Is T2 diabetes reversible?

[popps]

Having read through a couple of recent threads about pre-diabetes I thought I'd ask this question. I was diagnosed with initial fasting levels of 7.0 and 7.1, just above the diagnostic borderline. I believe the benchmark had been increased a few years ago from 7.8 (?). For the following three months I embarked on a low/moderate carb and exercise regime and achieved a first A1C of 5.0, which my GP says is well within the non-diabetic range.

The next test is scheduled for sometime next May/June. If this, and subsequent tests, result in a low A1C, is there a point where I will be declassified as a non-diabetic? Or once diagnosis has been reached, is that it, once a diabetic always a diabetic?

 

[brianb]

Popps

Not qualified to answer your question BUT like you i was diagnoosed in March this year with Fasting of 8.6 and 8.9 my latest HBA1C is 5.9 SO i have been asking myself the very same question.

Come on everyone tell us we are CURED

Brian

 

[Cameraman]

I'd be interested to know too, cos with my diet and excercise I'm often reading as low as 4.8.

 

[hanadr]

Sorry Brian, but HbA1c 5.9% isn't cured. Loads of diabetics achieve that. Several on this forum Including Ferguss and he's a T1! My last, a year ago almost was 6.1%, which isn't far off, but if I let up on the fiet, the numbers go up. You'd need a glucose tolerance test to be sure. Impaired glucose tolerance is sometimes revrsible, but you need the proper tests to check.
Same for you cameraman.
I too get plenty of 4.8s, and even lower, but I definitely am a Tightly controlled T2 diabetic.

 

[Cameraman]

Oh well, its nice to think I could be clear :lol: and the nurse did say I could go back to eating anything

 

[fergus]

Delighted for you guys posting non-diabetic blood sugars, bravo the lot of you.
A word of warning though, without wishing to burst any bubbles. If you start eating 'anything you want' as Cameraman's dietician suggested, your blood sugars will be the wrong side of the line before you know it.
I think if you're eating in a way that keeps your glucose in line you have a brilliant chance of staying that way - no meds., no worries.

All the best folks,

fergus

 

[brianb]

Its nice to dream though, Makes me all fuzzy

Cameraman I often go as low as 3ish which i think is what is making my HBA1c look soooo good.

Brian

 

[Trinkwasser]

Delighted for you guys posting non-diabetic blood sugars, bravo the lot of you.
A word of warning though, without wishing to burst any bubbles. If you start eating 'anything you want' as Cameraman's dietician suggested, your blood sugars will be the wrong side of the line before you know it.
I think if you're eating in a way that keeps your glucose in line you have a brilliant chance of staying that way - no meds., no worries.

All the best folks,

fergus

Agreed, it's *controllable*.

Some things can be reversed, ie. neuropathy and lipids. Improving insulin resistance will make what insulin you still generate go further which can lead to long term improvements but unless you're a diabetic mouse it's highly unlikely you will be able to regrow lost beta cells and eat Christmas pudding with abandon.

 

[popps]

Some things can be reversed, ie. neuropathy and lipids. Improving insulin resistance will make what insulin you still generate go further which can lead to long term improvements but unless you're a diabetic mouse it's highly unlikely you will be able to regrow lost beta cells and eat Christmas pudding with abandon.

Merry Christmas, Trink

 

[Trinkwasser]

Some things can be reversed, ie. neuropathy and lipids. Improving insulin resistance will make what insulin you still generate go further which can lead to long term improvements but unless you're a diabetic mouse it's highly unlikely you will be able to regrow lost beta cells and eat Christmas pudding with abandon.

Merry Christmas, Trink

squeeeek

 

[popps]

Some things can be reversed, ie. neuropathy and lipids. Improving insulin resistance will make what insulin you still generate go further which can lead to long term improvements but unless you're a diabetic mouse it's highly unlikely you will be able to regrow lost beta cells and eat Christmas pudding with abandon.

Merry Christmas, Trink

squeeeek

Don't understand. Is this Trink speak for "Merry Christmas to you too. Popps"?

 

[popps]

Hi Trink,

Oh, I get it now. It's diabetic mouse speak. I don't always "get" things straight away. I'm a "cognitive reflector" and it might sometimes take me a few minutes (or more) to come up with the answer.

 

[Trinkwasser]

Hi Trink,

Oh, I get it now. It's diabetic mouse speak. I don't always "get" things straight away. I'm a "cognitive reflector" and it might sometimes take me a few minutes (or more) to come up with the answer.

Don't worry about it, sometimes my sense of humour can be a bit obscure. I often upset Yanks who fail to comprehend British hum(o)ur at all.

Season's Greetings!