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<blockquote data-quote="Sketcher" data-source="post: 357169" data-attributes="member: 47909"><p>Hello again MrsPortion. I'm glad you got the information and found it useful. </p><p></p><p>You will be told that diabetes is a degenerative condition, and you will never be cured; you can only get worse. This is a bit depressing and - while it's true that there is no cure, and your pancreas cannot recover, that isn't the whole story. You may well find that, if you manage your diet carefully, you can control your blood glucose better without taking additional medication. After I was diagnosed I was put on Gliclazide; but as I gradually adjusted my diet to include less and lower GI carbs, my blood glucose readings improved, so after 6 months my dose was halved; that meant my BGs rose again, so I reduced carbs further; 6 months later that resulted in the doctor being so pleased that I'm now off medication. Now I maintain fairly normal BG levels by keeping carbs to less than 50g per day. This is just me, and we're all different, but I wanted to let you know that if you explore low carb eating, you may be able to manage your diabetes with more than just medication. I'm not kidding myself that I'll never need to go back on medication, but I like the low carb diet and I'll delay the medication for as long as I can.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sketcher, post: 357169, member: 47909"] Hello again MrsPortion. I'm glad you got the information and found it useful. You will be told that diabetes is a degenerative condition, and you will never be cured; you can only get worse. This is a bit depressing and - while it's true that there is no cure, and your pancreas cannot recover, that isn't the whole story. You may well find that, if you manage your diet carefully, you can control your blood glucose better without taking additional medication. After I was diagnosed I was put on Gliclazide; but as I gradually adjusted my diet to include less and lower GI carbs, my blood glucose readings improved, so after 6 months my dose was halved; that meant my BGs rose again, so I reduced carbs further; 6 months later that resulted in the doctor being so pleased that I'm now off medication. Now I maintain fairly normal BG levels by keeping carbs to less than 50g per day. This is just me, and we're all different, but I wanted to let you know that if you explore low carb eating, you may be able to manage your diabetes with more than just medication. I'm not kidding myself that I'll never need to go back on medication, but I like the low carb diet and I'll delay the medication for as long as I can. Sent from the [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig]Diabetes Forum App[/url] [/QUOTE]
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