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As of today, I am in remission. I’ve not had an HbA1c in diabetic levels since January 2020 and have now had a clear full year with normal range readings. Today’s was 36 mmol/mol.
I’ve had “diabetic” problems since at least 2010 – oedema, kidney problems (producing no urine) , burning/tingling feet, cuts not healing, blistering, gout, and more. I was told that because my HbA1c readings were in the normal or pre-diabetic range, these problems were not caused by diabetes, and I was not diabetic. At the time I was exercising a lot, and eating “healthily” (that is, unhealthily, with lots of carbs and fruit), and my blood glucose kept rising.
Diagnosis in December 2019 was something of a relief and I switched to a low carb/high fat diet straight away. I’d had good results from Atkins in the past so I knew it worked for me. I’ve kept to around 20g carbs/day, and have been in ketosis for most of the time. Discovered some odd things – such as alcohol lowering my blood glucose, and some symptoms (eg night sweats) appearing only after my BG came back to normal levels. Looks like I don’t tolerate raised glucose well at all.
All the worst symptoms have gone and I only have a mild tingling in my toes sometimes, the last remnants of the burning feet. Still have episodes of acute dawn phenomenon.
This has been achieved entirely by diet and during the lockdowns. I haven’t exercised much at all, and I haven’t ever been hungry. I’m also steadily losing weight – about four kilos every six months. My waist is down about 5 inches and I’ve even lost an inch or so off my wrist circumference.
Am I pleased? You bet I am. I could not and would not have done it without the support, advice and example of this forum and the people using it. My thanks to everyone.
I’ve had “diabetic” problems since at least 2010 – oedema, kidney problems (producing no urine) , burning/tingling feet, cuts not healing, blistering, gout, and more. I was told that because my HbA1c readings were in the normal or pre-diabetic range, these problems were not caused by diabetes, and I was not diabetic. At the time I was exercising a lot, and eating “healthily” (that is, unhealthily, with lots of carbs and fruit), and my blood glucose kept rising.
Diagnosis in December 2019 was something of a relief and I switched to a low carb/high fat diet straight away. I’d had good results from Atkins in the past so I knew it worked for me. I’ve kept to around 20g carbs/day, and have been in ketosis for most of the time. Discovered some odd things – such as alcohol lowering my blood glucose, and some symptoms (eg night sweats) appearing only after my BG came back to normal levels. Looks like I don’t tolerate raised glucose well at all.
All the worst symptoms have gone and I only have a mild tingling in my toes sometimes, the last remnants of the burning feet. Still have episodes of acute dawn phenomenon.
This has been achieved entirely by diet and during the lockdowns. I haven’t exercised much at all, and I haven’t ever been hungry. I’m also steadily losing weight – about four kilos every six months. My waist is down about 5 inches and I’ve even lost an inch or so off my wrist circumference.
Am I pleased? You bet I am. I could not and would not have done it without the support, advice and example of this forum and the people using it. My thanks to everyone.
