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My Diet to deal with reversal of Type 2

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wallycorker said:
I never forget to take any of my medications. In my opinion, it's very important that people get into some system that avoids doing that. I use various cheap tablet dispensers that you can buy from the chemists shop which I use to set up the various tablets morning and night for the next seven days. Just by looking in that I can see which tablets have or have not been taken.
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There are some quite good ones around too. When I was unpacking various nick-nacks when I took my Father's stuff out of storage recently, I found one which has a tray for each day. You take the tray out of the bottom, swallow the pill(s) and then refill and put the tray in the top. Each tray is marked with the day and so you always know whether you've missed a day or not.

Of course, if you forget it for a week, you're in trouble! :D

Andy
 
Andy HB said:
.......There are some quite good ones around too.........
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Well worth spending a couple of quid on in my opinion! There seems to be lots of choice in most chemists!
 
well done john for coming off the metformin and thanks Andy HB for pointing out about the benefits of metformin and statins, i didn't know about the metformin but had an inckling that statins are actually quite well approved by the medics. I take simvastatin (40mg) and am quite lucky that i haven't had any awful side effects that some people seem to experience but i'm much happier taking it knowing that it is keeping my cholesterol in check as it was at a staggering 9.4 last year when i was diagnosed with diabetes. If i'd carried on regardless who know what would have happened to me at that high level :(
 
Coming off the metformin hasn't made any difference so far - all eighteen of my readings since I saw the doctor last Monday have fallen within 4.0 & 7.7 mmol/L.

My target range is 4.0 to 7.8 at all times - i.e. what I understand to be the normal range for non-diabetics.

I hope that things continue to go as well as they have been doing recently.

John
 
havent been able to read all the posts as my illness makes it difficult for me but i just wanted to say well done for the great conntrol you have and for coming of the metfomin

i hope your reading stay at that normal range and that your diet alone wil keep them fine for you
 
kukka said:
havent been able to read all the posts as my illness makes it difficult for me but i just wanted to say well done for the great conntrol you have and for coming of the metfomin

i hope your reading stay at that normal range and that your diet alone wil keep them fine for you
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Thanks kukka!

I suspect that I've reached a stage further on than just maintaining great control because it would seem that whatever I eat these days doesn't cause my blood glucose levels to soar. It would seem that my pancreas appears to have started working fairly normally again.

My target readings are almost always in the normal range of 4.0 to 7.8 mmol/L - i.e. 90% of the time with only the odd result flicking over the 7.8 target maximum level. All that is without any metformin whatsoever.

These days, I seem to be a million miles away from ever needing to inject insulin. However, only time will tell but I'm very happy indeed with the seemingly complete reversal of my Type 2 diabetes ten years on since diagnosis.

Good luck and best wishes - John
 
Just catching up with this thread and delighted to see you have been able to come off the Metformin. Well done.

You have inspired me and I think of this thread every time someone tells me that I should not be eating fruit.

Have you changed anything since your first post? Still into cauli mash, etc?

best wishes and well done again,
Margaret
 
MargB said:
Just catching up with this thread and delighted to see you have been able to come off the Metformin. Well done.

You have inspired me and I think of this thread every time someone tells me that I should not be eating fruit.

Have you changed anything since your first post? Still into cauli mash, etc?

best wishes and well done again,
Margaret
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Thanks Margaret,

No - I haven't changed what I eat very much apart from the fact that I now find that I can tolerate more carbohydrate these days - even though I've been off metformin altogether for about four months now.

These days, my blood glucose levels never hardly ever go above 7.8 one hour after finishing eating no matter what I eat within reason. In fact, my body seems to be behaving almost as though I don't have a diabetic problem at all.

Quite remarkable really considering that I was diagnosed over ten years ago and that my HbA1c was as high as 9.4% seven years ago.

I consider myself very lucky indeed.

Best wishes - John
 
A couple of foods here that I've found very useful for snacking on recently and eat on a regular basis:

a) Finn Crisp wholegrain crackers - not too easy to find but you can buy them in Holland & Barrett - 4.2 gms of carbohydrate per slice.

b) Snackrite's hot salsa dip that can be bought at Aldi - 6g of carbohydrate per 100gms. M&S do a nice one too.
 
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MargB said:
Just catching up with this thread and delighted to see you have been able to come off the Metformin. Well done.

You have inspired me and I think of this thread every time someone tells me that I should not be eating fruit.

Have you changed anything since your first post? Still into cauli mash, etc?

best wishes and well done again,
Margaret
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Dear Margaret,

Whether you should be eating fruit or not should be determined by your blood glucose meter. Just because John can consume fruit does not mean that others can automatically do the same. He has found what works for him and has achieved fantastic results. I have achieved similar results but i had to forgo the pleasure of eating fruit and most other carbs.:(

Warmest Regards Dodger
 
wallycorker said:
A couple of foods here that I've found very useful for snacking on recently and eat on a regular basis:

a) Finn Crisp wholegrain crackers - not too easy to find but you can buy them in Holland & Barrett - 4.2 gms of carbohydrate per slice.

b) Snackrite's hot salsa dip that can be bought at Aldi - 6g of carbohydrate per 100gms. M&S do a nice one too.
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Thanks John, nice to see you posting.🙂
 
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