I think its rather pointless semantics tbhSo what is your definition? Or is it not possible in your view?
Wow.. we agree on something.. I knew it had to happen one day...I think its rather pointless semantics tbh
My perspective is that T2 diabetes is a chronic health condition with multi factoral causation that it is possible for some / many to gain good control of, but which is always lurking in the background waiting to bite you in the bum given half a chance
To steal a phrase “A Diabetes diagnosis is for life, not just for Christmas”
LolWow.. we agree on something.. I knew it had to happen one day...
Hi, i am in awe of your A1c numbers. Unbelieveable. Congrats. I am at 6.2, which I am really happy with. I can't comprehend your numbers because if i go below 5.0, i start to get a bit "wonky". Great numbers. Keep it going. Cheers, PeterI had mine showing "In remission" and also dared to show in my status that my GP had decided to tell me my Diabetes was "resolved", but I was lambasted about it after posting an opinion on one of those threads about what would constitute a reversal, so I changed them back to just being a normal T2D.
People will always pick arguments with you, and try to tell you how you can or can't describe yourself, so I would leave it as it is.
You know, and that is all that matters.
I honestly think Rachel you deserve to be taken out for one of those “Eat As Much As You Like and Stuff Yourself Till You Drop Dead (gorgeous) Chinese Buffet” because you’re now in remission like me... you see!
Hahaha!!!
Oh ok! So long as there’s plenty of chicken, meat and veggies with no dodgy sauces with hidden sugars!
Is it on you?
I would never change my Diabetic status. Even if I was able to get to the point where I no longer needed Insulin or tablets, I still be diet controlled. Simply because the moment I changed my diet, or slowed down any exercise regime, my blood sugars would start to rise and I'd find myself restarting the same journey. My T2 Diabetes is what it is. I have worked damned hard to lose more than 25 kilos, get off my blood pressure medication and reduce my Insulin intake by half in the last 14 months (having started injecting in 1989.
I honestly believe that once you are a Diabetic, you remain a Diabetic. It can only be controlled, not reversed. So a non injecting, non med, Diabetic, with good blood sugars is just a very well controlled Diabetic.
Of course, I am not including gestational Diabetes in my view of this condition.
I have absolutely no intention of undoing my hard work.
You can't! It would spoil all your lovely graphs, trend lines, and stats! That's a huge part of my own motivation, and I know it's yours, too!
I have logged into my profile several times to change my diabetic classification, and hovered over the Type 2 (in remission) button. There is also a ‘Reversed’ option too. I don’t really like either term as I just consider myself very well controlled with my last three HbA1cs in the mid 30s. I feel I deserve one of the alternative classifications (sorry, blowing my own trumpet) and I think I prefer ‘In Remission’. Shall I change it or shan’t I? What do you all think?
Not necessarily. I had Gestational Diabetes and went on to develop T2DM 16 years later - as approx. 50% of women with GD eventually do. I had at least 2 normal OGTT's over those 16 years, along with normal fasting blood sugars and normal HbA1c's. However, my underlying metabolic physiology meant that with a similar challenge (to the physiological challenge of pregnancy) my diabetes could return at any time. Which it did because, in my case, it was never reversed (cured?), it was merely in remission.I would say anyone achieving the non diabetic range after this test has reversed the diabetes whatever their adopted diet plan.
According to my HBa1c results, I have been in the normal range for 2 years, in fact was only high for a couple of months following diagnosis in October 2015. However, over the past year, my eye tests show that I have developed background diabetic retinopathy. I don't take any meds, and my last HBa1c was 38. This leads me to believe that the disease is progressing regardless of control, and therefore remission is a term that I might accept whereas reversal is not in my dictionary. I'd be interested to hear if any others are in a similar situation.
Sorry to spoil the party, but Dr B says you can spike yourself by eating too much even of sawdust. AND it's very hard to imagine a Chinese buffet with just plain chicken, meat & vegetables and without dodgy sauces.Oh ok! So long as there’s plenty of chicken, meat and veggies with no dodgy sauces with hidden sugars!
Is it on you?
Oh don’t worry I don’t eat anywhere near as much as I used to, I think my stomach has shrunk a lot!Sorry to spoil the party, but Dr B says you can spike yourself by eating too much even of sawdust. AND it's very hard to imagine a Chinese buffet with just plain chicken, meat & vegetables and without dodgy sauces.
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