i have diabeties and i dont take my meds at all but i have faith in god so i know im ok?

Question

but doc say i could die or lose patrs why??

Answer 1

I have faith in God, but if I jump off the empire state building, I'm still gonna splat.

Answer 2

God helps those who help themselves. I don't take meds either and never did.... BUT, I set out instead to treat my body the way God wants me to treat it rather than the way I had been treating it -- for my own pleasure of food and physical laziness. Now, my glucose is normal -- fasting 85, A1c 6.0 -- after only eight months. I can even eat fairly normally other than sweets or dense carbs. You don't say if your diabetes is Type I or II but if it is Type II and if it is caused by Insulin Resistance, you can do this as well. However, you must be able to produce enough insulin or any glucose from the carbs you eat will be unable to nourish your cells. Your body will suffer the consequences as you have already read about in other answers. However, most Type IIs actually don't know and never do know if they can produce enough insulin. Unfortunately, they are put on meds immediately without the opportunity to find out. I did not want to go this route so, I did not panic and instead I took the diabetes bull by the horns and lowered my glucose by changing my behavior (eating and activity).

When I discovered I had gone over the diabetic "edge" (340+), the thing I most remember thinking is, "God, what have I done to my body?" and I set out there and then to repair the damage I had done. It took a lot of work (glucose monitoring and dieting) to retrain my body's response to glucose and many a time I had to ask God what more I could do so as to continue getting well. He kept giving me answers which were essentially my meter's readings and my acknowledgement of what I could and couldn't eat therefore.

By the way, unless you have a very high cholesterol, don't skimp on the fats. Fats, which are an excellent source of energy for diabetics, do not convert into glucose and are the one thing that can be eaten without raising your glucose level. So you can keep your glucose down while eating enough calories for nourishment and also not feel famished. Mind you, I am not saying to down a gallon of fat.... just don't try to cut back on it if you are already eating a reasonable amount because fat doesn't make you fat especially when you are insulin resistant; dense carbs do.

Answer 3

You may leave your life up to God but in the meantime why not just take your meds? You could have a lot better day to day health and not have to face the illness this creates. Having faith that God will heal you may not be useful. Maybe the plan is different from what you hope for. If you can take part in helping you body to feel better, why not just do it? Would you stand in front of a bus and say that it's alright because God will protect you? Probably not, even if you think that the outcome will be ok, that your soul will be safe. You wouldn't put your body through unnecessary trauma if you didn't need to. The medication will make you feel immensely better in this life and help you to do what makes you happy.

Answer 4

I have type 2 diabetes and initially I too did NOT take my medication. But my doctor worked with me. He convinced me to take my medication, showing me how my numbers could drop if I did and how by taking the medication I would LOSE WEIGHT too. So I did, and in addition I did two things: 1) I exercised more, not a lot but enough to say I was exercising regularly - going out twice weekly; 2) I took fenugreek - it's a seed that when ground into a powder or taken in capsule form has been shown to lower blood sugar. When I went to the doctor recently he told me I was doing so well, I didn'thave to return to see him for SIX MONTHS! So do something - exercise, take the fenugreek, take your medication. Diabetes is serious and you might not feel badly now, but later you will.

Answer 5

There can be damage to your organs (eyes,kidney,liver,etc)
every time your blood sugar gets over 200. I am an insulin dependent diabetic who has been taking five shots a day because I had to go for a period of time without my meds.My body is taking a while to respond to the meds now and it has had a very negative impact. I am also a believer and i remember someone once telling me some joke about a drowning man who was out in the ocean...first a helicopter flew over and offered to lift him out of the water and he said NO..God told me HE would deliver me...then a boat came by and he says NO! God told me HE would deliver me...then a giant whale came by and offered to lift him to sure and he was amazed that the whale spoke..but still said ..NO! God said HE will deliver me.....but as he was taking his last few gasps of air when DROWNINIG...he cried God!!! YOU said you would deliver me...and God said....I sent you a helicopter, a boat, and even a talking whale and you sent them all away....I think you can have faith but we cant tell God how to answer our prayers!

Answer 6

I am diabetic and am devoted to my faith. The way I look at it is: God doesn't give us something for no reason. He gave us the technology and know how to make the meds, so I believe it is our duty to listen to Him(and a trusted Dr.) and take our meds.
God gave us our meds to help us. God can heal us but not if we dont do our part.

Answer 7

I have faith in God too- however please take your meds. God can use technology and the people who develop these meds for your health. My husband has faith in God too, however he is not stopping his meds-The doc is right, this is nothing to mess with- and God is the healer- but He does not always heal miraculously- He heals through docs.

Answer 8

You need to have more faith in yourself, having diabetes is a very serious problem, you can lose part of your body from not taking your medications. Much diabetes occurring late in life can be prevented.

Answer 9

You may have faith but you still need to take your medicine. Diabetes is not something to mess around with. My aunt passed away from diabetes a few years ago and all of her children have it as well. It is a very dangerous disease and should be taken seriously..
Before my aunt passed away she had lost toes, a foot and then had to have her leg amputated.
Please take your medicine to insure that you don't have to go through what she did, and put your family through what our's did...

Answer 10

Yes, diabetes is a serious disease and you could die very easily if you do not take care of it. You will get some good answers on here, but PLEASE make another appointment with your doctor so that he or she can explain to youall of the things that you need to know.

Don't mess around with your health; my grandmother lost her life from diabteic complications.