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What Constitutes 'Remission'

I sincerely hope you are mis remembering..
How can "non-diabetic" be lower than "normal"? Doesn't make sense, if you are non diabetic then surely that should be below 42 which is the pre-diabetes cut-off level.
Anything below that should be considered "normal"
 
Yes I thought that is unusual when I read it. To answer when I considered I was in remission. That would have been the point my spikes/avg BG/blood pressure all took a stepwise drop by quite a substantial amount. After this I was able to eat anything and I continuously returned HbA1c of 33 no matter what I ate. This was between 3 and 6 months after diagnosis. Note at 3 months I still had a non-D HbA1c (40) but my body wasn't responding to carbs like it does now. By the way that step wise change was at the point of 15% weight loss and not 15kg as often talked about under newcastle diets (I was heavier than 100kg on diagnosis)
 
Aww thank you. I am already happy with myself and my efforts even though I often feel as if I'm floundering in the dark! Without this site I don't know how I would cope with all the hurdles that present themselves, but over the last few weeks I have seen my fasting numbers drop from the 7's to the 5's (with occasional 6 thrown in) This morning my fasting blood glucose was 5.1 which I think is my lowest yet!
 
Wow! You must be so proud of yourself! I hope to be able to achieve what you have one day
 
Well done you.. whatever you are doing is obviously having a beneficial effect so carry on. Great results.
 
Wow! You must be so proud of yourself! I hope to be able to achieve what you have one day
I am sure you will. It can be hard to keep the focus so please shout if you need encouragement
 
You WILL get there. Those numbers are tracking in the right direction. You will get ` winner winner chicken dinner from me very soon . Keep at it. Dont let the B*****ds drag you down.
 
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