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Can type 2 diabetes be reversed?
My doctor diagnosed me with type 2 diabeties because my a1c was 6.5. My grandmother had diabetes was diagnosed with diabetes and she got rid of it.
But he also said I was Pre-diabetes? I don't really get it. Can it go away if I eat right and exercise? He prescribed me metmorfin.
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Metformin is the most common medication for diabetes. I would say that if you can keep an a1c level of 6.5 at six-monthly blood tests with metformin and a good diet and exercise then you are controlling it very well and should avoid the complications which long-term high blood sugar is associated with. I'm not sure myself that anybody has ever 'got rid of' diabetes? I thought it was a lifetime condition? Are we using the term 'got rid of' with in place of 'managed and controlled'? Diabetes can emerge in elderly/ageing people purely because of the general ageing of the pancreas, along with the rest of our body. That can indeed be controlled by simply keeping as active as you can and watching your meals/diet, namely how much sugar and carbohydrate you consume. This would, in effect amount to 'getting rid of' diabetes since it may require no medication whatsoever to keep your blood sugar levels within the acceptable range. And a1c 6.5 is certainly not alarmingly high. Since you have been diagnosed 'pre-diabetic' it is possible that you will not go on to become diabetic, and you appear not to be insulin-dependent (where you would have to inect yourself with insuin) as he has prescribed metformin. How would you describe your lifestyle? Are you fit and active? Perhaps even more importantly, do you consume a lot of sugary food, sweets/candy, and soft drinks? If the answers are 'not really' to the first, and 'loads' to the second then this could be a wake-up call to change your lifestyle. And you may indeed 'get rid of it' (in the terms we have outlined above) if you do.
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A pre-diabetic is someone whose blood work shows borderline returns in the different factors the doctor uses to determine your insulin levels. The doctor will use different types of medication based on the numbers to help reduce the factors leading to diabetes.
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