DO NOT GET DIABETES!!!

If you think you might be getting diabetes despite the warning, let me know and I will send you mine free of charge. No need to reimburse for shipping or send a neato variety in return. Ok, I'm gonna go back to sleep.

Prescription: Give up your fig habit, you should not consume figs with such high sugar content. I will find a good home for them. Let me help you out. Prescription by Dr. Wayne. Warning: should you do so you could experience heartache, dizziness, drooling, nausea, depression, uncontrollable crying, melt down, intent to commit homicide, etc, etc, etc........... On a serious note, take care of yourself and keep yourself in check.

Thanks Dr. Wayne.  As fruit goes, figs do not have nearly the impact on my b/s as others do.  I"m not sure if this is due to the high fiber content or simply mind over matter.  I will keep your offer in mind, but I think you will have to fight my great-nieces for them.  They are 4, 2, and 2 and all are super cute.  They will prove to be formidable opponents.

James I think you are correct about figs and b/s compared to other sources but like anything else some moderation helps. 

I am sorry James about your plight. Your post reminded me of the "try not having kids" parody.

http://laughingsquid.com/try-not-having-kids-a-hilarious-parody-poking-fun-at-drug-commercials-and-parenthood/

alot of water and a shot of insulin before a fig binge seems a good choice .

one time in the hospital there was a diabetic which had almost 5 cardiac arrests after a triple bypass , with blood sugars pumping high etc,, i always saw him eating water mellons and he seemed happy about it  I think thats what kept him going (no legs but still )...

James, you also have my sympathies.  My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 when she was 6 so I'm familiar with the challenges of this disease, or at least the type 1 variety.  On one hand, it is possible to keep your blood sugars in check and live a normal, healthy life.  On the other hand, it's unrelenting and takes a ton of attention to do this.  New technologies and therapies haven't come down the pike as fast as we were led to believe when she was diagnosed 12 years ago. You can't let down your guard for even a short period of time without feeling the consequences.  The teenage years with type 1 seem to be the worst...

I am not a doctor, but I suggest you go to an East Indian store and ask about fenugreek.  A friend of mine was going to be put on insulin but he asked his doctor to give him three months to try something else.  After three months of drinking a tea made with fenugreek seeds, he was will within acceptable levels and his doctor no longer prescribed insulin.  I don't know very much about diabetes and have no idea if this remedy might be of use to you, but it may be worth investigating.

If it's type 2 then diet and exercise plays a big role, but I would not mess around with type 1.

Thanks guys.  I am usually in pretty good spirits with diabetes.  There are a lot of other problems people endure which is much worse.  Plus, I'm dipping my syringes in ink and giving myself a pretty bitchin tattoo.  It should be finished sometime in 2026 (just kidding, but I've wondered how far along I would be at this point if I had been).  Anyway, last night was one of those nights.  I woke up feeling like crap, but am back to my normal self.  It seems it gets harder to rebound as I get older.

Steve,  I completely understand your statement of "new therapies".  I remember when I was first diagnosed I had the distinct idea that all I had to do was "survive 5 years."  I figgered there would be a cure by then.  It's been seventeen years and I still think "just 5 more years."  I am not so meticulous.  At some point I might think of going on the pump, but I have not wrapped my head around it.  Good luck to your daughter.  I can imagine how difficult it must be.  My activity level varies greatly from day to day.  It makes it difficult to dose out the insulin. 

Harvey, I do not usually entertain the idea of using herbals.  There are to many factors which vary from day to day to add another one to the mix.  We've seen here how climate and location can affect the color, taste, size, etc. of figs.  I would not want to chance getting used to one herbal, then have to make a change for whatever reason.  I have a story to drive this point home...

Many years ago, when I was living in Houston I would frequently eat a barbeque stuff baked potato at a bbq joint near my house.  I got to know the owners very well.  They would weigh the potato and prepare it the same every time for me.  At one point I noticed my b/s crashed the last 4 trips (over about six months) despite using the same formula for dosing insulin.  I asked the owner if they were doing anything differently.  He said "no".  He pointed out we do the same thing each time.  I told him the issue I was having.  He called his wife out of the back of the restaurant and asked her if there was anything different.  She said about six months earlier she switched suppliers for potatoes.  I found I used 25% less insulin with the new potato.

Grasa, that is a funny video.  My daughter seems to have talked to her doctor about "not having children".  She is suffering many of the side effects.

James, I definitely not into herbals either.  India is a huge country and I figure they have many things we haven't tried here that have some valid use.

When I first heard of this I asked an Indian friend in front of her French husband who is a nurse at Kaiser.  She said everybody in India knows that Fenugreek helps with diabetes.  FWIW

You can be sure that pharmaceutical companies are working on synthesizing the active ingredient of fenugreek seeds to come up with an effective diabetes medication, prescription of course. Most meds have plant origins. My dad also had diabetes, as does my brother-in law. Not easy, but controllable, and like you said James, many others have it worse. Hard to keep that thought on the rougher days I know. I'm happy today is better for you. What would the tattoo have been?

James - have you ever tried the fig leaf tea for your diabetes, and if so did you note any real difference in your sugars?

There is this one clinical research paper on the subject, abstracted here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9597370

From a scientific standpoint the study did not have enough subjects to be valid, but it raises an interesting question about whether there might be a real effect of fig leaf tea.  I have many diabetic patients that I would love to recommend it to, but I really would prefer more evidence.  I have a good friend recently diagnosed as diabetic, and on my suggestion he tried the fig leaf tea.  He swears by it as helping his sugars, but it also could be that losing 40 lbs made the real difference (he is getting by without meds for now, except the fig leaf tea and diet of course)

JD is type one, and he shoots the insulin.  But he has a half of a fig when they are ripe,  No complaints.

Gary, if I had started when I had first thought about it, I'd have "this sucks" tattooed on both of my love handles.  I'm pretty sure I'm not so good on the aim, though.

Ed,  I have not tried the tea.  I'm not sure how predictable the results would be.  I can tell you different variety of figs have different impact on my sugar levels.  The same may be true for the leaves.

James, about the potato.  We grow a lot of potatoes in WI and I know the ones they grow for French fries have to have a certain sugar level to brown correctly in cooking. 

I am glad to hear about the fenugreek. I will try it myself first to see how it tastes and what effect it has and talk to my husband who is type 2 but insulin dependent.  Maybe run it by the doc 1st.

Hope the rest of the week goes easier.

Happy to hear today is a better day. My dad & grandpa both have diabetes and when I do get to see my dad, he's taking his shots & napping. I'm glad you brought this up because being overweight and knowing its a possibility makes me want to take better care of myself. Thank you!

James. Sorry to hear about your diabeties. I am type one and have been on a pump for many years. Figs don't seem to run my blood sugar higher than normal unless I visit FMD. Lol the pump really helps me control my levels and keep my a1c as low as possible. Best of luck to you, I know what you are going through. It could be worse,I am thankful I am able to still do construction.

Sorry to hear that.
Most of my family has it. I hope I don't get it by genetics.
Thanks for the warning though :)

James try Gary Null's book or DVD Preventing and Reversing Diabetes Naturally,it helped my wife out tremendously.
Good luck Vic from N.J.

My wife has type 2 and has recently started taking a supplement called Glucosil. It has several herbal ingredients with mulberry leaf for the main one. Taking two with lunch and two with dinner has brought her sugar level lower to the point where she has been able to get off of one RX drug and her levels are now more stable that before. She has done this with her doctor's blessing.
"gene"

O.K.  I want.  I'll just take your word for it.  My Grandfather died from diabetes many years ago when my mom was only 2 yr old.  They really didn't have a lot of treatment options then.  Several of my cousings have diabetes but so far my immediate family has managed to miss it.  I do have one niece who has been warned to watch her diet because she is close to having it.  Whatever that means probably just that she needs to loose some weight but I'm not sure.

I hope all your days and nights are better and that eventually you will be cured or healed.  I would take either one in your shoes.

blessings