I was diagnosed on Friday with borderline diabetes, What is that?
Secondly, I am injecting Byetta twice a day, and I am very confused as to what I am not suppose to eat. I spoke to a girlfriend and mentioned that I had a bagel for breakfast and she said that is the number one thing I should not eat. Help me please.
You need to ask your Doctor more questions.
Diet and exercise can control blood sugar levels if you have adult onset Pre Diabetes or Diabetes. I'd also buy the book written by Gretchen Becker " The First Year Type 2 Diabetes " . Gretchen is one of the experts on this site, and I've seen ads for this book on this website. It is a very good book to get you lots of information and knowlege which will help you ask the right questions.
I was diagnosed June 22, 2007 with type 2 Diabetes, and mainly with a carb counting diet and more physical activity dropped resting blood glucose levels from around 200 down to 90-105.
Many local hospitals have diabetes education programs, which involve dieticians and nurses that work with blood glucose meters. Learning how to check your own blood sugars, record them, and know what they mean.
Doctors prescriptions for blood glucose testing supplies are often covered under health insurance plans, but of course not all plans cover this expense.
Mark Benjes
Get in touch with either your doctor or closest diabeties association and find out where the closest Diabetic Educator is.
Then call and see when they have classes, if you can apply, how long a wait. If you have health insurance of some kind it should cover it, if not find out about cost-as this could help save your life in case you get diabeties or keep you from getting it.
I am not sure why your doctor put you on Byetta right away but I would want to know. I do not understand this drug.
I suspect you have diabeties 2-use the internet and go to reliable places only like the American Diabeties Association site-will be helpful in foods, the Mayo Clinic site I have found helpful.
You should also see about seeing a endocronologist just to be sure you are borderline. You may have to talk you doctor into this since you are not supposed to be a actual diabetic yet.
Borderline just means you are close to getting diabeties and can prevent it. This is why I am surprised you are on a drug at this point. Your doctor must be really worried that you can not keep yourself from getting diabeties-perhaps it is in your family.
Good luck.
Laura
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There is no such thing as borderline diabetes. You either have it, or you don't. You have diabetes if a) your fasting blood glucose readings of greater are than 126 mg/dl, or b) your random blood glucose is above 200 mg/dl on at least two occasions.
Since your physician started you on a diabetes drug, it's probably safe to assume you have type 2 diabetes. Ask and be sure!
Concerning what to eat: you should be referred to a diabetes dietitian to review your meal plan. Again, ask!
If your physician is unwilling or unable to assist you with these requests, you should find a diabetes team with an endocrinologist, diabetes nurse educator, and diabetes dietitian.
I am 20 years old and when I was 18 i kept passing out, and my doctor told me I was borderline diabetic. I was put on a special diet, and I lost a lot of weight, so I was already worrying about the diabeties, and then the weight loss. So should I assume I am type 2 diabetic? I know I should ask just to make sure, but is it okay to assume? I quite all my medicines because I wasn't actually diagnosed with diabeties, so should I get back on them? Both sides of my family have sever diabeties, so I know I am at high risk.
It is possible you had cardiometabolic syndrome which is also known as the following:
(1) Metabolic syndrome (MetS)
(2) Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)
(3) Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
(4) Insulin resistance (IR)
Having MetS/IGT/PCOS/IR increases risk of cardiovascular disease and/or type-2 diabetes because of the underlying inflammation coming from the toxins known as pro-inflammatory adipocytokines coming from the harmful visceral adipose tissue (VAT) which we start accumulating whenever we overeat (eat until we are full thereby stretching our stomachs).
Here is how we are helping our diabetics lose their harmful VAT in our cardiology clinic:
http://HeartMDPhD.com/EatLess
May reading this help you too.
Blessings,
Andrew
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
http://EmoryCardiology.com