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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 202701" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Hi Anna!</p><p></p><p>Push for the GAD antibody test. They should probably do a C-Peptide test aswell as this shows if you are still producing insulin. A fasting insulin test would also help to rule out Type 2. It certainly sounds like you might be LADA. If you are, it would be worth considering gooing straight onto insulin - make sure you get the rapid acting one to take with your meals - with LADA it is the after meal BG that is particularly difficult to control. (They put me on basal only at first, but my own basal is still pretty much intact, it is the after food insulin I don't seem to produce). As you are slim, it is unlikely that oral medication etc will work for you for very long, because you probably have very little insulin resistance. When I eventually got the right insulin, it was such a relief - I was actually able to eat without my BGs going into double-figures. I have the odd hypo now, because my pancreas seems to have good days and bad days which makes BG control pretty interesting, but going onto insulin was the best thing I've done! Having LADA but being treated as Type 2 is miserable and demoralising - I spent a year like it and felt ill the whole time. It is really important that you get a proper diagnosis so you can get appropriate treatment. Good luck tomorrow. Let us know how you go.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 202701, member: 29301"] Hi Anna! Push for the GAD antibody test. They should probably do a C-Peptide test aswell as this shows if you are still producing insulin. A fasting insulin test would also help to rule out Type 2. It certainly sounds like you might be LADA. If you are, it would be worth considering gooing straight onto insulin - make sure you get the rapid acting one to take with your meals - with LADA it is the after meal BG that is particularly difficult to control. (They put me on basal only at first, but my own basal is still pretty much intact, it is the after food insulin I don't seem to produce). As you are slim, it is unlikely that oral medication etc will work for you for very long, because you probably have very little insulin resistance. When I eventually got the right insulin, it was such a relief - I was actually able to eat without my BGs going into double-figures. I have the odd hypo now, because my pancreas seems to have good days and bad days which makes BG control pretty interesting, but going onto insulin was the best thing I've done! Having LADA but being treated as Type 2 is miserable and demoralising - I spent a year like it and felt ill the whole time. It is really important that you get a proper diagnosis so you can get appropriate treatment. Good luck tomorrow. Let us know how you go. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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