back on track

I'm returning to the plan from 2003. I've been losing about three pounds a month since March.

I also finally got some pharmacy issues sorted out, and have glucose meter test strips again. Early results are good:

• Most results are in the normal range, less than 100 mg/dL glucose.
• I am still subject to some version of the "dawn phenomenon", with morning fasting readings around 120.
• On the other hand, I may have responded "non-diabetically" to a big dish of ice cream right as I started testing, with a 2-hour postprandial reading of 128. (But see below. And no, big dishes of ice cream are not part of the plan.)

Separating meals by a minimum of four hours is critically important for these results.

In the next series of tests, I need to get a better idea of where my postrprandial peak falls. I know it's longer than two hours, probably closer to three. With that done, I'll post more detailed results.

I have some new ideas about the elevated waking readings - sleep apnea has been ruled out - and hope to be able to score some more strips to test those soon.

p.s. I've updated the dataset download page with PDFs of some input and outcome overviews.

remission data

Changes in access to Sky Drive apparently broke the remission dataset link here: the old landing page, with a summary note and a download link, seems no longer available. My bad for not verifying Microsoft's assurances of continuity.
For now, Box.net wins as host, despite requiring a click through a poorly labeled comments icon to show the summary information:

This Excel database documents - and also provided a tracking and management tool for - the process by which I lost 100 pounds of fat and rendered myself, according to my doctor, "no longer diabetic" within a year of a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Please note that I do not claim, despite my doctor's use of the word, to have "cured" myself of diabetes. I believe I have documented putting myself into remission - normoglycemia - an asymptomatic state. Day-to-day data are self-reported. All medical outcomes are documented by Kaiser-Permanente.

Microsoft, Apple, and Google are not as on top of web-based file sharing as they proclaim. None of them yet deliver a web view of 15 densely formatted and linked Excel sheets and charts. I had to dig a little even at Box to find a page that didn't falsely promise that it could. I should stop ranting and think about putting up some PDFs.

I apologize to anyone who was frustrated in trying to download the dataset.