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Well, the question was, type 2 diabetes can only be managed with medication, true or false.

And here's how thousands of you responded.

8% said true.

92% said false.

And the answer, of course, is false.

So I'm glad to hear you say that, but sorry to not see you doing it.

Big difference between knowing and doing.

So we're going to talk about the doing part.

I want to welcome to our conversation, Darlene.

Darlene, you heard Lavaire.

You took a very different path.

But as you listen to his story, do you have any doubt that you could have been in a similar place to where he was if you had stayed in denial about where you were?

Definitely, definitely.

What was going on with you?

For me, I had neuropathy in my foot, first of all.

But I had the diabetes, and I was trying to control it.

And it was always medication, medication.

I thought, it's got to be a better way.

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