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Two Year Milestone

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Eddy Edson

Eddy Edson

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In remission from Type 2
Well, 23 months - near enough!

So I know I'll get shot down for this, but I pretty much agree with my doc when he says "You've cured yr diabetes". By that, he & I both mean "metabolic syndrome" as well as BG.

HbA1c = 5.3% / 34. So up from the 4.6% / 27 in May last year, but that was always spurious-looking. Bang on median for non-diabetic males my age; a couple of ticks above the prediction cranked out by my patent-pending Diabetotron machine; but anyway just fine.

No Metformin for several months. Normalising BG largely due to weight loss, via adjusting calories in vs calories out, in line with an ocean of high-quality evidence. Carb moderaiton a secondary element for BG normalisation and not an independent factor in the weight loss.

Achieved my baby-hamster-LDL target of 0.7, down from 1.0. (Doc says that's the lowest he's seen). Max dose statin + reducing sat fats to <= 5% of calories. Exactly as predicted, a witness to the quality and consistency of the data for the effects of both of these moves.

As a bonus, HDL creeping up to 1.1 from 1.0 (it's so sticky!) and trigs down to 0.6 from 1.0.

I have significant atheroscelrosis/peripheral artery disease, and getting LDL as low as possible is super important for arresting progression, and maybe giving some basis for hoping for actual regression. My gammy leg with its occluded femoral artery remains gammy for the moment - really, my biggest health issue, while my eyes & retinopathy remain OK.

All electrolytes, liver function metrics and blood cell numbers in range. BP 117/70.

Why do I claim "cured"? Because unless I stack weight back on, I have no reason to believe that BG, BP, lipids will spiral out of control again. That counts as a "cure" in my book; YMMV!
 
Well Eddy you sound in fine fettle, hard work and a true understanding seems to have worked wonders for you. Very well done to you🙂
 
Thanks Sue!

I.'d forgotten how mood'-improving a few glasses of nice white wine on a sunny afternoon could be 🙂
 
Congrats @Eddy Edson . 🙂

I understand where you're coming from when you say "cured". But as you already have conceded, if you let things drift again, your diabetic symptoms will reappear. They certainly did for me and I am in the process of re-reversing the reversal of the reversal of my symptoms. (I think I said that right).
 
Well done @Eddy Edson - love @zoombapup 's response - pretty much sums it up! Congratulations! Mentioned you and @Brando77 in my post as my 2 month milestone is today and you have both inspired me to do well. Thank you.
 
Great stuff @Eddy Edson

Very many happy no returns on your very-nearly double-diaversary :D
 
zoombapup said:
To be fair, if you reverse your reversal, then that reversal is no different from simply not reversing the reversal but having an inverse reversal instead. So it seems pretty clear that the reversal counts as a reversal and could be counted as "cured" :confused:
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What???
 
I agree with you Eddy. Its pretty obvious that if you pile weight back on, then you'll almost certainly become diabetic again - as occurred first time around! But that's missing the point - if you avoid that and it results in diabetes not returning then that's a cure in my book too. There must be numerous healthy non-diabetics with good weight control who would otherwise become diabetic if they became obese, but that doesn't make them diabetic now - if that makes sense?

Diagnosed with HBA1C of 51 in August 2018, then diet and exercise only I was officially in remission in Feb 2019 having lost a large amount of weight quickly (I lost over 7 stone in 10 months), my 3 monthly HBA1C tests have since hovered around 38. I often wonder whether I'm still diabetic, but masking it through restricted carb intake (although 200g + carbs per day isn't that much of a restriction), I occasionally have a blow out high carb meal, often with desert and then do a bgt 2 hrs afterwards to see how my body processes it - on each occasion the result is within the 'normal' l range, i.e. not too much above 6.1. This would strongly suggest that I'm currently non diabetic - but as diabssd mentioned above maintenance is key as it is absolutely inevitable that the situation will reverse if I go back to my old ways. Who knows what the future holds even if I stringently continue my lifestyle changes.

What I do know for certain is how life changing the weight loss has been - apart from being in remission a huge benefit is my sleep apnoea is officially cured (despite being told that would be very unlikely because it was severe) - not having to wear that CPAP mask and take it everywhere with me is life changing in itself. Ive also come off BP medication altogether with BP in ideal range now - as is cholesterol etc. I seriously dread to think where I'd be now had I not been diagnosed with diabetes!

All this is massive incentive to keep it going and as you say if I keep it up, there's no reason to think it will all spiral out of control again - other than potential effects of age that affects the rest of the population.
 
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Well done Eddy your an inspiration to all of us.
 
I just want to know who’s on first :D

 
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