VinnyJames
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Has anyone ever been offered off the diabetic register?
What tends to happen after a few years of low readings?
What tends to happen after a few years of low readings?
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Has anyone been in the non-diabetic range very long term?
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Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
I think to be classed as non-diabetic you need to pass a fasting glucose tolerance test.
Consistent low readings can come from very good control but this does not mean you are cured.
You just have very good control.
Keep it up and you have a very good chance of avoiding complications.
However you are still diabetic.
Only if your pancreas has recovered from any under production of insulin AND your tissues have recovered from any insulin resistance AND you can pass a FGTT are you non-diabetic.
Nice numbers, by the way.
Cheers
LGC
Consistent low readings can come from very good control but this does not mean you are cured.
You just have very good control.
Keep it up and you have a very good chance of avoiding complications.
However you are still diabetic.
Only if your pancreas has recovered from any under production of insulin AND your tissues have recovered from any insulin resistance AND you can pass a FGTT are you non-diabetic.
Nice numbers, by the way.
Cheers
LGC
VinnyJames
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I've done a home based FGTT which I passed but there was a flaw in the test and I didn't fancy doing another because eating high carbs for four days was awful!
I may ask my GP to do one for me.
My main reason for posting was to find out if people who are controlled just have to keep their appointments year in year out.
I've noticed most people on here who eat to their meter could predict their hba1c levels.
I may ask my GP to do one for me.
My main reason for posting was to find out if people who are controlled just have to keep their appointments year in year out.
I've noticed most people on here who eat to their meter could predict their hba1c levels.
I was identified as preD about 1998/2000. At the same time as being diagnosed with PCOS and something else.
I had no idea I was supposed to be tested annually, and my surgery were very lax calling me in. I think I had 1 oral glucose tolerance test in 2004 ish.
Then I was given another in 2012 and came out right on the borderline. But I think the test was conducted wrongly, because I wasn't told to be inactive...
Going by my body-awareness, I think I was prediabetic since my mid teens, and diabetic from anytime since 2006. But of course it's impossible to know.
But I have been low carbing, with varying dedication, for nearly 30 years. And I'm convinced that slowed down my slide into type 2
Worth remembering that not every preD goes on to develop type 2.
I had no idea I was supposed to be tested annually, and my surgery were very lax calling me in. I think I had 1 oral glucose tolerance test in 2004 ish.
Then I was given another in 2012 and came out right on the borderline. But I think the test was conducted wrongly, because I wasn't told to be inactive...
Going by my body-awareness, I think I was prediabetic since my mid teens, and diabetic from anytime since 2006. But of course it's impossible to know.
But I have been low carbing, with varying dedication, for nearly 30 years. And I'm convinced that slowed down my slide into type 2
Worth remembering that not every preD goes on to develop type 2.
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Curiously, I had a conversation about some of this, with my GP, just yesterday.
It seems there are no official guidelines in place to deal with those who appear to reverse their condition, and therefore how patients are dealt with depends on their Doctor's view and approach. My impression is that views amongst our health care professionals are changing, and in some cases, quite fast. When I spoke with my GP, in August, she hadn't heard of Professor Taylor, or his work, and when I brought it up, she had wanted to move the conversation on pretty swiftly. By yesterday she mentioned him and how impressed she was by his work and the achievements delivered by both him and his patients/trialists. She was also much more engaged to talk about diet, per se. I was so buoyed when I left, which is quite different to how I felt a few months ago.
I'm hopeful, as time moves forward, that with the work done by Prof Taylor, @Southport GP and others (including those diabetics, like ourselves who are engaged and keen to make a difference), will be adequately recognised and our national guidelines will be modified and start to make sense.
It strikes me that we are in interesting times. There have certainly been worse times to be diabetic.
It seems there are no official guidelines in place to deal with those who appear to reverse their condition, and therefore how patients are dealt with depends on their Doctor's view and approach. My impression is that views amongst our health care professionals are changing, and in some cases, quite fast. When I spoke with my GP, in August, she hadn't heard of Professor Taylor, or his work, and when I brought it up, she had wanted to move the conversation on pretty swiftly. By yesterday she mentioned him and how impressed she was by his work and the achievements delivered by both him and his patients/trialists. She was also much more engaged to talk about diet, per se. I was so buoyed when I left, which is quite different to how I felt a few months ago.
I'm hopeful, as time moves forward, that with the work done by Prof Taylor, @Southport GP and others (including those diabetics, like ourselves who are engaged and keen to make a difference), will be adequately recognised and our national guidelines will be modified and start to make sense.
It strikes me that we are in interesting times. There have certainly been worse times to be diabetic.
