TODAY only pinching sugar was 150 after lunch, will walk it down to less. Feeling a little better, but very tired from YESTERDAY....Days go by and I have to guess what to do,...PAIN IS NOT FUN....M.

@margaretob

Diabetes is part of my family history, so I've always lived with that knowledge and have been diligent about the food I eat. My downfall is church potlucks, the desert table. That's one time I backslide. I weigh the same and my waist is the same size as when I was in college. 1968-1972 was a long time ago. I'm afraid our son is heading toward diabetes because he's way overweight. He's 39, and his wife, who's also overweight, is a nurse practitioner. They ought to know better. Our daughter, who just had a baby girl knows she's overweight, though not seriously, and just finished a diet challenge and is closer to a healthy weight and intends to keep it that way.

Four of my five siblings were overweight for much of their adult lives, but the two sisters had gastric bypass surgery and look great, and many of their health issues have disappeared. My third sister was always slim, much like me. She died in her 50s of unknown causes. One brother was nearly destroyed by decades of drug and alcohol abuse, but 5-10 years ago he turned his life around and has been clean and sober, and because of the effect of the years of abuse, he is very disciplined with his eating and has gone from a waist size in the 50s to 34". It's an amazing transformation. My father, and as far as I know, all 4 of my remaining siblings have been treated for neuropathy, but I don't think that theirs progressed as far as mine has. They treated it with Gabapentin - I wish it worked for me. Mine has been intractable, with medications being barely having enough affect to manage the pain at a tolerable level