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Hello

I recieved the news that I'm a type 2 diabetic
I'm 33 years old and it came as a bit of a shock. I guess the point of me posting here is to reach out and gain support and advice.

My Hba1c is 110. I've decided to cut out carbs and sugars, I am regularly exercising now too. It's just a shock as I didn't have any symptoms.

I just want to know is it possible to reverse this?

Also I have noticed that I get regular tingly foot in one leg. However I've always had issues with that leg and have had issues with the IT Band/sciatica . I wanted to ask, does diabetes cause issues in both feet or can it be one?
Thank you
 
Hi @Cha and welcome to the forum. That HbA1c is well into the amber zone but rest assured that we have many members who have been up there and got back to sub diabetic levels.

Read around the forum and you will find their stories and the approaches they have used. Fire away with any questions, somebody will be around to come up with ideas.

As for the tingly leg and foot. You should be offered a diabetic review by your surgery which should include a foot check. That would be a good t ime and place to get it looked at.
 
Thank you so much for your reply.

When you say Amber zone. Can you point me in the right direction as to where I can find further information about the different hba1c zones and what they mean

Thank you once again
 
If you look around the web you will find various visual representations of Hba1c,this one is typical.
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It illustrates that HbA1c is a sliding scale, the higher the number, the more urgent the need to deal with it. In this particular version 110 is off the scale in a red zone but it is a very conservative way of looking at things. We have members who were 120+ at diagnosis. It's why I used the phrase well into the amber zone.

If you look in the main site it will tell you what the HbA1c is and how to interpret the results. Whatever way you think about it, a HbA1c in three figures needs a bit of attention and your GP should be on to it. Have you been put on any medication?
 
Oh dear, looking at that chart I was well into the red zone, actually off the scale at 140 when diagnosed as a T1 then later T2.

However, now i am well into the green zone at 34.

So yes it is very possible to get the diabetes into remission.

BUT

Everyone is different so for some it may not be possible.

One of the latest ideas is to reduce carbs, increase fats and protein, exercise, and loose lots of weight. It worked for me.
 
Cha said:
Hello

I recieved the news that I'm a type 2 diabetic
I'm 33 years old and it came as a bit of a shock. I guess the point of me posting here is to reach out and gain support and advice.

My Hba1c is 110. I've decided to cut out carbs and sugars, I am regularly exercising now too. It's just a shock as I didn't have any symptoms.

I just want to know is it possible to reverse this?

Also I have noticed that I get regular tingly foot in one leg. However I've always had issues with that leg and have had issues with the IT Band/sciatica . I wanted to ask, does diabetes cause issues in both feet or can it be one?
Thank you
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Hi @Cha and welcome to the forum.

Yes it's possible to get both neuropathy and retinopathy on only one side (or one side worse than the other).
Once diagnosed with Diabetes you should get regular eye and foot checks. In the case of the eyes this is a specialist test not just a normal eye test from an optician.

I reversed my Type 2 purely with a Low Carb way of eating. No medications, no additional exercise, no counting calories.
But it gets harder at the HbA1C level that you are at, still I know plenty who have done it.

Cutting carbs is a good way to go. But personally I advise increasing Protein and probably also increasing Fat if you were trying Low Fat before. Basically replace the calories in the carbs with calories in food which doesn't make your Blood Glucose spike high. The sensible way to do this (at a cost) is to 'self fund' your own Blood Glucose meter and then 'eat to your meter' i.e. find foods/meals which don't raise your Blood Glucose by more than 2.0 mmol from just before a meal to 2hrs after first bite of the meal." Popular BG meter choices in here are :
SD Gluco Navii
Spirit Healthcare TEE2+

Note: I have recently been involved in some discussion about reducing Blood Glucose very quickly.
It is normal that when this is done from high levels such as yours, there can be some temporary blurred vision due to the eyes having to re-adjust to more normal levels of glucose in the blood.
However some in this forum (unlike the other UK based diabetic forum) say that reducing BG too fast can lead to permanent (though rare) retinal or macular eye damage. Now although I have only ever seen this reported in people taking insulin rather than changing their eating or fasting etc., it may still be a good idea not to cut way down to the keto levels (< 20gms of carbs per day) at least for a few weeks - rather work your way down to whatever quantity of carbs suits your body (we are all different).
 
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