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"Cure" for diabetes?

aggle-rithm

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I was disheartened to read a couple of weeks ago that, not only does having type II diabetes increase your chances of having a stroke, but even if the diabetes is under control through diet and exercise, the increased chance of stroke never goes away. Having been diagnosed with type II diabetes last year, this was not what I wanted to hear.

I told my wife about this, and she brushed it off, saying "you don't have diabetes anymore, so I wouldn't worry about it."

While it's true that my blood sugar is now at normal levels, I'm not sure it would be accurate to say that I'm "cured". I think of diabetes as being an incurable disease that can go into remission and stay there as long as we take care of ourselves. This diabetes/stroke correlation seems to indicate that permanent changes occur that cannot be undone by healthy living.

Is type II diabetes curable, or simply controllable?
 
They're still futzing around with exact mechanisms, but if you keep your weight under control ypu should be good to go for pretty much the rest of your life.

There seems to be a correlation between amount of belly fat (insided the abdomen) and imsulin resistance in cells. And there seems to be a correlation between stress levels and tendency to deposit abdominal fat, as opposed to elsewhere in the body.

Figure it out and go get your Nobel prize.
 
I wonder if the stroke risk also applies to gestational diabetes. I had diabetes when I was pregnant with son #1, but not since.
 
30 year type II diabetic here.

Last year I lost 60 lbs. Got off insulin after 10+years. On oral med instead, which help the uptake/resistance right where it needs it.

Eye doctor says my diabetic eye disease is about gone. And my numb feet feel lots better sensations too. So I'm thinking that some of the complications do go away.
 
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Is type II diabetes curable, or simply controllable?
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When I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes, I was told by my doctors (2 separate primary care physicians) and by my diabetes education class that diabetes is not curable, just controllable. I was also told it put you more at risk for heart attack.
 
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