What an endocrinologist can do

Well it’s official. I am “pre-diabetic.” I pretty much already knew this. But it is a trip to hear it from a doctor. The frustrating/maddening part is that I have been wrestling with this problem for years, and only now do I finally have a doctor competent enough to understand that I need treatment! All my life I have been extremely conscientious of diet and exercise and despite this, all my life I have wrestled with worsening weight gain. As a group doctors have had nothing useful to say to me about this. (Have I TRIED a food journal?!!?!?!! FU!) For the first time it seems possible that something might change. Sadly, it involves drugs and potentially unpleasant side effects. But shit, it could actually work, so who gives a fuck. It is off to the pharmacy with me.