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   DiabetesCanKissMyButt
   Member

   It's official- my new A1c is 5.1 - I am kicking metformin to the curb.

   Just to put it in perspective- It took me 2 years to get my A1c from 7 to 6 eating a vegetarian, high carb diet (with medication). It hovered around 5.8-6 for quite some time and I just couldn't understand why I couldn't get it lower with all the "healthy" eating. In just 3.5 months I have dropped it from 5.8 to 5.1. Significant.

   Diabetes, you can kiss my ASS !!

   Posted 5 months ago #
2. 

   Primal Soul
   Member

   Woot Woot!!

   Posted 5 months ago #
3. 

   Vick
   Member

   Nice. :)

   Posted 5 months ago #
4. 

   kuno1chi
   Member

   VERY well done, DCK!!!

   You are a true inspiration to us all<3

   Posted 5 months ago #
5. 

   OnTheBayou
   Member

   Um, what's an A1c?

   Posted 5 months ago #
6. 

   Catalina
   Member

   Yay for you!!! Well-done!!

   Posted 5 months ago #
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   kuno1chi
   Member

   @OTB: A little about A1c levels...
   http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/a1c-test/MY00142/DSECTION=results

   Posted 5 months ago #
8. 

   PrimalGoddess
   Member

   oh wow that is soooooooooooo wonderful and even more proof that this does work and is the way to eat! I preach and preach to my Diabetic Mom but she says "I won't stop eating bread" so frustrating...but you can't force someone to change
   but you sweets are a very awesome example! way to go!!! must be so liberating to you! oxox Darlene

   Posted 5 months ago #
9. 

   adipocyte
   Member

   Beautiful! That's better than a lot of people who've never been diabetic.

   Posted 5 months ago #
10. 

    Sir Grandma
    Member

    way to go pinky -- or should I say muscles

    Posted 5 months ago #
11. 

    hfox
    Member

    Grok on! Congratulations. This is terrific.

    Posted 5 months ago #
12. 

    Griff
    Member

    Congratulations! I'm hoping that I'll get there in the next three to six months *crosses fingers and wishes HARD* - right now I'm probably hovering around a 6.1, which is higher than I'd like but better than the 7.1 I started at.

    Posted 5 months ago #
13. 

    maranne
    Member

    Although I am so ignorant about abbreviations et all I recognize when something good has happened!!
    Well done!!
    M x

    Posted 5 months ago #
14. 

    hannahc
    Member

    Awesome DCKMB!!!! I hope your doctor is impressed, that's a quick turnaround :)

    Posted 5 months ago #
15. 

    maba
    Member

    That's awesome DCKMB! Yeah, I'd love to know your Doctor's reaction, especially to the diet.

    Posted 5 months ago #
16. 

    DiabetesCanKissMyButt
    Member

    My doctor knows that I "experiment" on myself and she is beside herself with amazement and a certain degree of disbelief. But the numbers don't lie. So the next experiment is to see if the A1c starts creeping back up since the metformin has been discontinued. If it creeps back up with the primal eating, then I will know that it is really and truly a genetic problem because I'm not fat and I exercise a decent amount. I'm a little scared about it really.

    Posted 5 months ago #
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    PrimalGoddess
    Member

    don't be scared! think positve and focus only on what you want to have happen....you will get there! anything is possible if you chose it to be xoxo Darlene

    Posted 5 months ago #
18. 

    MandyGirl77
    Member

    Wonderful news. Congrats!

    Posted 5 months ago #
19. 

    SeanBissell
    Member

    Awesome job!!

    Way to kick diabetes in the butt :)

    I'm wishing you the best with your trial of droppin the metformin! :)
    -SEan

    Posted 5 months ago #
20. 

    mseibel
    Member

    There's something about this eating the way your genes evolved. Congrats DCCMB, way to fight the good fight.

    Posted 5 months ago #

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