# Dumb Question- what does it mean when people talk about "reversing their diabetes?"
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This is specific to Type 2 diabetes, which is what I have. You sometimes hear people use the phrase that they have or are trying to "reverse their diabetes." I don't really get what that means. My A1C last time it was checked was 5.4, which is in the healthy range, sure. But I wouldn't say that I have "reversed" or "cured" anything - I know from monitoring my glucose daily that if eat badly my blood sugar will still spike as if I have diabetes because I do in fact have diabetes. I also wake up with a fasting blood sugar that is often my highest number of the day (and def higher than would be expected in someone without diabetes) because my liver is an unhelpful dummy. So like, I definitely still have it. What do people mean when they say that they have reversed it?