And you probably had lots of patients not wishing to be informed!

@FrayedBear yup didn't like but had to get real

@bobwjr Some round here believe themselves immune unfortunately there is no innoculation against stupidity and delusion - just look at the number of godbotherers!

@FrayedBear yeah but fatal stupidity

According to the TEDX talk Type 3 diabetes.

@FrayedBear I mispoke/typed. Any uncontrolled diabetes. not just type 2

@gigihein Lions International have been pushing the issue including the probability of the pandemic since thee 1970's. As can be seen from some of the replies to my postings the world has obviously continued and wants to continue on the path to destruction.

We have retards like that in electric carts round here. You know that many have to have specially reinforced carts to carry them around?
It seems also that there are those who do not like the idea that everyone should be notified of this issue. It appears that multiple posting has been stopped. I tried posting into my groups and was told that I had already posted the item. Please respond to the post in the Community Senate that I have just made.

What does 97 convert to in mmol/l?

@FrayedBear its about 5.5mmol

I think this is very simplistic. There are people with T2D who are not overweight. It is dangerous to make this a lifestyle decision. No one, I would suggest wakes up wishing to have T2D and weigh 24 stone. Weight gain and inactivity tend to build up on people. Working with people to make tiny changes really works. My doctorate considers the behavioural response to diabetes.

@Amisja thanks Jayne. @Silverotter11 your cake loving celebrant had a normal reading for a non diabetic and anything less than 6.9 mmol/l or 125 mg/dl is ok for a non diabetic person. I have a 80 + yo acquaintance who has been told that 13 mmol/l is acceptable.

@Amisja The woman I mentioned in my comment prays to God to heal her body, seriously. I have printed out the diet recommended for T2D and put copies on the counter in the clubhouse kitchen. I actually over heard her telling another resident that white bread and preztels are okay and if your reading is down a cookie or piece of cake is okay. My mom was adult onset T2D and was not overweight. But if people refuse to change their eating habits and use shots or oral meds to control their sugar that is up to them.

@OwlInASack This woman made these choices, she use to be a slim dancer. Depression may have played a role but now it is a life choice and she likes people waiting on her. Instead of seeking counciling she asks God to heal her body.
I've been slim and I've been overweight but never 300 pounds and hiding cookies in the pockets on a motorized chair.

@OwlInASack Genetics plays a roll, diabetes is on my mom's side. Her brother was a doctor, mom was an x-ray tech so there was always fruit, vegies (home grown), probably more red meat than they now recommend and little to no sweets except at holidays. What I found when I got on my own - too much sugar and processed foods made me feel terrible, no energy and brain fog. Today everyone pretty much eats only processed foods it's all they know so there is no reference and the food industry has no interest in changing. There are some here who have paid attention. Every exam room at the clinic I use has information on diabetic diets and offers a class and it's posted right on the wall where you can't miss it. Plus there are no mags so it's the only thing to read.

@OwlInASack The combination is as addictive as tobacco, drugs and booze.

That is dreadful. Here we have National Health Insurance though the right wingers are trying to eliminate it. Pharmaceuticals are well regulated though the upsurge of right wing inhumanism is starting to result in some unnecessary issues.

My youngest is type 1 too. I am grateful we are in UK and get good healthcare.

@Amisja Thanks to he ACA (Obamacare), my son can stay on a parent medical insurance plan until he is 26 (he is 22 right now and still in college). That puts the pressure on my son to secure a job with good medical benefits before he gets kicked off the parent plan. One good thing is that my son lives in a state that caps out-of-pocket insulin cost to $100 per month. There have been stories in the news lately about young people dying because between the cost of medical insurance, the cost of medication co-pays, and the cost of living....they just can't afford it all.....they are choosing between insulin and food/housing/etc... It is so scary.

What I find even more horrifying is the failure to routinely test in the US for the disease particularly in infants.
Anyone who states that the American system of providing for the health of its citizens is the best way of doing things has got to have rocks in their heads. You may as well institute mandatory gas chambers and a 100% death tax to eliminate all people falling sick.

@FrayedBear I heartily agree