| As I've indicated in a few of my previous posts, I've been aware of my pre-d, type 2 problem for about 3 months, but can think back to incidents over the last 5 years that would have indicated that I had or was headed for problems.
Funny, every time I would go to my doctor over the years, I would get the courtesy call from the doc's assistant reminding to show up and, of course, to not eat anything after 7 pm and certainly no breakfast because "we're going to take blood". In retrospect, I have no idea what they did with my blood, altho I knew the doc was watching my "liver function" because I carried more than a few too many pounds. The fasting probably kept my blood sugar below the radar when he reviewed my tests, or maybe he thought I was pre-d and only at marginal risk, but blood sugar never came up as a topic. We talked about weight and blood pressure, but not BG.
Now that I have discovered the problem (not thru the doc's blood work), I'm fortunate that I can keep the numbers down thru diet and exercise - as a bi-product, my weight is also dropping - probably a good thing for my blood pressure and "liver function".
I do worry about how many beta cells I may have shut down and how the situation may deteriorate in the future. Is it my fault, yes and no. I have been overweight and underactive at times, thinner and move active at others. Sometimes life gets in the way. But there are many, many, many diseases and conditions out there. I don't check my blood for mercury every day altho I eat a lot of fish. I don't get a chest x-ray every day because I have exposed myself to second-hand smoke at work or a restaurant. I don't have a PST test every month for prostrate cancer altho I'm over the age of 40. Medical insurance wouldn't pay for every test anyway, unless there was some symptom to indicate concern. I can't live in fear of every possible illness that could afflict me.
I wish I had lived the last 5 or 10 years a little differently, but I didn't. I didn't know enough about it, just like all the people who see a 20 second public service commercial, or heard from Mom about Uncle Joe's diabetes. All I can do now is what it takes to live well and healthy going forward. I know more now - facts from the books, and management tips from Jeff K, Marie and others on this forum - thanks guys.  | 
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