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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
During a routine medical, I was tested for HbA1c in November 2009, when it was 5.5% (37). The doctor, following ADA guidelines here in America, classified this as "normal" and I was not warned in any way. Then, for years, I foolishly skipped the annual medical. In February of this year (2017) I finally had the much-skipped medical and was shocked to be diagnosed with T2D with an A1C of 8.3% (67). (I have since brought my blood glucose back down to normal levels with diet.)
So out of academic curiosity, I wondered when it might be that I went into the diabetic range. It could have been anytime since early 2010 basically. The only medical data I have is this weight chart, below. For background: at the left hand side of the chart you will see huge weight loss in 2008-2009 and this is because of dramatic stress during the terminal illness of my father when I was one of his carers. It can probably be discounted as a diabetes clue.
As you will see there was a weight loss of 4 kilos during a three-month period in spring 2012. I remember noticing it at the time and thinking, "what the heck?" since I have a thin body type, was not trying to lose weight, and had made no lifestyle changes. Although that is a fairly modest weight loss, I now think it is possible that I tipped into diabetes then -- a full five years ago. But my weight then went up again. So, who knows???
(The dramatic weight loss at the right-hand side of the graph is what happened this year when I successfully employed the low-carb diet to reverse my diabetes.)
So out of academic curiosity, I wondered when it might be that I went into the diabetic range. It could have been anytime since early 2010 basically. The only medical data I have is this weight chart, below. For background: at the left hand side of the chart you will see huge weight loss in 2008-2009 and this is because of dramatic stress during the terminal illness of my father when I was one of his carers. It can probably be discounted as a diabetes clue.
As you will see there was a weight loss of 4 kilos during a three-month period in spring 2012. I remember noticing it at the time and thinking, "what the heck?" since I have a thin body type, was not trying to lose weight, and had made no lifestyle changes. Although that is a fairly modest weight loss, I now think it is possible that I tipped into diabetes then -- a full five years ago. But my weight then went up again. So, who knows???
(The dramatic weight loss at the right-hand side of the graph is what happened this year when I successfully employed the low-carb diet to reverse my diabetes.)
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