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Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
GAD results negative and left in limbo
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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 1107812" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. The medical guys often forget that there is more than GAD that can damage the pancreas. There are other, rarer, antibodies such as IA2 etc, that don't always get tested for. There can be pancreatitis, viruses and so on. Also, as NICE has said in it's latest guidelines, the GAD test becomes less reliable as time progresses after first diagnosis. I've been thru the same route as you and still listed as T2. I think this is wrong. Yes, the LADA acronym covers anti-body damage but if that is T1 then so is anything else that has damaged the pancreas. I refer to myself as an insulin dependent diabetic not T2 and if asked will say I'm a Late onset T1 or T1.5. I've always been slim with a low c-peptide and don't believe my pancreas was damaged thru high and long-term insulin resistance (to some extent a possible myth?). I think the medics remain very confused in this area and Diabetes UK doesn't help with this either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 1107812, member: 21149"] Hi. The medical guys often forget that there is more than GAD that can damage the pancreas. There are other, rarer, antibodies such as IA2 etc, that don't always get tested for. There can be pancreatitis, viruses and so on. Also, as NICE has said in it's latest guidelines, the GAD test becomes less reliable as time progresses after first diagnosis. I've been thru the same route as you and still listed as T2. I think this is wrong. Yes, the LADA acronym covers anti-body damage but if that is T1 then so is anything else that has damaged the pancreas. I refer to myself as an insulin dependent diabetic not T2 and if asked will say I'm a Late onset T1 or T1.5. I've always been slim with a low c-peptide and don't believe my pancreas was damaged thru high and long-term insulin resistance (to some extent a possible myth?). I think the medics remain very confused in this area and Diabetes UK doesn't help with this either. [/QUOTE]
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