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Diagnosis reversal

Dark Horse said:
In the UK, there is a national Diabetic Eye Screening Programme. Each local programme holds a database of everyone in their area who has diabetes. The Programme sends out letters (invitations) to all eligible people on the database every year offering them an appointment to have their retinas photographed. The photos are then examined for diabetic retinopathy by qualified and accredited graders using specialist software. If someone appears to have sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy they are " screen positive" and are referred for further tests and possible treatment by an ophthalmologist. If no retinopathy or only background retinopathy is detected, the person is "screen negative" and will be invited back the following year for more photographs.
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Thanks, and wow! How great that is.
 
I would add that it seems here in UK, anyone with T2 who manages to reverse or be controlled without medication, or in remission whatever you want to call it, can still earn payments for their GP by remaining in the GP records as having diabetes because it helps meet targets for diabetic patients who are screened and have controlled BG.
 
Pat_Ann said:
My blood glucose was at 195. So the doctor recommended I have an A1C test. My A1C test was 9.2 and that sealed my fate,
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Ok, so it looks like you were primarily diagnosed via the A1c. I'd say your best chance of having it reversed would be to have some subsequent A1c tests return normal. You've already said you went from 9.2 to 5.5 in three months, so I assume those are A1c numbers. That's a great effort, you must have been really motivated. :)
 
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To be honest, if the diagnosis was backed up by lab results at the time, I would be astonished if your Doc would reverse his diagnosis. It would be a bit like saying someone diagnosed with depression wasn't depressed at the point of diagnosis, just because they're feeling better now.

Of course you can try, but I think the best outcome you can realistically expect is a "resolved", "reversed" or "in remission", depending on your Doc's preference.

I'll be curious to hear how it all goes though. Good luck with it.
 
uart said:
Ok, so it looks like you were primarily diagnosed via the A1c. I'd say your best chance of having it reversed would be to have some subsequent A1c tests return normal. You've already said you went from 9.2 to 5.5 in three months, so I assume those are A1c numbers. That's a great effort, you must have been really motivated. :)
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Started reading about diabetes and got scared to death. Fear motivated me.
 
However well controlled diabetes is I think we are still considered always to be diabetics until a cure comes along. Gestational diabetes I think is the only exception
 
Pat_Ann said:
But on your health chart, it won't say alcoholic.
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But it will in your patient records it is all but impossible to get records amended in the NHS even when it involves down right fabrication in fact some people have had to withdraw from the NHS altogether as records are then deleted in order to do so.

Medical records cannot usually be changed because they are supposed to show what was written at the relevant time. However, a note can be added to your records explaining why you think they are incorrect and giving the correct version of events.’
 
Pinkorchid said:
However well controlled diabetes is I think we are still considered always to be diabetics until a cure comes along. Gestational diabetes I think is the only exception
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Research is now saying patients who had gestational diabetes prone to onset diabetes and may even be boarderline prediabetic.
 
I said can be not will be in my post to get your records amended is extremely difficult even when down right lies have beeb added. One problem I had is in clinic we where unable in fact expressly forbidden from keeping any sort of note while treatment was going on so all the patients treatments and any comments had to be added to the notes after the fact so it doesn't surprise me that some of what was written may have been shall we say inaccurate or even somewhat fanciful not by me I hasten to add but it could happen as in sometimes over an hour or even two there is room for something to be forgotten or miss remembered.

God you will not believe how many times I had to edit I'm finding things so bloody difficult of late
 
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