Diabetes

[girlfromeastlondon]

I am a teaanage girl who live with her parents. a few years ago, I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type II. I do weigh more than the average teenager but I am not what doctors would term as over-weight. My problem is, I am not on any medication of any kind. The only medication i recieved from my doctor was 6 years ago, and it only assisted in heloping me lose weight. Is this normal? Is it possible/normal that I can survive and beat this illness by simply sticking to my diet? any clarification on this will be muvh appreciated. Thank you.

[Super_sally888]

Hi,

you should be having some sort of regular monitoring to be sure that your blood sugar really is under control.

Starting point would be to hae your Hba1c tested.  Do you have a blood sugar meter?  If you do, what are your typical fasting and post eating numbers.

It is possible to have no symptoms of high blood sugar, but damage is occuring.

For type 2 it is often possible to manage it with diet and exercise (low carb diet and plenty of exercise, plus getting to your optimal weight).  However, you are still very young, so it would be a great idea to get some more monitorint for how you are doing.

Let us know.

[ricymardona]

Diet control is one of the good way to control your diabetes but i think you also need to consult with doctors.

[diabetes86]

Eating less carbs and exercising will help your body to keep in trim.  will it prevent diabetes.... dont know but it wont heart