On 6/27/2011 9:00 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>> My son lost a bunch of weight and apparently cured himself of type II
>> diabetes.
>
> That's possible. The reason it's possible is that even very
> short-term transient hyperglycemia can meet the definition of
> diabetes. Hence, gestational diabetes, or steriod-induced,
> can be readily reversed. I have pre-diabetes after a course
> of steroids so I was careful with diet and it went away, hasn't returned.
> A doc today offered me a steroid shot, I said no way, not that
> desperate.
>
> If it's lifestyle induced you're going to have a more difficult time
> reversing it, especially if it stays in there awhile. But it's still not
> categoritcally impossible. (May be impossible for some patients.)
>
> Steve

He's probably prone to it since my dad and I both have type II and take
medication. I thought it was pretty funny that he'd be getting into
making fudge. I can only have a small piece of it though. He makes a
really smooth batch!