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Diabetes is for life ??

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travellor said:
I reversed mine.
I'm still on the register, which isn't a register, just an entry on your medical records, by preference.
Still get all the annual checks and tests.
Insurance, I declare I had it, and agree not to take insurance for diabetic complications on my annual travel insurance.
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You reversed it? Do you mean cured it? Or do you mean that you are able to come off meds? Are you able to eat whatever you want now or do you need to stick to low carb?
 
I never did low carb.
I did the Newcastle diet.
Yes, I eat normally now. The doctor took me off Metformin, (although I did resist for a while)
Out this weekend, for example, lunch yesterday was a Cornish pasty and a coffee from a small shop in the village we were in. Usually I'm probably healthier, on a Mediterranean diet by choice, fairly low fat, and avoiding putting weight back on by overeating like I used to.
 
travellor said:
I never did low carb.
I did the Newcastle diet.
Yes, I eat normally now. The doctor took me off Metformin, (although I did resist for a while)
Out this weekend, for example, lunch yesterday was a Cornish pasty and a coffee from a small shop in the village we were in. Usually I'm probably healthier, on a Mediterranean diet by choice, fairly low fat, and avoiding putting weight back on by overeating like I used to.
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Interesting.
How long have you been off metformin and eating normally now?
Are you still monitoring your blood glucose levels?
 
travellor said:
I never did low carb.
I did the Newcastle diet.
Yes, I eat normally now. The doctor took me off Metformin, (although I did resist for a while)
Out this weekend, for example, lunch yesterday was a Cornish pasty and a coffee from a small shop in the village we were in. Usually I'm probably healthier, on a Mediterranean diet by choice, fairly low fat, and avoiding putting weight back on by overeating like I used to.
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I thought that some Type 2s could be ‘cured’ but just retained their genetic risk of Type 2, depending on the situation that caused their Type 2.
 
pm133 said:
Interesting.
How long have you been off metformin and eating normally now?
Are you still monitoring your blood glucose levels?
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I can't actually remember.
Around five years probably, I was diagnosed about nine years ago, got on top of it after about two years, and resisted going off Metformin for another two.
No, I don't test regularly.
I do some random testing occasionally, but I have reviews every year.
 
Inka said:
I thought that some Type 2s could be ‘cured’ but just retained their genetic risk of Type 2, depending on the situation that caused their Type 2.
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Being too fat was my issue.
I would assume if I put on enough internal fat to swamp my pancreas again, I'll have issues again.
 
travellor said:
I can't actually remember.
Around five years probably, I was diagnosed about nine years ago, got on top of it after about two years, and resisted going off Metformin for another two.
No, I don't test regularly.
I do some random testing occasionally, but I have reviews every year.
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Well, that's great news. I genuinely didn't know if this was possible for Type 2s.
It's not possible for Type 1s at the moment.
 
Well - considering they had identified diabetes (didn't call it that though) in Ancient Greece, insulin treatment was only made possible 100 years ago and metformin invented even more recently, live births to diabetic mums wasn't possible until the mid 1950s onwards - personally I'm not holding my breath for a cure!
 
bruno22rf said:
Is Pancreatic Transplant not a cure then?
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Not for ever, since donor pancreata last on average 10-12 years, I think. It also involves taking anti rejection drugs as well, with the attendant risks for the immune system, which is why they are rarely done unless you need a kidney as well, since insulin is a safer option, and is usually an effective therapy.
 
My Pancreas (from transplant) is 16 years old as of yesterday and has never missed a beat, it's reaction to glucose levels has slowed over the years but that just means not eating a bowel of sugar in one go!! My levels have remained 4-9 all these years, the only time levels rise is when under general anaesthetic as the transplanted organ appears to "fall asleep"!! As for immunosuppressants I could counter with the fact that, for 5 years post transplant, I worked as a Caretaker in a Primary School and I'm guessing that you can imagine the amount of disgusting detritus that I had to clean up yet I never caught a single bug, even when the vast majority of those around me were dropping like flies.
So, IMHO, it's not all cut and dried, procedures are getting better every day and drugs are improving, I believe that a Pancreatic TP can now be carried out from admission to discharge in around 4 days, less for a kidney.
I guess "not for ever" is a fair statement but, when all is said and done, what is?
 
Drummer said:
As a type two I just don't eat more carbs than I can cope with.
My after meal levels are normal, my hba1c is just at the top end of normal. My GP seems to be sulking but I am perfectly happy and as long as I can eat low carb and stay in control I should be fine.
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well done you, I'd love to be able to get to the stage where I feel that in control for now it's still early days and confusing. To get the results I would like. Today I could just go and cheat like on a diet bings because I feel so frustrated so to get to where you are is positive. Giving me hope I might achieve this.
 
bruno22rf said:
My Pancreas (from transplant) is 16 years old as of yesterday and has never missed a beat, it's reaction to glucose levels has slowed over the years but that just means not eating a bowel of sugar in one go!! My levels have remained 4-9 all these years, the only time levels rise is when under general anaesthetic as the transplanted organ appears to "fall asleep"!! As for immunosuppressants I could counter with the fact that, for 5 years post transplant, I worked as a Caretaker in a Primary School and I'm guessing that you can imagine the amount of disgusting detritus that I had to clean up yet I never caught a single bug, even when the vast majority of those around me were dropping like flies.
So, IMHO, it's not all cut and dried, procedures are getting better every day and drugs are improving, I believe that a Pancreatic TP can now be carried out from admission to discharge in around 4 days, less for a kidney.
I guess "not for ever" is a fair statement but, when all is said and done, what is?
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That’s really encouraging to hear.
 
Nayshiftin said:
well done you, I'd love to be able to get to the stage where I feel that in control for now it's still early days and confusing. To get the results I would like. Today I could just go and cheat like on a diet bings because I feel so frustrated so to get to where you are is positive. Giving me hope I might achieve this.
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It is more a matter of planning than effort.
There is a pot of cooked meat and veges which could have been breakfast - and there is salad stuff too, but I woke early and my tinnitus is still ongoing - the Covid jabs set it off, so I had purple jelly and cream for breakfast.
I will have some coffee soon, and maybe eat something more sensible after that.
 
Drummer said:
It is more a matter of planning than effort.
There is a pot of cooked meat and veges which could have been breakfast - and there is salad stuff too, but I woke early and my tinnitus is still ongoing - the Covid jabs set it off, so I had purple jelly and cream for breakfast.
I will have some coffee soon, and maybe eat something more sensible after that.
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Nayshifin says she does not eat meat so it is tricky for her to find a variety of low carb options.
My OH suffers from tinnitus but the brain tends to filter it out after a while so it becomes less annoying.
 
I’m getting good ideas here waffles or chaffles and muffins and I’m just thinking of ways . This morning I had scrambled egg with crackerbread . Was really yummy too not as dry as omelette. Somehow I’ve had too many omelettes the smell of them is not brill. I’ve not got Covid got it the other way I seem to be smelling so much more. It’s probably my senses kicking back
In after being so high for me. Tinnitus is not nice . Bless you hope you feel better soon .
 
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