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Originally Posted by pwd72s
I'm reserving the right to change my mind...  Going to do more research before I make up my mind. So far, doing nothing is my favorite option. So, let's say I do that...how long do I have before (hopefully) experiencing that sudden & fatal heart attack? |
Well, to be blunt, if your fasting glucose is already 282, you have pretty serious type 2 diabetes and may well need insulin therapy either now or in the near future. If you don't do anything about your diabetes there are a multitude of things that might befall you before you have that sudden and fatal heart attack. For example, your feet will go numb from damage to the nerves. This will cause you to not notice when your feet have sores and such on them. Add to this that your arterial flow will deteriorate and you have a setup for some very nice non-healing ulcers on your feet which will become infected. You might make it through a few episodes of this, but most of the non-complaint diabetics I know are missing at least a few toes, if not a leg or two.
Wait, it gets better! After your nerves go, you will lose your kidney function and end up on dialysis. Sometime after that you will go blind from the damage to your retinas.
After all that, you might have a sudden heart attack.
My advice, as a physician, is to take your diabetes very very seriously and do everything in your power to lose weight, exercise and take your medications.