The very day my husband was told he had to go on the pump w/glucose readings of 350 , and she demonstrated it to us, we came home and our bitter melon and fenugreek had arrived on our doorstep. My husband INSTANTLY stopped drinking sodas and eating sugar, (he still eats honey and ice cream twice a month), took Actos as usual and today his glucose was 6.1. No exercise whatsoever, just Actos and those Indian herbs and this morning the dr said, "I wouldn't be surprised if you're cured in five years. Never heard of those herbs but keep doing what you're doing." ;)
They've been using the herbs for THOUSANDS of years in India so they must be good for something :) Remember: it used to be called, "sugar diabetes."

[QUOTE=SusanGene;3157713]The very day my husband was told he had to go on the pump w/glucose readings of 350 , and she demonstrated it to us, we came home and our bitter melon and fenugreek had arrived on our doorstep. My husband INSTANTLY stopped drinking sodas and eating sugar, (he still eats honey and ice cream twice a month), took Actos as usual and today his glucose was 6.1. No exercise whatsoever, just Actos and those Indian herbs and this morning the dr said, "I wouldn't be surprised if you're cured in five years. Never heard of those herbs but keep doing what you're doing." ;)
They've been using the herbs for THOUSANDS of years in India so they must be good for something :) Remember: it used to be called, "sugar diabetes."
Uhm, congrats, your husband as decently controlled type 2 diabetes. This is irrelevant to most people considering a pump since 90% of pumpers have type 1. There currently is no cure for either type of diabetes.

Ruth , the reason I know the herbs have a lot to do with his improvement is this: the day after he took his first doses of the herbs his glucose dropped fifty points. I could barely believe it. He kept taking them but the glucose was still way too high, although it was fifty points down. After a couple of months on the almost no sugar diet and the herbs his glucose began reducing fast. He does not take his blood sugar 3-5 times a day as we consider that a marketing ploy by the manufacturers of "diabetic supplies"
rather than concentrating on diet and supplements which of course are much more important than sticking your finger. He does that about twice a week. He has lost 2 pant sizes this year and with an A1C of 6.1 he must be doing something right. Again, he does take Actos (which they are looking at now for heart attack) but it wasn't doing a thing last year. He lives a total sedentary lifestyle as I do (but not as bad as his since I actually have responsibilities) . We were also thrilled by his PSA of 2. He is 66, total abstainer from tobacco and alcohol. SG