Comment by tmana on October 10, 2011 at 5:53am

This is one of the double-edged swords of diet-controlled Type 2 diabetes. We have it, have been diagnosed with it, but when it has been arrested/controlled by diet and exercise alone, our bloodwork no longer triggers the appropriate diagnostic criteria, so the condition is missed by any doctor not already familiar with our medical histories.

This may be why a number of screening sites ask "have you ever been diagnosed with" or "has anyone ever told you that you have" questions. The flip side of that equation is that there are things I've been told I had, which happened to be misdiagnosed...

Comment by Stoyan on October 14, 2011 at 4:36pm

That is interesting - I wasn't actually aware that such misdiagnoses were common. But it's true - there is no cure currently, a person can not be healed just like that. Keeping oneself healthy is great, but a permanent cure is something endlessly different.

Comment by karebear1966 on January 3, 2012 at 11:04pm

I know.. it gets a little frustrating sometimes, especially when these people are supposed to be up on all these things. PHD's and all.

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