Nothing better than be a diabetes patient myself - 18

This happened sometimes ago when I met someone who has diabetes. They never want to discuss about the treatment. May be that's kind of taboo in Chinese society or they feel shy to have this problem.

Yesterday I joined a dinner party and two friends talked about their blood sugar tests. Although it was not a good place to discuss, yet one had a small box looked like quick sugar bar for hypoglycemia. He did not mention about his treatment, yet I believe that he had western medication to lower his blood glucose level.

It may not easy to prove that my concept is right. I do believe that by treating one's diabetes with such way is wrong. Perhaps some would choose it because they need not restrict about eating. For me, this is like making joke with your own body. That will disturb the normal functioning and may not be able to recover at all.

To have our bodies back to normal, it is always good to let the body heals itself. The Chinese traditional medication is based on this concept. Long time ago, I have asked an old Chinese doctor about this and he confirmed that my idea was right. Medicine should bring up the strength of our own organs and let them back to health gradually. No method is better than the nature's work.

Nothing better than be a diabetes patient myself - 17

I have not written here for almost two weeks because of work.

During the Chinese New Year, I had a lot of food and most are said to be not good for diabetes patients.

However, my two tests for the two weeks remained at one plus. Of course, no test had been taken during the holidays. But I believe that the maximum would be two plus.

As mentioned, I trust that it is better to change my diet gradually. For the two weeks, if I had to take my lunch outside, I tried to take green bean thread noodles instead of rice or other noodles. This may be helpful because green bean is good for diabetes.

I did not avoid drinking beer, red or white wine. It should be the quantity that I have to take care of. One or two glasses would not be harmful at all.

Perhaps the most important thing is to keep the treatment continuously. Medicine should be helpful but we should not rely on it only especially for old guy like me.

Recently, the numbness remains obvious especially during the cold nights. According to information, the diabetes may affect our hearts. I think that it is the same cause instead. When our bodies fail to function properly, it should affect some of our organs. That is why finding the exact cause is very important. For my case, the unnecessary food consumption may be the major cause.

As usual, some medical articles point to everything from lack of exercise to smoking. That is nothing scientific and not helpful for diabetes treatment. I am not saying drinking, smoking or lack of exercise is good. No, these are some of our bad habits. Unfortunately, all our enjoyment is bad. If we have to live in misery for hundred years, I prefer to die not too old but happy with some levels of enjoyment. The saying that one's life would be shortened by one or two years is nothing different from lies. Who can predict exactly how old one may live?

I have an aunt who had heart dicease and the doctor declared that she could live for six months, but she died ten years afterward. Some years ago, the doctor found that the stomach of my mother might have cancer and asked us to consider operation, otherwise, my mother would die within six months. She lived six more years without operation or treatment.

Nothing better than be a diabetes patient myself - 16

Treating diabetes is not a new thing; it should be thousands of years from the day when medication had been started.

We may astonish to read "Diabetes Health Goes Beyond Blood Sugar". Certainly, there will be a lot of argument and discoveries in the coming days.

One thing we ought to find is that if this study has some level of truth, then by treating diabetes (type 2) by lowering blood sugar must have a lot of failed cases. Why this is not told? If medication is kind of science, then recovery should not be assumed.

Nowadays, I find that some doctors behave much less scientific and never take up the facts instead.

I am not a doctor, but I still feel good to be a patient so that I can learn more about diabetes. Just like the recent news about a book, "When Doctors Become Patients". After being a patient, the outcome "I had no idea what patients were going through. My eyes were completely opened." is a great thing.

From the beginning, I do not expect that my diabetes would be fully recovered. I believe that it is part of aging that we cannot avoid. Of course, it is not a final saying. This will take sometimes to find the correct answer.

Nothing better than be a diabetes patient myself - 15

My condition remains stable and testing results are between 50 (one plus) to 150 (two plus) for these weeks.

Although I know that even if I can recover, that is, the testing back to below 50 or even zero, there is no way to go back and eat whatever I like, yet it is good to realize whether diabetes can be cured.

By checking online today, I found a blog page "Lap Bands and Type 2 Diabetes" about the surgery that I mentioned earlier. It is great to see such discussion, especially the saying that this type of condition will disappear and return due to lifestyle.

Even in Wikipedia, we can find similar posting about the surgery. Of course, this is only applied to some who are obese.

What is aging? Some organs are exhausted if not worn out. That is life and we may have different paths to end our lives. One thing is certain, we all shall die. There is an essay, "Staying a Step Ahead of Aging", with good suggestion to extend the health of our bodies. If all our organs can be maintained forever, then we might live forever; human will face the great risk of extinction.

For me, the best thing is to avoid unnecessary suffering and let my body die naturally.