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<blockquote data-quote="Indy51" data-source="post: 506981" data-attributes="member: 48386"><p>I was diagnosed at 60 though I'd previously been diagnosed as prediabetic twice. All diagnoses happened after I quit smoking and gained up to 20kgs each time. The other 2 times, I eventually went back to the ciggies, lost the weight and the prediabetes went away. None of the GPs who made the prediabetic calls ever really said anything much about it except to lose weight. I kick myself for not doing more research at the time. I think being Vitamin D deficient this last time had a lot to do with pushing me over the edge into full diagnosis. This time losing the weight hasn't made it go away <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I've gained a lot of control over my post prandial spikes and A1c by following a LCHF diet, but no matter what I do my fasting BG is pretty much the same as it was when I was diagnosed and is gradually getting higher.</p><p></p><p>I can't take metformin because even at low dosage it gave me bleeding gastritis and low ferritin within 6 months of starting it. So back to diet/exercise only and getting very nervous about what happens next if my fasting BG continues to rise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Indy51, post: 506981, member: 48386"] I was diagnosed at 60 though I'd previously been diagnosed as prediabetic twice. All diagnoses happened after I quit smoking and gained up to 20kgs each time. The other 2 times, I eventually went back to the ciggies, lost the weight and the prediabetes went away. None of the GPs who made the prediabetic calls ever really said anything much about it except to lose weight. I kick myself for not doing more research at the time. I think being Vitamin D deficient this last time had a lot to do with pushing me over the edge into full diagnosis. This time losing the weight hasn't made it go away :( I've gained a lot of control over my post prandial spikes and A1c by following a LCHF diet, but no matter what I do my fasting BG is pretty much the same as it was when I was diagnosed and is gradually getting higher. I can't take metformin because even at low dosage it gave me bleeding gastritis and low ferritin within 6 months of starting it. So back to diet/exercise only and getting very nervous about what happens next if my fasting BG continues to rise. [/QUOTE]
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