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<blockquote data-quote="PDR" data-source="post: 1886173" data-attributes="member: 472992"><p>Update...</p><p></p><p>No, don't worry - I'm not going to post another graph! Last week I gave the blood samples for my 3-month review. To save you searching back in the thread, in April my HbA1c was around 150mmol/mol, and at the end of June it was down to 58mmol/mol. I've been on one Metformin in the morning and another in the evening, and 1 glic before lunch and dinner (I don't eat breakfast). I've been focusing on a minimal sugar, minimal carb diet (no sweets or sugar, no fruit, no bread, no pasta, no rice, no potatoes, no pastry etc etc.). Mainly salads, meat and cheese with my only vice being coke zero in either cherry or vanilla flavours. </p><p></p><p>Well the result I've just had back says my HbA1c is now only 37mmol/mol, so at my DN review next week I'm expecting to be discussing backing off on the meds - certainly the glic, anyway. Part of me is tempted to just stop taking them and see what happens to my BG tests, but I'm not that reckless and wouldn't do it except on medical advice! I do wonder if I've managed to reboot my pancreas or something, because I have done the odd experiment. I had a pasty (which has pastry and potato), and it sent my BG rocketing from its typical pre-meal 5mmol/l up to 9.5mmol/l after an hour, but 30-60 minutes after that tyhe BG was back below 5 again. As an engineer this looks to me to be the response I'd expect - body is making insulin as required to digest the food intake or something. Is it possible to be "cured" or am I just being hopelessly optimistic?</p><p></p><p>PDR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PDR, post: 1886173, member: 472992"] Update... No, don't worry - I'm not going to post another graph! Last week I gave the blood samples for my 3-month review. To save you searching back in the thread, in April my HbA1c was around 150mmol/mol, and at the end of June it was down to 58mmol/mol. I've been on one Metformin in the morning and another in the evening, and 1 glic before lunch and dinner (I don't eat breakfast). I've been focusing on a minimal sugar, minimal carb diet (no sweets or sugar, no fruit, no bread, no pasta, no rice, no potatoes, no pastry etc etc.). Mainly salads, meat and cheese with my only vice being coke zero in either cherry or vanilla flavours. Well the result I've just had back says my HbA1c is now only 37mmol/mol, so at my DN review next week I'm expecting to be discussing backing off on the meds - certainly the glic, anyway. Part of me is tempted to just stop taking them and see what happens to my BG tests, but I'm not that reckless and wouldn't do it except on medical advice! I do wonder if I've managed to reboot my pancreas or something, because I have done the odd experiment. I had a pasty (which has pastry and potato), and it sent my BG rocketing from its typical pre-meal 5mmol/l up to 9.5mmol/l after an hour, but 30-60 minutes after that tyhe BG was back below 5 again. As an engineer this looks to me to be the response I'd expect - body is making insulin as required to digest the food intake or something. Is it possible to be "cured" or am I just being hopelessly optimistic? PDR [/QUOTE]
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