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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1645827" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>I disagree. The word "remission" in the dictionary sense only means "a diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery" (Websters). On that definition, the word is correct, particularly if you are using the first of those two definitions (the one before the semicolon).</p><p></p><p>To me it means, in the current context: One still has Type 2 diabetes, but (for one reason or another) it has been beaten back in such a way as to achieve a "recovery" of sorts. In your case (and mine) the method used is diet. I do not think of "remission" as being a particularly strong term, except when it is used in a religious sense!</p><p></p><p>Speaking for myself, I consider my T2D to be "well controlled," or "in remission," or "reversed." I think these are all reasonably accurate descriptions. What I do know for sure is that I am not "cured" and (barring a medical breakthrough in the future) I will not be "cured" in the future because the "reversal" depends entirely on diet. It is accurately described as a "chronic" disease.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1645827, member: 438800"] I disagree. The word "remission" in the dictionary sense only means "a diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery" (Websters). On that definition, the word is correct, particularly if you are using the first of those two definitions (the one before the semicolon). To me it means, in the current context: One still has Type 2 diabetes, but (for one reason or another) it has been beaten back in such a way as to achieve a "recovery" of sorts. In your case (and mine) the method used is diet. I do not think of "remission" as being a particularly strong term, except when it is used in a religious sense! Speaking for myself, I consider my T2D to be "well controlled," or "in remission," or "reversed." I think these are all reasonably accurate descriptions. What I do know for sure is that I am not "cured" and (barring a medical breakthrough in the future) I will not be "cured" in the future because the "reversal" depends entirely on diet. It is accurately described as a "chronic" disease. [/QUOTE]
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