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Hi everybody,
reading through this very helpful forum I discovered about this 1.5 type diabetes which seems to be my case.
could anybody give me some info about it?
I always thought of myself as a Type 1, but maybe that's not the case.
I become aware of my diabetes at age 37 (seven years ago), after a very difficult period of my life, which included heavy drinking, careless eating and much stress.
I've never been obese, but rather massively built and quite muscular. always been a nervous eater, but also lead a very active life sportwise so I never ever gained excess weight.
No history of diabetes in my family.
Was put on metf at first due to my age, then I went through the usual "honeymoon" during which I could manage things just watching my diet and exercising. Than, gradually, insulin.
My HBA1c has always been around 7% or less so I'm doing fairly good.
Now I extremely low carb, run, lift weights, play basketball, trek, walk the dog, walk without the dog... anything. I'm reasonably healthy and strong and satisfied with how things are going.
I inject in average less than 40 (24 basal) insulin units per day at 85 -87 kgs.
I'd like to know if are there some peculiarities about this 1.5 type I can take advantage of. or should I treat it as a "normal" type1?
thanks in advance!
reading through this very helpful forum I discovered about this 1.5 type diabetes which seems to be my case.
could anybody give me some info about it?
I always thought of myself as a Type 1, but maybe that's not the case.
I become aware of my diabetes at age 37 (seven years ago), after a very difficult period of my life, which included heavy drinking, careless eating and much stress.
I've never been obese, but rather massively built and quite muscular. always been a nervous eater, but also lead a very active life sportwise so I never ever gained excess weight.
No history of diabetes in my family.
Was put on metf at first due to my age, then I went through the usual "honeymoon" during which I could manage things just watching my diet and exercising. Than, gradually, insulin.
My HBA1c has always been around 7% or less so I'm doing fairly good.
Now I extremely low carb, run, lift weights, play basketball, trek, walk the dog, walk without the dog... anything. I'm reasonably healthy and strong and satisfied with how things are going.
I inject in average less than 40 (24 basal) insulin units per day at 85 -87 kgs.
I'd like to know if are there some peculiarities about this 1.5 type I can take advantage of. or should I treat it as a "normal" type1?
thanks in advance!
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