA website in a couple of years. IMNSHO, they are one of the WORST sources of information about controlling T2 diabetes effectively. At least they were then, when they were still pushing grains, drugs, and recommending excessively high BG levels.</p>
<p>Consolation, your comment about the ADA website is the impetus behind my new job (at least I hope it’s going to be my new job). A person who was misdiagnosed for years and then, once properly diagnosed, given poor advice about diet, insulin, etc. has asked me to work with him. He has many resources available to him and, after he felt following the recommendations given weren’t working, spent the next year experimenting with diet, medicine, etc. In conjunction with a variety of experts, he would like to promote what he (and others) believe are best practices.</p>
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<p>Seems like the best practices for treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes are well known, and not particularly controversial:</p>
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<li> Increase exercise.</li>
<li> Reduce body fat.</li>
<li> Avoid sweet drinks, added sugars, and fast digesting (typically low fiber) carbohydrates, except when needed for long duration strenuous exercise.</li>
</ol>
<p>However, compliance with the above practices seems to be abysmally low, which is why so many people end up on drugs instead.</p>
<p>And he believes he has some alternative practices (and we’re finding more and more research and others that support what he’s found) that he would like to promote. I certainly don’t want to get into a debate here; I am just interested in connecting with other parents with experience with T2 diabetes, largely to help myself get up to speed. Thank you to those that have responded.</p>
<p>Medscape and WebMD.</p>