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There seems to be some misconceptions, and a lot of Internet claims that you can totally reverse your Type 2 and be NORMAL again.
So I'm going to explore a bit of exactly what you would have to achieve for that to be true - hint - nobody has ever achieved that, period.
The terms "remission" and "reversal" have been tossed around for a number of years. Finally, the worlds leading diabetes experts agreed on a standard to be "deemed" in Remission.
It is defined (paraphrased) as having an A1C… read more
I had known about kidney transplants @A DiabetesTeam Member but I had never heard about pancreas.. Thank you for this information
I wonder if anyone here who has diabetes 1 or 2 ever received a donor kidney? If yes, how did that work out for you and how did you got the ball roling to even quality to become a participant?
Some of your question can only be answered by your countries own medical guidelines which may be much different from where I live (Canada)
Here, to even be eligible you would have to gain insanely… read more
@A DiabetesTeam Member your comments harsh but true.Now feeling my own mortality
I guess everything gets a "day" now, but for us Kidney's are kind of important
Unfortunately for us the Beast we call Diabetes seems to really like destroying Kidneys - 1 in 3 of us will develop some level of Kidney Disease simply because we are Diabetic
I'm in those statistics - I have Stage 2 CKD
If I don't want to be part of that 15% of us that sees things end because of CKD then I need to "behave"
Keeping your blood sugar below 8.7 mmols/157 "as many minutes of the day as possible" will… read more
Thanks for the heads up. I will add this kidney test along with insulin to my next blood test due next month
@JoanneCPoirer I agree, Allie has a team of medicos already, I tend to just keep her calm when she gets overwhelmed
She has an appointment with her kidney specialist tomorrow and her son is going… read more
What do the doctors tell you about how to protect your kidneys. The basic ones are blood sugar; fluid intake; cholesterol blood pressure and exercise. Is there anything else I am not hearing? Thank you
Thank you Joanne for the excellent information; I will look into those sites for sure. I had a few friends that were on dialysis; one lasted ten years the other one was three years. They were… read more
You are so lucky that your kidneys recovered - my lone kidney didn't recover after bouts of COVID,norovirus and c difficile, together with antibiotic induced dehydration
@A DiabetesTeam Member Thanks for answering my question. I apologize for the lateness of this message.
I have Type 2 diabetes and was diagnosed a few years later with CKD 3a. I'm still working on developing healthy meals that are good for both diseases. Not fun but can be done. All the best to you.
The leading cause of Kidney Disease is Diabetes or more specifically, a complication of high blood sugar over a period of years
Somewhere between 30 and 40% of people with diabetes will develop kidney disease and can set in as early as 3 to 5 years after diagnosis with Type 1 but often takes about 10 years to "get serious" after a diagnosis of Type 2
There is no "cure" for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) so the best you can hope for is to either slow or arrest the progression once it is diagnosed
… read moreI have regular visits with the kidney Doctor. So far so good.
