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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 370708" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p><strong>Re: Excellent HBA1C -Thank you DCUK</strong></p><p></p><p>Congratulations Lolagirl :clap: thats a great improvement :thumbup: </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This seems to be a common view Sketcher, I think that surgery nurses are not used to seeing well controlled T2's so when they do see one they assume they are cured. Its odd that when patients are diagnosed with other conditions, say high BP, they are given meds to help control them, when they achieve that control they dont have their meds stopped do they? </p><p></p><p>But with diabetes it seems different, as soon as they see you doing well they assume you are cured and stop your meds....Its a common theme here, someone posts that they have achieved an HbA1c in the 5%'s and they have their Metformin stopped. It wouldnt happen with any other condition that I can think of.</p><p></p><p>The answer then seems to me to be that they are so unused to seeing good control that they assume wrongly that the patient is "cured". Of course it is rare for good control to come to most without some sort of lifestyle change mainly in the reduction of carbs in the diet and I think this is why it is rare for T2's to present with well controlled bg levels. We know that studies have shown that low carbing works in the short term but not in the long term, is this because it is hard to stick with or is there another reason?</p><p></p><p>Of course anyone can cut carbs and get good results for a few months but it is the long haul that is the tricky bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 370708, member: 19121"] [b]Re: Excellent HBA1C -Thank you DCUK[/b] Congratulations Lolagirl :clap: thats a great improvement :thumbup: This seems to be a common view Sketcher, I think that surgery nurses are not used to seeing well controlled T2's so when they do see one they assume they are cured. Its odd that when patients are diagnosed with other conditions, say high BP, they are given meds to help control them, when they achieve that control they dont have their meds stopped do they? But with diabetes it seems different, as soon as they see you doing well they assume you are cured and stop your meds....Its a common theme here, someone posts that they have achieved an HbA1c in the 5%'s and they have their Metformin stopped. It wouldnt happen with any other condition that I can think of. The answer then seems to me to be that they are so unused to seeing good control that they assume wrongly that the patient is "cured". Of course it is rare for good control to come to most without some sort of lifestyle change mainly in the reduction of carbs in the diet and I think this is why it is rare for T2's to present with well controlled bg levels. We know that studies have shown that low carbing works in the short term but not in the long term, is this because it is hard to stick with or is there another reason? Of course anyone can cut carbs and get good results for a few months but it is the long haul that is the tricky bit. [/QUOTE]
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