[shel]

I'm sick of taking medication, and since my illness is pretty well controlled, I'd like to take some steps to get off medication completely and just use diet and more exercise to do so.

Any suggestions for making the jump to being medication free? Has anyone done it? How'd you do it?

[Barberian]

My brother is also a type 2. He is 4 years older than me. He's been much worse off with his diabetes, but n the last year, he's lost so much weight, he's basicly a stick figure. He was able to quit insulin along with all his other diabetic medications. He is unable to do any physical actiity due to a bum ticker, so basicly he gets up. cleans up, watches tv, and then goes to bed. He tests now and then, but always has good #'s. He is the only one I know who "beat" diabets (*type 2).

[Evermont]

I didn't stop taking meds exactly - I just never started.

It's not a big deal really. I went back and read your posts to date. Seems like you're in pretty good shape and your doc supports your making decisions like this.

Just do it.

Monitor your BG regularly and keep doing the right things. If it's not working you'll find out soon enough. Unless your numbers get way out of whack I'd do 3 months and get an A1c then re-evaluate from there.

You didn't say much about what meds you're on and how much, but just remember that it might take as long to wear off as it did to build up (e.g. Metformin takes weeks I hear).

[shel]

While it's still to early to draw a conclusion, I've been off meds for two days now, and, through something like six or eight tests, BS readings ranged from 78 to 94, with most in the mid-eighties range. This morning, before eating, it was 79, so I decided to try a small bowl of oatmeal (1/4 cup oats) with a good dash of cassia cinnamon and 1/2 of a small banana. I'm anxious to see the test results in a couple of hours.

Oh, I'll add a nice long walk to today's exercise routine. I had a good walk yesterday as well.

[phey]

My grand father has done it. He is highblood person, he's a strong man even if he's old. He's fighting its weakness, now he's doing better because of everyday exercise and eating veggies and herbal plants.