But just wanted to share some good news 😁
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Well done you must be so pleased with what you have achieved 👍 the year seems to be ending up a lot better and healthier than the beginning 👍
Ha, yes your absolutely right !Not a year I want to have to repeat ... But yes!
Great to see results for my efforts 🙂
Congratulations!
This cannot have been easy; but you dug deep and got the job done. You should feel very proud of yourself, and I can't think of a better way than this of re-paying all the wonderful medical staff who have supported you along the way.
Good luck!
Thank you , and yes your absolutely right, it was a challenge and the medical staff have been brilliant 🙏
That's absolutely fantastic so happy for youMy hba1c has yo yoed for yrs but recently investment in a Libre2 cgm is really helping me with quite a lot of surprises, learning still aft 30 yrs of type 2, now at normal weight and predicted 6.6 mmol/49 hb so nearly there
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Excellent progress!Keep at it youl get there 🙂🤞
Well done , big pat on the back.Do you feel better in yourself now these changes have begun to happen.
Keep up the good work , Bee
Thank you , and yes .. so much better 🙂
Hello 
Brilliant !
Good for you with all the hard work you have put in x
Many thanks , withe HA, and then the diabetes it's been quite a journey 🙂
Hello
It certainly has been a journey but you have got there and done so very well x
Well done, brilliant news! How can I control the days when I just crave carbs? Did you ever have bad days? I can't get my HBA1c down below 60 atm amd on 4 sorts of meds for my T2. 😪
You have done so well, congratulations! 🎉
I certainly had challenging days !But I feel the cravings were nothing more than a response to an addiction that needed to be broken .
I used several months of intermittent fasting and a very low carb diet to achieve this position and I am now slowly introducing more carbs and tracking my response carefully.
My Hba1c is now 39
How long were you diabetic for? I'm 9 years now. The longer the harder it is. Did you replace carbs with fats?
39 is brilliant! 👏👏👏
I was literally diabetic for a few months (Although my GP will say I still am as it's still considered incurable)
But people have done this after years of being diabetic and are now in Remission and need no medication!
It can and has been done .
My journey began by following readily available advice from a well known UK Dr.
And a renowned cardiologist, founder of the Galen foundation (Cardiovascular interventions) in Orlando Florida and also a well known Nethrologist (Kidney specialist) from Canada.
I can DM you links if you want but perhaps not good for me to post here.
I ate a fairly high protein diet and lots of vegetables, and a fair share of "Healthy" fats from Nuts , fish . Avacado and the like.
All "Real foods"
Absolutely no processed foods !
If it has an ingredients list on it, then I don't eat it !
Thanks Instructor, yes please DM the links. I never eat processed food. Always cook from fresh and have plenty of good fats/nuts/seeds/protein in my diet. I'm good 80% of the time but find it hard to not eat carbs once a day which totally throws my BGLs. My insulin resistance has got its ugly hold. Even if I don't eat my BGLs are high. The old liver kicks in. I'll keep on trying - I have no choice.Thank you for your reply and we'll done once again! 👏
Wow!!! Incredible and well done (from a jealous Type 1)!!😂 xxxx
Oh, sorry to hear that 😕But you still take the time to respond...
Thank you and best wishes x
Many congratulations, Instructor57! It's always uplifting to read posts like yours - they give hope to so many others. You've worked very hard for this result and thoroughly deserve to give yourself a big pat on the back 😊Your medical team must be proud of you too.
Thank you 😊🙏And yes, they actually are !
The clinician that did my review said we could do with you coming in and talking to our other patients 😂
Were you ever on Metformin or injecting insulin for your type 2? Just curious as I have a friend. who is type 2 and can't tolerate either.
All the very best. Jan xxx
Hi, No... Neither.
Maybe I shouldn't say this on here but imho
Both of those medications do not treat the underlying cause which is insulin resistance.
They are just treating the symptom which is high glucose levels
It certainly looks like your plan has worked. Good luck with everything and another 'well done'.
Love and hugs. Jan xx
Thank you Jan x
Fabulous news, great that all your hard work has paid off! Bet that have you a real boost 👍
What a result! You have certainly made big changes which have paid off hugely.
Are you following a specific programme or have you tinkered and found what works for you?
Now you have lost weight and the diabetes is in remission, do you have a maintenance plan? Presumably as your ability to exercise has improved after your various unfortunate IC moments, your blood sugar becomes easier to control or does that not make a big difference?
Well done on all your effort and determination which need a lot of positive mindset.
Many thanks .I followed an intermittent fasting regime and was on a low carb no added sugar diet .
This has taken 5 or 6 months to achieve.
I am now looking at maintenance..
So gradually increasing carb intake as my diet levels are probably not sustainable!
And I'm carefully monitoring my response on weight, glucose levels and insulin responce 😊
Good news indeed I57, really pleased for you.
What I want to know is Type 2 diabetic tag now been removed by your GP (I remember if I am right in that you said even though you were showing symptoms for 6 weeks you would be considered having it for life).
I certainly hope you get it removed, my GP told me in June I was type 2 after a urine test and when I said are you certain considering I had just done a course for pre-diabetes which appeared to be a success. He decided on a blood test and after having this I have heard nothing more about it from them.
I thought I hadn't got it with not hearing from them when I went to the hospital for another procedure, and they looking at my notes they told me I wasn't diabetic.
Don't anyone take this as a moan at the NHS (just stated facts) as my treatment on my heart and my latest issues have been first class.
Hi, And to answer your question.. No.
They will not remove the type 2 diagnosis from my records .
They have just added the note (in the picture) that it is in Remission!
Their argument being that it is still considered as being an incurable disease and therefore always a risk of a return as it is likely to be a genetic issue and if they remove it and I slip back then that could be considered as negligence on their part .
I completely understand where they are coming from even though I disagree with them , to me, their genetics argument is one of assumption only .
I have proved to them that my glucose levels are normal and that my bodies insulin sensitivity and responses to food are also now normal , my glucose levels stay within the range of a "Healthy person"
And fall back to "Normal levels" within 2 hours of eating.
Which shows me that the Betta cells in the pancreas have recovered and are now giving a good response to food .
But unfortunately there is never enough time for me to discuss it further with them any deeper as even yesterday the review took 50 minutes and I needed to let them go !
They just tell me they are working within the accepted guidelines on the disease !
Congratulations it's certainly hard work getting older and keeping exercising and getting the weight off. Brian
Thank you !And yes, absolutely... It's like a full time job !
You are right on this ‘full time’ job thing. That and sorting the recycling!!!
🤣🤣🤣
Wow that's brilliant. My husband could learn a lot from you and stop stuffing himself with cakes.
Well far be it for me to judge ..... But !That would certainly be a start !
I know as I used bake a lot .... Cakes tarts, french patisserie and the like .
And I live alone so who was going to eat it 🤣🤔
I stopped baking even though I Love to but he goes and buys even more. At least with home made you can regulate what goes into it.
Congratulations on achieving this result. I always maintain that the human body has a wonderful way of healing itself, with certain conditions, if given the right management. Your determination and hard work is an inspiration and you have proved what can be done. You have taken control and not let it beat you. 👏👏👏👏👏. Thanks for sharing your success.
Many thanks for your kind response!It's appreciated 🙂🙏
You deserve it. 🤗
Brilliant! Well done 👍 I’m curious what the “…. 1cm in 10 years” refers to?🙂
Haha, I was waiting for someone to pick up on that 🤣It's to do with height loss as we age 😁
fantastic news! I’ve still a way to go but have reduced my level from 48 to 42. Onwards and upwards - or should that be downwards? 😀
Excellent! 👍Just at the bottom edge of pre diabetic...
Will no doubt be comfortably in the normal range next time .
Well done !
Brilliant work mate!!
I had an AVR in 2020 when my HBA1C was 90.
In May this year it was 65 when I joined a Diabetes Reversal Programme run by my GP Surgery. Its now 52. Next blood test is 4th Dec where I expect to be in the 40s.
I've been on a brutal 30g Carb a day diet since May. Exercise like mad!!
I needed glasses for Driving and have not worn them since June, dropped 5KG and have never felt better 😀
Brilliant,Well done !
I was also around 30g of carbs a day !Took some getting used too !
I'm now slowly increasing them as I am at my target weight and keeping a close watch on my glucose and insulin responce !
And I have heard a few that have said their eyesight has improved!
Good look 👍🤞
Great stuff, and how's the running going? I'm still at it and recently did the Naseby Battlefield 10k. Still grateful for all the support from C25K and Bridge and all at a conversational pace!😉
Hi, the running is just ticking over for now untill I get results from a lower back MRI scan ...I know there will be issues but I have to wait for a non urgent telephone report from my GP
So I just do short runs for now when I'm at the gym .
Well done on the 10k 😁👏👏👏
Very well done and totally appropriate for this forum as far as I am concerned, given the links between the two. It’s kind of strange that you slip over an (arbitrary) threshold and you are T2 for life, even if you get yourself back on the right side of that number. I suspect eventually there will be a paradigm shift in the understanding and treatment of T2 but it may take a generation.
Congratulations on your success, I am personally at the beginning of my shocking health crisis but I have Been pre Diabetic for 10 years. So hopefully I will be able to turn it around before becoming Diabetic. My husband is insulin dependent Diabetic but recently I started giving him Irish Sea Moss tablets and it's reduced his insulin intake. So thought I would share that for others. Currently takes 2 2000mg but moving upto 4000 when his third bottle.
Thank you !I hope you can keep it out of the diabetic range as once you cross that threshold the label will stick !
Even if you then go into remission.
Is your husband type 2 ?
Yes he was diagnosed at the age of 36 because family history he use to check monthly and on the first high reading he checked daily so has never suffered the side effects of diabetes so has been Diabetic since April 2003
Sent you. DM
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