Type 2 in remission

[Koalajane]

When your type 2 goes into remission are you still counted as diabetic?

 

[xfieldok]

In most cases. At least it still gives us access to foot and eye checks.

 

[Koalajane]

Thanks for that

 

[Daphne917]

When your type 2 goes into remission are you still counted as diabetic?

I have had a non diabetic Hba1c for approx 7 years but my Diabetic Nurse classes me as being well controlled as opposed to being in remission - which is what I class myself as.

 

[Koalajane]

I have had a non diabetic Hba1c for approx 7 years but my Diabetic Nurse classes me as being well controlled as opposed to being in remission - which is what I class myself as.

So you are a well controlled diabetic

 

[Daphne917]

So you are a well controlled diabetic

Apparently and I still have 6 monthly hba1c tests and reviews - nurse availability permitting.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

So you are a well controlled diabetic

I am a well controlled T2 as well, and I have been off Metformin for over a year.

I still get blood tests ever three months, eye testing once a year, and I also get five visits to a podiatrist a year.

T2 diabetes does not disappear, it lies out of sight waiting for a trigger if you relapse on what you eat and start eating a lot of carbs again.

 

[Robbity]

I'm another well controlled T2 by my own and by my GP's definitions. I've kept to low pre-diabetic levels for six years now, but I believe what triggered my diabetes in the first place is still lurking about so if in the unlikely event I were to ever start scoffing too many carbs again I'd also expect to see diabetic glucose levels again.... I still get my diabetic checkups but HbA1C less frequently than before.