This patient support community is for questions related to juvenile diabetes including
Celiac disease,
depression, diabetic complications, hyperglycemia /
diabetic keto-acidosis,
hypoglycemia, islet cell transplantation,
nutrition, parenting a diabetic child, pregnancy, pump therapy, school issues, and teens with
diabetes.
Diabetes is not a disease that comes and goes away in time - it is the "end result" of something that has happened to your body that A) destroyed the cells in your pancreas that produce insulin, or B) caused your cells to become insulin resistant, or C) a combination of both A and B.
As stated above - if you are Type 2 Diabetic (most overweight Diabetics are) - you take insulin sensitizer pills that make your cells receptive to insulin. With the proper carefully controlled diet - you can control your sugar levels and reduce the number of pills you have to take. Type 2 Diabetics usually have a functioning pancreas.
If you are Type 1 - your pancreas no longer will produce insulin and you need to inject insulin in order to control sugar levels even if you properly diet. With Type 1 - there is no feasible way around giving yourself insulin shots. "Insulin pills" do not exist, neither does an "insulin patch" - although there is research into these insulin delivery methods.