After I was told by my slap dash GP "I think you have got diabetes" I decided to change my diet to lose weight and defeat diabetes. I lost 45 pounds until it stabilized. Since November 2013 when I was told my morning tests have slowly improved. It has been a very steady trend downwards.
I've just checked back and since the start of October last year until today I've tested my BG on waking 26 times. Every Saturday and 8 other times out of curiosity. The highest was 5.8 the lowest 4.9 and the average was 5.3.
In early September 2016 my A1c was 5.7 (Hospital Lab).
On 4 December I had Sunday Lunch in a restaurant-- including potatoes in garlic cream Yorkshire puddings and Carrot cake with ice cream. (It was Christmas after all) After 2 hours my BG was 6.2 which I thought was within limits.
I have no intention of starting on potato, bread, cake, rice, pasta, pastry, puddings chocs or sweets ---all of which have been strictly controlled .
Questions. Do you think I can start to refer to diabetes in the past tense now? Is it too soon to stop being terrified by the drug companies' stories of blindness and feet dropping off?
I've just checked back and since the start of October last year until today I've tested my BG on waking 26 times. Every Saturday and 8 other times out of curiosity. The highest was 5.8 the lowest 4.9 and the average was 5.3.
In early September 2016 my A1c was 5.7 (Hospital Lab).
On 4 December I had Sunday Lunch in a restaurant-- including potatoes in garlic cream Yorkshire puddings and Carrot cake with ice cream. (It was Christmas after all) After 2 hours my BG was 6.2 which I thought was within limits.
I have no intention of starting on potato, bread, cake, rice, pasta, pastry, puddings chocs or sweets ---all of which have been strictly controlled .
Questions. Do you think I can start to refer to diabetes in the past tense now? Is it too soon to stop being terrified by the drug companies' stories of blindness and feet dropping off?
