zuckerhonig
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- Type of diabetes
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Thats such fantastic news well done. Excuse my ignorance I’m new here but when you said that your diabetes is reversed but you will still always have it can you please explain? I thought if you reverse it that would be it? And therefore what does always have it mean in terms of the impact.
I felt my surgery were more of a hindrance than a help and could not get an appointment to see the doctor to discuss the results. (My only other post was a rant about that!)
This is my own storyThank You.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 on 23 January this year. (Blood sample taken on 6 January). My HbA1C was 57 and I was prescribed Metformin 500mg twice a day.
I felt my surgery were more of a hindrance than a help and could not get an appointment to see the doctor to discuss the results. (My only other post was a rant about that!)
So feeling overwhelmed by it all and needing help, I looked to the internet and found this wonderful site.
I read everything I could to try and understand this disease and immediately started a low carb diet. (Very low carb).
I started to test my blood and within 4 days my blood tests were below 7 and so far have never gone any higher. Most being high 4’s to mid 5’s with the very occasional low 6 from the “Morning Phenomenon”.
Weight started to fall off me, 2.5 stone so far and hoping to continue.
I changed my GP Surgery and on 15 February the new surgery’s nurse was taking blood to get another sample tested.
I just got back from getting the results. My HbA1c level is 39!
The Diabetic nurse is extremely pleased and explained that my Diabetes is reversed but I still have Diabetes and will always have it. (Just as I learnt from this site).
We discussed whether I should come off Metformin, (I decided stay on it for now), and she is happy to see in me in a year for another blood test. (She said if my own blood tests should start to go up them give the surgery a call).
So a very big THANK YOU to everyone.
Brilliant, just had similar but not that good.
Was put in hospital on 17th Jan with a blood sugar of 27 and hba1c of 104.
Had my bloods last week and went in for my results today.
Hba1c was 62 but they said it will lower further as the 3 month window wasn't off.
Lost 1st 9lbs in that time and they've taken me off the met form in completely.
Properly pleased for you as I know how good it feels
hi Jon KI think I need to give a big shout out to my GPs, practice nurses and admin support. I started out with a suspicious pain (later diagnosed as an inflamed liver) for which they sent me for blood tests and an ultrasound scan to make sure nothing serious was going on. The blood tests came back with an HbA1C of 58 and I was put on metformin and statins to bring it down as soon as possible. My GP's thinking was that I had no symptoms of diabetes so he wanted to get the sugars down before I started with anything.
Within a few weeks I had been given an appointment at the local hospital to see a dietitian to talk through my nutrition. I'd also had an hour with the practice nurses to go through my medication and to check that I understood everything and I'd been for a eye test. The practice nurses set some targets for me to achieve over the next few months
Within a few months I'd also been on a 1 day DESMOND course arranged by my surgery.
After the 3 month review I was taken off all medication as I'd improved beyond the targets and had achieved normal blood levels and have continued to do so for 2 years.
I didn't have to do anything other than ask questions - the surgery set things up for me and invites for appointments just arrived in the post or they phoned me. So I feel I've had excellent support from my GP Surgery - Moss Lane Surgery in Madeley Staffordshire and having read many horror stories in this forum I just felt I had to mention that there are good surgeries out there that are encouraging and supportive.
On my last visit my cholesterol was 5.3 (just the total - the LDL was in the ideal range). My GPs view was that trying to fix that would almost certainly mean I'd mess up something else. His view was "you have a live a little".
Jon.
See www.dietdoctor.comI’m a newly diagnosed T2 and feel totally lost with it all so I’m reading everything I can get my hands on. The way forward seems to be a low carb diet - can anyone offer advice and meal suggestions?
Thank You.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 on 23 January this year. (Blood sample taken on 6 January). My HbA1C was 57 and I was prescribed Metformin 500mg twice a day.
I felt my surgery were more of a hindrance than a help and could not get an appointment to see the doctor to discuss the results. (My only other post was a rant about that!)
So feeling overwhelmed by it all and needing help, I looked to the internet and found this wonderful site.
I read everything I could to try and understand this disease and immediately started a low carb diet. (Very low carb).
I started to test my blood and within 4 days my blood tests were below 7 and so far have never gone any higher. Most being high 4’s to mid 5’s with the very occasional low 6 from the “Morning Phenomenon”.
Weight started to fall off me, 2.5 stone so far and hoping to continue.
I changed my GP Surgery and on 15 February the new surgery’s nurse was taking blood to get another sample tested.
I just got back from getting the results. My HbA1c level is 39!
The Diabetic nurse is extremely pleased and explained that my Diabetes is reversed but I still have Diabetes and will always have it. (Just as I learnt from this site).
We discussed whether I should come off Metformin, (I decided stay on it for now), and she is happy to see in me in a year for another blood test. (She said if my own blood tests should start to go up them give the surgery a call).
So a very big THANK YOU to everyone.
Sure @daisy1 has an info spiel that will find you at the next login.I’m a newly diagnosed T2 and feel totally lost with it all so I’m reading everything I can get my hands on. The way forward seems to be a low carb diet - can anyone offer advice and meal suggestions?
The topic has been done to death already. You can do a search to read the plethora of thoughts. The simple answer would be that if the reversed return to a diet of carbs and sugars the T2 will just march back over the hill. Hardly a cure.Why is the belief that you always have it ... Why is a reversal not thought of as cured ? Any thoughts on this ?
In my case it's because it can quite easily come back if I slack off with my eating and let the carbs creep back in.Why is the belief that you always have it ... Why is a reversal not thought of as cured ? Any thoughts on this ?
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