[QUOTE=gamerboy266;16763011]My A1C is around 10. However I have started working out and walking a lot lately. Cut out McDonald's entirely. At first I was really bitter. I still am in a way. Success stories like yours make me think, "Why aren't I good enough to do that?" Congratz though. What was your medication plan if you don't mind me asking? I'm on lantis and humolog shots. I would normally call bullshit. But I'm tired of thinking I'm gonna lose my foot before I'm 25. Good story, Read it twice.[/QUOTE]
I can't quite remember what insulin I took. It might be in the fridge still but it was a while since I used it so it might of got binned
Aw, I like this story. First one I've heard like this. Makes me hopeful (:
My sis was diagnosed with Type-1 at around 7 years old. She manages it quite well, hasn't had a bad hypo in over a year now.
Maybe some people are just lucky enough, with the right diet and attitude, to cure themselves of diabetes...
[QUOTE=Luxo;16759152]Yay now you won't have to wake up to this guy in the morning:
[img]http://thetempestonline.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/wilford-brimley-diabeetus.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
This.
Congratulations, you should see if you can get some sort of testing to find out how you killed off the diabetes. I'm sure you can get a lot of profit out of it too.
[QUOTE=Ninx;16757880]It runs in my family, I always hope I don't get diagnosed with it.
Enjoy your life now :D[/QUOTE]
Same here.
What are the chances they fucked up and you actually had Type 2 diabetes? As far as I know, you can't "cure" type 1 but you more or less can with type 2.
If I'm wrong, inform me otherwise.
Thanks for sharing your story, I enjoyed the read.
Congratulations man, I bet that must be a huge weight off your shoulders. Both my grandfather and grandmother had diabetes, and I hope that I don't end up with it later in life. I also know 2 or 3 people that have it, so I am determined not to get it...I hope for your sake that it is gone for good!
i got diabetes from touching a piece of wood.
[QUOTE=Luxo;16759152]Yay now you won't have to wake up to this guy in the morning:
[img]http://thetempestonline.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/wilford-brimley-diabeetus.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Honestly, I was really expecting to see this as the first reply to the thread.
[QUOTE=Benji;16769283]Honestly, I was really expecting to see this as the first reply to the thread.[/QUOTE]
I know, I was surprised to be the first one to jump on it.
Do you know how you were "cured" of diabetes? Did your pancreas regenerate, your immune system stop killing pancreatic cells or what?
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;16769762]Do you know how you were "cured" of diabetes? Did your pancreas regenerate, your immune system stop killing pancreatic cells or what?[/QUOTE]
Probably not the latter.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;16769762]Do you know how you were "cured" of diabetes? Did your pancreas regenerate, your immune system stop killing pancreatic cells or what?[/QUOTE]
I don't know exactly. My body just started to produce Insulin again to the point I didnt need anything to control it
[QUOTE=Water|Marine;16757757]fat fuck starts being healthy, gets diabetes.
diabetes goes away and fat fuck eats more chocolate.
what
[highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming." - ventilated))[/highlight][/QUOTE]
Even though this user was flaming, he's basically right.
Your body were on the verge to develop diabetes, but somehow stopped right before you got full blown permanent diabetes.
[QUOTE=Van-man;16773510]Even though this user was flaming, he's basically right.
Your body were on the verge to develop diabetes, but somehow stopped right before you got full blown permanent diabetes.[/QUOTE]
You're thinking of type 2 diabetes however, type 1 diabetes is when your immune system kills off your pancreatic cells. It's kind of like the opposite to cancer. It has nothing to do with how much chocolate you eat.
Well to be honest, I think that I was misdiagnosed as everything I did up to getting diagnosed was just fill my body with junk food.
But there are people in my dads side of the family with type 1 diabetes
You lucky man. I've had diabetes (type 1) since 2004. I've been handling it pretty well, hardly ever get high blood sugar and what not, but lately it's been kind of depressing.
Oh well. That's life for you.
I had a similar experience, but it didn't go near as far as yours did. For about a week I was horribly sick. My doctor wanted my blood sugar monitored, and got worried because I had a bunch of strange blood sugar anomylies. For example, if I ate something sugary that would bring a normal person's sugar up to about 150-200, my blood sugar would go to about 350-400. Then, my blood sugar would crash to the lower 50's, and occasionally go down as low as the 40's. This went on for quite a while. My doctor diagnosed it as pre-diabetes. After that, I changed my life. I now get exercise daily (which I never would have done), I completely got off of soda (one of the best decisions of my life), and cut way back on sugar intake in general. Over time since then, my blood sugar has calmed down. Although I don't monitor it as much, when I do test myself, it's not quite normal yet but it's not as near as bad as it was.
It's amazing what close calls we have to experience to finally encourage us to change.
I thought diabetes meant you couldnt produce insulin, sounds to me like your pancreas just couldnt keep up not that you have a terminal disease. They probly just diagnosed to with it to scare you into being healthy before you actually had it
[b]Edit:[/b] i have a subscription to discover magazine (science magazine) where they said stems cells have successfully been cured in the first human being. They just turn one of his stems cells into a fully functioning pancreas tissue cell and when allowed to reproduce before implanted, became the dominant cell foundation in his pancreas. In essence healing him. Gobama!
incredible
I always thought cancer and diabetes was gods way on telling people to stop.
Wow, incredible story man. I've had Type 1 since 2003, and for a while my control was great but lately my A1c has crept up to 8.0 . I'd love to suddenly be cured the way you have, but I don't want to get my hopes up when it's probably only a very slim chance.
On the subject of what exactly happened...I've done a lot of reading about diabetes since I was diagnosed, and I can think of at least one thing that may have happened. There's some recent evidence to suggest that when your immune system first starts attacking your beta cells (the ones that live in part of your pancreas and make insulin, for those of you who don't know) that some of the cells stop making insulin and shut down, entering a sort of low-profile 'stealth' mode. Because of this, the immune system doesn't notice them, and they can sometimes escape destruction. This doesn't happen with everyone who gets type 1 diabetes, but if this was the case with you, it's possible that some external or internal trigger caused those dormant cells to start functioning again. You can live normally with only 20% of the number of beta cells that the average person has, so if at least 20% or so survived that could explain your sudden recovery. And since your beta cells obviously haven't been immediately destroyed as soon as they started working again, it looks like your immune system won't make the same mistake twice. You're probably free and clear for life.
So...good for you, man, and I hope this holds out. Maybe your case will contribute something to the search for a cure for the rest of us. :)
Edit: Btw, for those of you who are interested in alternate treatment methods, you should look at insulin pumps. I'm currently using a MedTronic Minimed with Humalog, and I can tell you, the degree of freedom and increased control you get when you switch from syringes to a pump is amazing.
[QUOTE=lead_poison;16778449]Btw, for those of you who are interested in alternate treatment methods, you should look at insulin pumps. I'm currently using a MedTronic Minimed with Humalog, and I can tell you, the degree of freedom and increased control you get when you switch from syringes to a pump is amazing.[/QUOTE]
What would you say the advantages and disadvantages of a pump versus an injection are, if you don't mind?
They sound like they would be really useful but I'm sure there's got to be some downsides.
[QUOTE=lead_poison;16778449]Wow, incredible story man. I've had Type 1 since 2003, and for a while my control was great but lately my A1c has crept up to 8.0 . I'd love to suddenly be cured the way you have, but I don't want to get my hopes up when it's probably only a very slim chance.
On the subject of what exactly happened...I've done a lot of reading about diabetes since I was diagnosed, and I can think of at least one thing that may have happened. There's some recent evidence to suggest that when your immune system first starts attacking your beta cells (the ones that live in part of your pancreas and make insulin, for those of you who don't know) that some of the cells stop making insulin and shut down, entering a sort of low-profile 'stealth' mode. Because of this, the immune system doesn't notice them, and they can sometimes escape destruction. This doesn't happen with everyone who gets type 1 diabetes, but if this was the case with you, it's possible that some external or internal trigger caused those dormant cells to start functioning again. You can live normally with only 20% of the number of beta cells that the average person has, so if at least 20% or so survived that could explain your sudden recovery. And since your beta cells obviously haven't been immediately destroyed as soon as they started working again, it looks like your immune system won't make the same mistake twice. You're probably free and clear for life.
So...good for you, man, and I hope this holds out. Maybe your case will contribute something to the search for a cure for the rest of us. :)
Edit: Btw, for those of you who are interested in alternate treatment methods, you should look at insulin pumps. I'm currently using a MedTronic Minimed with Humalog, and I can tell you, the degree of freedom and increased control you get when you switch from syringes to a pump is amazing.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I hope your diabetes doesnt get too bad.
[QUOTE=RabidToaster;16782032]What would you say the advantages and disadvantages of a pump versus an injection are, if you don't mind?
They sound like they would be really useful but I'm sure there's got to be some downsides.[/QUOTE]
I read up on one of these (Atleast I think I did). Its just a small box that you can wear on your belt that slowly pumps insulin into you. (I think).
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[QUOTE=lead_poison;16778449]Wow, incredible story man. I've had Type 1 since 2003, and for a while my control was great but lately my A1c has crept up to 8.0 . I'd love to suddenly be cured the way you have, but I don't want to get my hopes up when it's probably only a very slim chance.
On the subject of what exactly happened...I've done a lot of reading about diabetes since I was diagnosed, and I can think of at least one thing that may have happened. There's some recent evidence to suggest that when your immune system first starts attacking your beta cells (the ones that live in part of your pancreas and make insulin, for those of you who don't know) that some of the cells stop making insulin and shut down, entering a sort of low-profile 'stealth' mode. Because of this, the immune system doesn't notice them, and they can sometimes escape destruction. This doesn't happen with everyone who gets type 1 diabetes, but if this was the case with you, it's possible that some external or internal trigger caused those dormant cells to start functioning again. You can live normally with only 20% of the number of beta cells that the average person has, so if at least 20% or so survived that could explain your sudden recovery. And since your beta cells obviously haven't been immediately destroyed as soon as they started working again, it looks like your immune system won't make the same mistake twice. You're probably free and clear for life.
So...good for you, man, and I hope this holds out. Maybe your case will contribute something to the search for a cure for the rest of us. :)
Edit: Btw, for those of you who are interested in alternate treatment methods, you should look at insulin pumps. I'm currently using a MedTronic Minimed with Humalog, and I can tell you, the degree of freedom and increased control you get when you switch from syringes to a pump is amazing.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I hope your diabetes doesnt get too bad.
[QUOTE=RabidToaster;16782032]What would you say the advantages and disadvantages of a pump versus an injection are, if you don't mind?
They sound like they would be really useful but I'm sure there's got to be some downsides.[/QUOTE]
I read up on one of these (Atleast I think I did). Its just a small box that you can wear on your belt that slowly pumps insulin into you. (I think).
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[QUOTE=lead_poison;16778449]Wow, incredible story man. I've had Type 1 since 2003, and for a while my control was great but lately my A1c has crept up to 8.0 . I'd love to suddenly be cured the way you have, but I don't want to get my hopes up when it's probably only a very slim chance.
On the subject of what exactly happened...I've done a lot of reading about diabetes since I was diagnosed, and I can think of at least one thing that may have happened. There's some recent evidence to suggest that when your immune system first starts attacking your beta cells (the ones that live in part of your pancreas and make insulin, for those of you who don't know) that some of the cells stop making insulin and shut down, entering a sort of low-profile 'stealth' mode. Because of this, the immune system doesn't notice them, and they can sometimes escape destruction. This doesn't happen with everyone who gets type 1 diabetes, but if this was the case with you, it's possible that some external or internal trigger caused those dormant cells to start functioning again. You can live normally with only 20% of the number of beta cells that the average person has, so if at least 20% or so survived that could explain your sudden recovery. And since your beta cells obviously haven't been immediately destroyed as soon as they started working again, it looks like your immune system won't make the same mistake twice. You're probably free and clear for life.
So...good for you, man, and I hope this holds out. Maybe your case will contribute something to the search for a cure for the rest of us. :)
Edit: Btw, for those of you who are interested in alternate treatment methods, you should look at insulin pumps. I'm currently using a MedTronic Minimed with Humalog, and I can tell you, the degree of freedom and increased control you get when you switch from syringes to a pump is amazing.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I hope your diabetes doesnt get too bad.
[QUOTE=RabidToaster;16782032]What would you say the advantages and disadvantages of a pump versus an injection are, if you don't mind?
They sound like they would be really useful but I'm sure there's got to be some downsides.[/QUOTE]
I read up on one of these (Atleast I think I did). Its just a small box that you can wear on your belt that slowly pumps insulin into you. (I think).
Yeah, it's basically just a box that gives you insulin. But it takes the place of slow acting insulin; instead of taking a big injection for the whole day, it gives you insulin in tiny doses over time. It also does meal bolusing. The pump is faster and more convenient than drawing up a shot, and you stick yourself once every three days or so instead of several times a day. And I don't know exactly what your situation(s) are/were, but when I was first diagnosed I was on a plan with Humalog and Humalin. Humalin, I think, has been pretty much scrapped as a treatment option because Lantus is so much more reliable and flexible as well; but on my plan, you had to plan how much you were going to eat and about what time you were going to eat from the beginning of the day, have one huge injection then, and then stick to the plan no matter what came up. The pump freed me from all of that; you bolus for a meal when you eat rather than hours before.
I dunno. If you're already on a plan with Lantus and Humalog, it wouldn't be as big a difference for you, but I would still recommend it.
Edit: Forgot you wanted to hear about downsides. Well, sometimes it's hard to tell if the insertion site (the place where the pump 'plugs in' to a tube under your skin, which isn't at all as bad as it sounds and a lot less painful than 5 injections a day) is working or not, and if it's not working you can get high blood sugars pretty rapidly. And if you don't clean the site correctly before putting in the tube, or leave it in too long, it can get kind of swollen and painful. But if you take the tube out and put a new one in a different place every 3 days or less, there's really no problems.
Losing diabetes?!?!
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I know how it's like to have diabetes, since my mother suffer with that from a long time. And it's like a living hell
Well done
Diabetes always sounds like one of the more pussy diseases. Sure, it can be a bit of a hassle but nothing more.
[QUOTE=Oecleus;16783492]Diabetes always sounds like one of the more pussy diseases. Sure, it can be a bit of a hassle but nothing more.[/QUOTE]
Ignorancy at its finest
[QUOTE=Mesothere;16783549]Ignorancy at its finest[/QUOTE]
Tell me how diabetes beats aids, the flu, or cancer in any way.
Bro, my mom is almost blind, have to inject insulin 2 times per day, can't eat almost anything now since it affected her liver and stomach too
Pussy disease? Try living with it for 15 years.
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