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@jk I have read and been told by endo that pre-diabetes, like full blown diabetes cannot be reversed but can be controlled. Do you think pre-diabetes can be reversed? I see ads on TV and read articles that say even diabetes can be reversed, but I know that is definitely not true---just quacks to sell junk meds. I was never told I had pre-diabetes; I was just informed I had diabetes. I asked my endo when my A1C was 5.9 if I was still a diabetic, and he said once a diabetic, always a diabetic. He said it cannot be reversed because the damage has been done. How do you reverse pre-diabetes?

Carol

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JK | @contentandwell | Jan 31, 2019

@retiredteacher Carol, I know that diabetes cannot be reversed, but I did think that Pre-diabetes could be. I could be wrong on that though. I had gotten the impression somewhere that if you lost weight and improved your diet you could avoid it progressing.

Diabetes cannot be reversed probably because whatever part of you controls insulin production has pretty much given out. This is an interesting topic though. Whomever sees their endo next should ask, he/she would be more up on it than a PCP. My next appointment is in August or September.

Ok, that being said, I had to do some googling. Diabetes has been reversed by weight loss! Apparently the pancreas can resume insulin production! Here are two articles on it. I think the sources are fairly reliable.
https://www.endocrineweb.com/news/diabetes/60067-reversing-diabetes-weight-loss-stronger-evidence-bigger-payoff
And
https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20180917/lose-weight-reverse-type-2-diabetes-why-it-works
It says in the second
Type 2 diabetes, he says, "is simply due to too much fat inside the liver and pancreas of people who happen to be susceptible to the fat-induced damage.'' Losing a substantial amount of weight can kill off that fat, often allowing the organs to work again, including a return to normal insulin production by the pancreas.

This makes me wonder what effect a liver transplant has on diabetes. After all, I do have a beautiful new liver.

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