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Mohamed

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Hello , My name is Mohamed Caffoor. I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes in 2006. Been on metformin 500mg 3 x a day and Gliclazide 80mg 2 x a day for 3 years now.
My HBA1c went as high as 9.7% and I was told I may need to go on Insulin as diabetes is a progressive disease.
This woke me up!
I decided to take my health into my hands and find out how I could control my diabetes better.
I managed to successfully reverse my diabetes and for over a year now, I am now no medications. My lastest HBA1c (done this month) is 6.4%.

I am very much interested in learning how people cope with their diabetes and what they do to control it.
Regards
 
Hi Mohamed and welcome 🙂
There are a few other T2's on these pages that have come off medication following change to diet and exercise - let's hope it continues to work for you!
 
chrismbee said:
Hi Mohamed and welcome 🙂
There are a few other T2's on these pages that have come off medication following change to diet and exercise - let's hope it continues to work for you!
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Its spam from a Snake Oyl Salesman, Chris.😡
 
You old cynic McD lol. Just so long as he doesn't tell us to get some sugar and dilute it one part in billion with water 😉
 
ukhomeopath said:
Hello , My name is Mohamed Caffoor. I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes in 2006. Been on metformin 500mg 3 x a day and Gliclazide 80mg 2 x a day for 3 years now.
My HBA1c went as high as 9.7% and I was told I may need to go on Insulin as diabetes is a progressive disease.
This woke me up!
I decided to take my health into my hands and find out how I could control my diabetes better.
I managed to successfully reverse my diabetes and for over a year now, I am now no medications. My lastest HBA1c (done this month) is 6.4%.

I am very much interested in learning how people cope with their diabetes and what they do to control it.
Regards
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Welcome Mohamed, well done to you, 6.4% is very good. best wishes Sheena
 
Hi Mohamed. Welcome 🙂

Well done on coming off meds. Sadly not an option open to all but if you can acheive it without adverse affects, then it must be well worth the effort.

Rob

ps. I'm a sceptic too, but as far as diabetes goes, well done ! :D
 
Hi Mohamed and welcome , to be honest when i first saw this yesterday i was going to report it to a mod, but wanted to say hi and welcome onboard.
 
hi Mohamed.... welcome to the forum 🙂
 
Thanks everyone for welcoming me
And No I am not trying to sell anything 🙂

But I am truly interested in different ways people control and even reverse their diabetes, so I would very much like to communicate with these people.

I learn everyday and I know there are a lot of people here with more experience than me, so whatever I can gather, that will be great.
For example, has anyone reversed their diabetes but after a while went back to medication?
We all have a disease and if we can work and help each other out, I feel that will be well worth it.
Thank you
 
Welcome Mohamed. It is your choice of screen name that is bound to cause people to have a pre-conceived idea of where you are coming from.
 
ukhomeopath said:
But I am truly interested in different ways people control and even reverse their diabetes, so I would very much like to communicate with these people.

I learn everyday and I know there are a lot of people here with more experience than me, so whatever I can gather, that will be great.
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an interesting turn of phrase there Mohamed 🙂

are you 'gathering' information for yourself? or for some 'paper' you are writing in your professional capacity?
 
Thanks SweetGuy
Yes you are probably right :0
Maybe I should change that?
 
Hello macast

It is acutally for me, I want to know if I continue the way I am , if there is a high probability later on in life, I would end up of meds again.
So if anyone else has been off meds longer than me, that will be an inspiration to continue 🙂
 
ukhomeopath said:
Hello macast

It is acutally for me, I want to know if I continue the way I am , if there is a high probability later on in life, I would end up of meds again.
So if anyone else has been off meds longer than me, that will be an inspiration to continue 🙂
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Hi, welcome to the forum 🙂 We have quite a few members who have been able to stop medication through diet and lifestyle changes for many years. It's not always possible though, so no-one should feel a 'failure' if medication is needed again despite best efforts. As we often say 'everyone is different', you can only do as much as you can to manage your diabetes well.
 
ukhomeopath said:
Hello macast

It is acutally for me, I want to know if I continue the way I am , if there is a high probability later on in life, I would end up of meds again.
So if anyone else has been off meds longer than me, that will be an inspiration to continue 🙂
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thanks for clearing that up for me 🙂 I'm just newly diagnosed and am on diet and exercise and no meds at the moment ..... but you never know what will happen in the future with this diabetes :(
 
Northerner said:
Hi, welcome to the forum 🙂 We have quite a few members who have been able to stop medication through diet and lifestyle changes for many years. It's not always possible though, so no-one should feel a 'failure' if medication is needed again despite best efforts. As we often say 'everyone is different', you can only do as much as you can to manage your diabetes well.
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Thanks Northerner 🙂
 
macast said:
thanks for clearing that up for me 🙂 I'm just newly diagnosed and am on diet and exercise and no meds at the moment ..... but you never know what will happen in the future with this diabetes :(
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macast, no problem!
I hope you never have to go down the medication route. Diet and exercise will certainly help to keep it from worsening.
I have noticed doing exercise even for 3 mins can drop my readings by 1 point in half an hour.
As far as my diet goes, I avoid all processed foods (as much as possible). I avoid what I call the POWS group of foods:
P: Processed foods (that includes meat etc), O: Oily foods, W: Whites like white bread. white rice and S: Sugars including artificial sugars.
Hope this helps.
All the best
 
I like your POWS lol...... but I still include some nice oily fish in my diet at least twice a week and more usually 3 (and sometimes 4) times a week 🙂
 
macast said:
I like your POWS lol...... but I still include some nice oily fish in my diet at least twice a week and more usually 3 (and sometimes 4) times a week 🙂
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I avoided fish because I had cholesterol. Now after learning more about the fish we eat, I have no desire to go back to it 🙂
 
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