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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I'm 38 year old South Asian male from a family with diabetes and liver cirrhosis history.
I got diagnosed in July after a regular full body checkup. HBA1c was 11.9%. FBG was 290 mg/dl. Post prandial was 450. I also got diagnosed with Grade 1 fatty liver with all the usual macros we could expect as bonus (high TG, low HDL, high LDL). LFT numbers came pretty neat though. And blood pressure was normal. I was suffering from brain fog, excessive sweating, slurry speech and feet tingling for quite a while, so I came to know why.
GP broke the news to me in a most inhuman way though - "you're diabetic until you die and only thing that could save you is insulin and meds". That came struck me like a speed bullet.
I have been slightly overweight (25-26 BMI) all along my life with occassional sweet beverages, not much junk food and almost no alcohol consumption. But my diet is high carb, low fat diet with some allowances to sweet (not the HCFS ones). Could be the major trigger. Who knows.
I took the prescribed insulin shots for over a month and doctor said my levels were not getting any normal. So he increased the dose and ordered Vildus (Met + Vildagliptin). I was constantly gaining weight though I was exercising almost every day. I felt like I'm in a never ending cycle: eating all those carbs as usual, taking insulin shots to compensate and running like a guinea pig to lose weight. At some point I decided to stop taking insulin and upped my exercise. Sugar levels started dropping but still not within normal range. HBA1c went to 8.9 in 3 weeks. Doc said insulin shots start to work but shocked to hear I never took the shots in the last 2 weeks window.
I really wanted to keep insulin in my body to minimal. Stopped med and insulin. Got her approval to start intermittent fasting with low carb food on non-fasting days. Doc wasn't happy but still gave a go because of the drastic improvement I showed without meds. Started weight training too recently.
I could see the symptoms starting to go away. Regaining sense in my feet and my eye vision and sleeping patterns are better. I have a better mood all through the day too. I am certain this is not a placebo effect.
My fasting sugar is within 105-119 daily regardless of whether I'm fasting or not. Tried adding back lite carbs. Body is managing it decently. It once hiked to 202 a d came back to 140 in an hour. Improvement enough for me given how it was in July.
By the way, I have lost over 8kgs in 2 months. Excited to test my sugar levels and liver test in 2 months.
I hopefully bring it to normal levels and enjoy remission one day. I would also like to support this community with the info I have gathered so far.
I got diagnosed in July after a regular full body checkup. HBA1c was 11.9%. FBG was 290 mg/dl. Post prandial was 450. I also got diagnosed with Grade 1 fatty liver with all the usual macros we could expect as bonus (high TG, low HDL, high LDL). LFT numbers came pretty neat though. And blood pressure was normal. I was suffering from brain fog, excessive sweating, slurry speech and feet tingling for quite a while, so I came to know why.
GP broke the news to me in a most inhuman way though - "you're diabetic until you die and only thing that could save you is insulin and meds". That came struck me like a speed bullet.
I have been slightly overweight (25-26 BMI) all along my life with occassional sweet beverages, not much junk food and almost no alcohol consumption. But my diet is high carb, low fat diet with some allowances to sweet (not the HCFS ones). Could be the major trigger. Who knows.
I took the prescribed insulin shots for over a month and doctor said my levels were not getting any normal. So he increased the dose and ordered Vildus (Met + Vildagliptin). I was constantly gaining weight though I was exercising almost every day. I felt like I'm in a never ending cycle: eating all those carbs as usual, taking insulin shots to compensate and running like a guinea pig to lose weight. At some point I decided to stop taking insulin and upped my exercise. Sugar levels started dropping but still not within normal range. HBA1c went to 8.9 in 3 weeks. Doc said insulin shots start to work but shocked to hear I never took the shots in the last 2 weeks window.
I really wanted to keep insulin in my body to minimal. Stopped med and insulin. Got her approval to start intermittent fasting with low carb food on non-fasting days. Doc wasn't happy but still gave a go because of the drastic improvement I showed without meds. Started weight training too recently.
I could see the symptoms starting to go away. Regaining sense in my feet and my eye vision and sleeping patterns are better. I have a better mood all through the day too. I am certain this is not a placebo effect.
My fasting sugar is within 105-119 daily regardless of whether I'm fasting or not. Tried adding back lite carbs. Body is managing it decently. It once hiked to 202 a d came back to 140 in an hour. Improvement enough for me given how it was in July.
By the way, I have lost over 8kgs in 2 months. Excited to test my sugar levels and liver test in 2 months.
I hopefully bring it to normal levels and enjoy remission one day. I would also like to support this community with the info I have gathered so far.
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