adriangoatseye
Well-Known Member
...potentially about to be.
I everyone. I went for a minor op recently. The op was fine but the aftermath has not been. When I went for the pre-op my blood and urine tests put HBaC1 as being at 51. I was actually told by phone that my blood sugar was a little high so a letter was being sent to my doctor (I was somewhat shocked to later find that I was in the diabetic range not pre-diabetic). I started eating more healthily (or so I thought having just read your low carb forum) and shed 4lbs in four few weeks. I went for my appointment at my doctors (with the nurse). This was a major disappointment. I received lots of info about managing diabetes but not much of a response when I asked about reversing the condition. Being reasonably educated I decided to go and read for myself and that is when I came across the Newcastle study. Since then I have been calorie counting (about a week) but have not been feeling great as a result although I am down another 2lbs.
I do note form reading the forum prior to posting this that I am not as high up the scales as many people. My arrival on here has been about seeking to control through diet. I am already a bit cheesed off that if I go for my second blood test and register HBaC1 above 48 I will be registered as a diabetic and, as I have since discovered, once that happens it is something I shall have to declare forever, even if I can manage to lower my readings. That is hardly fair in my eyes. I guess the second part of my arrival on here is to get an idea of some of the practical problems once you have been diagnosed (eg. insurance, jobs etc).
Like I say, I do not have some of the higher figure being mentioned on here. My height is 6'3" and my weight is 14st 11lbs (at most recent weighing) down from 15'3" at pre-op. My BG at my op were 6.8 and 7.2 although I had obviously been fasting at that point.
I hope that I can glean some info from this forum and I am very interested in the low carb forum. I really want to control this before it controls me. I have to say that moving to healthier eating has already made me feel less tired (I had been complaining about sluggishness for 2 or 3 years) and it has certainly lost a bit of weight. Having read the Newcastle study in brief I understood that you had a 50/50 chance of reversing diabetes completely (if you keep a well-maintained weight) if you reduced weight considerably. Armed with this I have set myself a target of 13st so a little way to go. Personally, I have not found reducing calories or cutting out rubbish food too difficult. It is quite time consuming to count calories although a better alternative to medication (something I will avoid at all costs).
I hope I will find information and, in time, maybe even provide it. I have certainly been transformed around food since January.
Adrian
I everyone. I went for a minor op recently. The op was fine but the aftermath has not been. When I went for the pre-op my blood and urine tests put HBaC1 as being at 51. I was actually told by phone that my blood sugar was a little high so a letter was being sent to my doctor (I was somewhat shocked to later find that I was in the diabetic range not pre-diabetic). I started eating more healthily (or so I thought having just read your low carb forum) and shed 4lbs in four few weeks. I went for my appointment at my doctors (with the nurse). This was a major disappointment. I received lots of info about managing diabetes but not much of a response when I asked about reversing the condition. Being reasonably educated I decided to go and read for myself and that is when I came across the Newcastle study. Since then I have been calorie counting (about a week) but have not been feeling great as a result although I am down another 2lbs.
I do note form reading the forum prior to posting this that I am not as high up the scales as many people. My arrival on here has been about seeking to control through diet. I am already a bit cheesed off that if I go for my second blood test and register HBaC1 above 48 I will be registered as a diabetic and, as I have since discovered, once that happens it is something I shall have to declare forever, even if I can manage to lower my readings. That is hardly fair in my eyes. I guess the second part of my arrival on here is to get an idea of some of the practical problems once you have been diagnosed (eg. insurance, jobs etc).
Like I say, I do not have some of the higher figure being mentioned on here. My height is 6'3" and my weight is 14st 11lbs (at most recent weighing) down from 15'3" at pre-op. My BG at my op were 6.8 and 7.2 although I had obviously been fasting at that point.
I hope that I can glean some info from this forum and I am very interested in the low carb forum. I really want to control this before it controls me. I have to say that moving to healthier eating has already made me feel less tired (I had been complaining about sluggishness for 2 or 3 years) and it has certainly lost a bit of weight. Having read the Newcastle study in brief I understood that you had a 50/50 chance of reversing diabetes completely (if you keep a well-maintained weight) if you reduced weight considerably. Armed with this I have set myself a target of 13st so a little way to go. Personally, I have not found reducing calories or cutting out rubbish food too difficult. It is quite time consuming to count calories although a better alternative to medication (something I will avoid at all costs).
I hope I will find information and, in time, maybe even provide it. I have certainly been transformed around food since January.
Adrian
