Joe, The reason you are losing the weight is because you have the high blood sugars. You body is literally metabolizing itself and the end result will be kidney failure. Most likely you have some ketones in your urine and are in ketosis.
I can understand your issues with the diabetes, but if you are taking honey or other medications that contain sugar plus eating a lot of carbs there is no way you will get out of this life without serious end failure cardiovascular disease. In fact, eating too much of anything, protein, etc fats, etc will cause the blood sugar to increase. Everything turns to sugar eventually due to metabolism.
If you have all the high lipids then you are a walking time bomb. The lipids thicken the blood and cause it to adhere to the inflammed walls of the arteries. The arteries and veins then plug up because of the accumulation of the fat or plaque on the sides of the arteries.
This is what causes the heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure. Neuropathy is another issue and some people just don't have as much problem with this. However, if you have a stroke, heart attack and kidney failure which needs dialysis it really doesn't make much difference if you have neuropathy or loss of vision due to retinal changes. After all that tissue destruction in the body it causes our life to become pretty hard to manage and deal with on a day to day basis.
We just talked about the LDL, HDL, Trig and Cholesterol last night at my diabetes education class and there is no easy way to get rid of these problems. They are caused by poor heredity, poor dietary control of diabetes and often the need for a statin drug.
The one thing we also learned (cardiac rehab nurse talked to us along with dietician) was that diabetes does not go away. It is a progressive disease that has be be accepted and dealt with. The diet is not all that bad compared to years ago. The insulin treatment of diabetes these days is literally awesome. Adjusting to diabetes these days is a breeze compared to 40 years ago.
I know that most likely you haven't had a chance to see what is out there as far as control. If you are on the 3 meds without control than most likely you are a candidate for insulin. You will have to be open minded about this though in order to get your life back in sync.
There are some things that can be helped with nutritional supplements, but managing diabetes is not one of them. Go to an endocrinologist ASAP (after seeing your GP and getting a referral and diaetary couseling) and talk with him about your theory and ask him what the new treatments are. They can change your life and enable you to eat a more normal diet without excuding as much. The bottom line is control and logic.
I am going to come right out and say something that you may not like, but it needs to be said. Is there a chance that you are suffering from a deep depression with a repressed suicidal ideation?? This is always possible any time someone has issues with diagnoses. I hope that you are able to get help if this is the case. Also, with high blood sugar comes cloudy thinking without us realizing it. Please be aware of making any big decisions at times like this.
Remember that every time our blood sugar goes out of control it causes inflammation of the arteries, nerves and other tissues which in turn lead to an increase in all those bad cardiovascular issues, etc. We are in control of our destiny and I would love to see you hang around and enjoy your wife, kids and grandchildren. Take care my friend, Irish
