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<blockquote data-quote="graj0" data-source="post: 395449"><p>Hi Q007,</p><p></p><p>well done on managing to get your readings down. One of your doctors does sound like a bit of a dragon but clinically and technically she is right in that you can't reverse diabetes. That's not saying you can't keep your blood sugar reading at a sensible level. Part of the problem is that diabetes goes untreated for quite a while because it's rarely diagnosed straight away. In that time the pancreas has probably lost some of it's ability to produce insulin and the body has also lost it's sensitivity to insulin, so a double whammy. Losing weight is obviously the way to go and a sensible diet will improve matters considerably. </p><p>I have been type II since 1997 and have had a dreadful time with Metformin (the runs), Rosiglitazone (weight gain, 100lbs in my case, nicely aided by the tranquilizers prescribed because I was anxious about weight gain) and I now believe Gliclazide is also helping me to stay fat (helps the pancreas create more insulin, the fat storing hormone I've heard it called).</p><p>If you can stay off the meds, GREAT. You'll just have to watch diet and exercise. I've just started a low carb diet, nothing drastic, just bread, spuds, pasta, rice, against the recommendation of the hospital dietician and my previous GPs. My blood sugar dropped to 5.5 in 2 weeks. I use to exercise regularly until my back started hurting, along with the sciatica and arthritis in both knees, it's tricky, but at the time my HbA1c dropped from 9.5 to 5.5, it only rose to 7.5 when I stopped exercise. </p><p>Hopefully that shows that a lot can be achieved by diet and exercise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graj0, post: 395449"] Hi Q007, well done on managing to get your readings down. One of your doctors does sound like a bit of a dragon but clinically and technically she is right in that you can't reverse diabetes. That's not saying you can't keep your blood sugar reading at a sensible level. Part of the problem is that diabetes goes untreated for quite a while because it's rarely diagnosed straight away. In that time the pancreas has probably lost some of it's ability to produce insulin and the body has also lost it's sensitivity to insulin, so a double whammy. Losing weight is obviously the way to go and a sensible diet will improve matters considerably. I have been type II since 1997 and have had a dreadful time with Metformin (the runs), Rosiglitazone (weight gain, 100lbs in my case, nicely aided by the tranquilizers prescribed because I was anxious about weight gain) and I now believe Gliclazide is also helping me to stay fat (helps the pancreas create more insulin, the fat storing hormone I've heard it called). If you can stay off the meds, GREAT. You'll just have to watch diet and exercise. I've just started a low carb diet, nothing drastic, just bread, spuds, pasta, rice, against the recommendation of the hospital dietician and my previous GPs. My blood sugar dropped to 5.5 in 2 weeks. I use to exercise regularly until my back started hurting, along with the sciatica and arthritis in both knees, it's tricky, but at the time my HbA1c dropped from 9.5 to 5.5, it only rose to 7.5 when I stopped exercise. Hopefully that shows that a lot can be achieved by diet and exercise. [/QUOTE]
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