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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2435387" data-attributes="member: 401801">I just kept lowering carbs as I went and that got me to the mid 30's, HbA1c-wise. Have been there for the better part of five years now. Lost about 25 kilo's, with a little fluctuation up and down, mainly caused by medication that isn't diabetes related. I currently eat meat, poultry, fish, eggs and some (goat) dairy. Nothing plant-based, so it's a so-called carnivore diet. I do have a slightly improved insulin sensitivity, but if I go back to carbs that'll just go "Poof" in to time at all, so not going to go there.What my remission looks like... I thought I got away scott-free, but according to the doc, walking around with elevated blood sugars for years before diagnosis, did some (nerve) damage after all. So currently going through physical therapy and whatnot to get that fixed. Everything else has markedly improved though... No more thrush, oozing wounds that never heal, extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, fluctuating vision issues, morbid obesity, that sort of thing. I consider myself in remission, but I know I'm basically just well controlled. If I relax things, I'll be right back where I started. And I'm okay with this being a for-life thing, as I am reaping the benefits daily. Dunno if that helps, but there it is.</blockquote>

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