Bluetit1802
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Pre and post remission - which I count as 6 months from diagnosis.
Thanks for clarifying. I thought you meant pre and post diagnosis.
Pre and post remission - which I count as 6 months from diagnosis.
Unfortunately my pre diagnosis was a diet sheet to lower cholesterol - high carb, low fat - low salt too.Thanks for clarifying. I thought you meant pre and post diagnosis.
how long have you been in remission for? Has it been harder than you thought to maintain normal blood glucose levels?
Has your diet slightly changed since going into remission (are you more strict with your diet or can be a tiny bit flexible)
Unfortunately my pre diagnosis was a diet sheet to lower cholesterol - high carb, low fat - low salt too.
On the way home I called in at the butchers, ordered a whole hogget (a big lamb) and bought red meat - then I used all the diet info to light a barbecue next day....
Hi @Mollyc1995
I need to change my picture from "..in remission", to one that says " I'm-not-doing-as-well-as-perhaps-I-would-like-to".
From diagnosis in Feb 2016, to stopping the Metformin six months later, I've been happy with my lowish carb approach. Then following an Italian trip (pizza,pasta) and Christmas (temptations) and a course of steroids, I've returned an A1c of 47.
This has prompted my GP to mutter dark stuff about "this is the point where e would usually consider reintroducing Metformin...". And he doubled my Atorvastatin, which won't help sugar levels either!
Congratulations on your hbaca1 @ziggy_w really pleased for you knew you were getting bloods done but hadn’t seen your results. My last one was 29 too so we are in that club together! Know that your last hbaca1 didn’t match your daily bgs so brilliant news that you’ve got a better match to your daily numbers. Well done too on the length of time you have maintained. I’ve only done so for 18 months - when I got my first 33 in November 2017 and came off my Metformin- the longer the better and like you I see it as an interesting challenge to be able to do very low carb by switching ingredients around and still managing a very varied diet. Superb news @ziggy_wHi @Mollyc1995,
The low carb diet has worked for many of us. I was diagnosed with an HbA1c of 100 on May 31, 2015. I was immediately put on metformin and started a low carb diet. The next HbA1c in September of 2015 was 34. Since then I have come off metformin and have maintained an HbA1c in the lower 30s for about the last three years.
I am still eating low carb at around 20g to 25g of carbs per day. What has changed is that by getting creative and substituting higher carb with lower carb ingredients, I am now able to prepare lots of foods that I thought I would never have again.
Congratulations on your hbaca1 @ziggy_w really pleased for you knew you were getting bloods done but hadn’t seen your results. My last one was 29 too so we are in that club together! Know that your last hbaca1 didn’t match your daily bgs so brilliant news that you’ve got a better match to your daily numbers. Well done too on the length of time you have maintained. I’ve only done so for 18 months - when I got my first 33 in November 2017 and came off my Metformin- the longer the better and like you I see it as an interesting challenge to be able to do very low carb by switching ingredients around and still managing a very varied diet. Superb news @ziggy_w
How funny Ziggy I take magnesium bisglycinate daily along with potassium for leg cramps - which they work for - also take k2 although recently stopped D as I have high cholesterol and was hoping my body would turn my ldl into vitamin d when exposed to sun - not that we’ve seen much sun in previous couple of days in uk! MxThanks, @shelley262. So happy we're in the same club. You've done an outstanding job with your blood sugars, definitely inspirational.
I was a bit surprised too that my last HbA1c was close to what I was expecting, only 2 mmol higher, which I think is quite acceptable. Don't know really what has changed, maybe the supplements (D3, K2 and magnesium) that I have started about 4 months ago have helped. Hope to be back on "What have you eaten today" thread soon. Been missing you all.
This is one definition of remission from these people
https://www.diabetesremission.org/about
https://www.diabetesremission.org/our-task
Definition of Diabetes Remission”
Following international standards [1,2] a person goes into diabetes remission when the following conditions are fulfilled:
- Had a diagnosis of diabetes
- Fasting Serum Glucose (FSG) is less than 100 mg/ml (5.6mmol/l)
- HbA1c is less than 6.0% (42mmol/dL)
- There is no active hypoglycemic therapy (either pharmacological or surgical)
We define three levels of remission:
References:
- Initial. When the conditions are fulfilled for three months
- Complete. When the conditions are fulfilled for one year
- Operational cure. When the conditions are fulfilled for five years or mor
1. Buse JB, Caprio S, Cefalu WT, Ceriello A, Del Prato S, Inzucchi SE, et al. How do we define cure of diabetes? Diabetes Care. 2009 Nov;32(11):2133–5.
2. World Health Organization (WHO). Global Report on Diabetes 2016 [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016. Available from: http://www.who.int/diabetes/global-report/en/
Hi Bluetit1802,
Thank you very much for this information !!
I had a diagnosis of diabetes, but FSG was 5.1 mmol/l and HbA1c was 5.9 % at that time... ( this is 2 and 3 in your writing ).
But I had a hypoglycemia.
I am confused...
Thank you very much again.
Best Wishes,
Hypoglycaemia is a condition on its own. It is not T2 diabetes. Of course, you can have both, but it is not compulsory to have both. Have you looked into this with your doctor? I think you will find that @Lamont D is not diabetic. He has reactive hypoglycaemia. He will come along and correct me if I'm wrong.
Hi Bluetit1802,
Thank you very much for your reply !!
I think I am very similar to @Lamont D !! He is a great help for me ! Lots of his stories are eye opener for me !
I may not have diabetes, but I have Reactive Hypoglycemia... I sincerely appreciate his input in this Forum , I am still learning...
Thank you again !!
Best Wishes
how long have you been in remission for? Has it been harder than you thought to maintain normal blood glucose levels?
Has your diet slightly changed since going into remission (are you more strict with your diet or can be a tiny bit flexible)