Checking in for update!

[MrPeaky]

So we are 4.5 Years into remission now and a lot has changed since April.

I changed up my diet after surgery earlier this year. 4 years in and I had reached my ability to just eat low carb meals all the time, and high fat diet was starting to cause me other issues (gut health, blood markers etc).

I booked in with a Nutritional Coach and then with my GP.
We looked back at all my past results, markers and other testing I have had done over the years. Barring the two results at my point of diagnosis I had never been in the diabetic range.

There was a lot of discussion and the consensus was I was obvioulsy in the T2 range for those 3 weeks, but that the drop from T2 to 31 in under 6 months was not normally seen with just pure diet.

The weight loss obvioulsy helped a lot, and there was a clear agreement I had insulin sensitivity issues at that point, but given the results and the quick turn around, the weight and fat around the relevant organs was inhibiting that insulin response.

We concluded I would go about my life for the next 3-6 months and eat what I would consider a normal diet that I could see myself able to manage with forever.

Off I went, I still eat plenty of low carb meals but I started to replace some of the meat with a bag of crisps, Greggs meal deal on the go rather than some terrible over pirced leafy green floppy salad box.

This really helped with the longer days, and on the back of this I was able to hit the gym more often and was able to eat before / after on the go.

I kept a track on my bloods morning and post meals, mornings varied from 4.5 - 6.0

Post meal checks were more or less the same, I saw which foods spiked me higher than I would like but even after a trip to Pizza hut my 2 hours post was 7.4 it took longer to drop back down to my 5.5-6.0 walking about range but it did.


Then it was time for bloods and my HHB1AC back as a 34 this week.

After a chat with Doc we will check again in 6 months time, at which point he has said if everything stays as it is we will consider the diagnosis reversed (yay for my insurance premiums and health care !!!!)

I am fully aware I am/was clearly insulin resistant so I will not be going off drinking full fat coke and chips every day, but at the same time I can for now at least seem to enjoy some of the nicer things in life again!

Figure this may make a good read and open up some discussion.

 

[Chris24Main]

Good for you - that's a fantastic result.
What would you say that your goal is now at this point in your journey? (inc having none - no right answer, I'm just curious)

 

[MrPeaky]

Good for you - that's a fantastic result.
What would you say that your goal is now at this point in your journey? (inc having none - no right answer, I'm just curious)

In the first instance I will be watching the next 6 months to see how I respond to the change in diet for a full year period.


I will keep my current testing regime of testing 2/7 mornings a week, and 2-3 tests 2/3/4 hours after meals that have a higher carb load than my usual, or if I go out for a meal etc.

I am going to use a few libre sensors (after the xmas madness) as well and trend a 4 week period where I will eat my new diet and incorporate my usual levels of activity.

I want to be sure for myself that in the background there are no spikes that are hidden with certain foods and how I react to this new diet, data is always the key.

For me that was if I was really T2 or or not, they key to where I am now, I tracked my numbers and my food and adjusted as required.




I think I will then put down my full journey from the very start to the current position in detail with what and how I did what I did. (That will be one long forum post pre warning haha!)

I will have my bloods done 12 monthly even with the full reversal and removal of my diagnosis markers.

If in 6 months I come back in the 32-38 range again, I will use a libre every 12 weeks to get that snapshot to what my body is doing and that way if I see any issues I can then get in with the GP and go from there. £200 a year is not a lot considering the damage that can be done without knowing.

My food will change but I would say 80% of what I eat will still be low carb, I just have that freedom to have something nice or if I am stuck I can eat on the go.


I hope as well when people read this and my first post they can take a bit of solace in the fact that if you catch this early and react to it you can make drastic improvements.

Myself the GP and my Nutritionist talked at length about was I Type 2 as in fully developed, was I insulin resistant due to my large BMI from my strongman program. We said it was either BMI related and that could of developed that resistance over time to a point where reversal would not of been as easy or possible.

Or did we literally catch that start of the development of T2 in the first 8 weeks and by doing that stopped it before it became more prevalent.