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Hi Newbie. I seem to be on the same journey as you at the moment, I have been controlling by diet for around 4 months now and starting to go high, especially in the evenings. I have been told I can take 2 units before eating if I want to up my carbs for meals. I am still getting lows, but not...

Hi Markev Yes you are some way on from me, and I do hope that you get some help soon and they realise the journey you are going through. I was lucky to be able to be diagnose at an early stage, however I am nearly at the stage of starting insulin now and upping my carbs. Strangly enough my...

Hi Ian Thank you for sharing this with me. How long were you on small doses of insulin? Its the journey throuhg the process which seems daunting at the moment. Glad to hear that you are using the omnipod pump now as this is quite new? How are you getting on with it?

Hi Sorry I thought that I had replied to this over the weekend. I do hope that you get some help from your doctors when you see them. If you have not had so, get the antibody tests, I had GAD and zinc transporter 8. After this a real time glucose test, mine was a tolererance test which showed...

Thanks for the reply. I’m with a diabetic centre and not the GP. However they don’t want to start me on insulin as I keep going low regularly. I have heard of using the insulin to take pressure off the pancreas. So I will talk to them to ask more about it. How did your journey progress, and...

Hi, after months of not knowing what wasw arong with me I am now diagnosed as type 1 late onset diabetic. at 59. Thankfully I had a good doctor knew my brother was the same at 57, and she got the right tests done and referred me to a local clinic. I have now been told that I am in stage 2 of 3...

Thanks for this, any feedback is good to hear. And it was quite reassuring. Any LADA bretheren out there who are able to give me their insight?

Hi I am new to the group. I have a slow rising HbA1c of 45 and doing all I can to control my diet and exercise. My brother has LADA, diagnosed at 57 and at 58 I was told I was pre diabetic. Because of my brother my doctor had tests GAD and Serum Zinc Transporter 8 abs cone for me and both gave...