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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1637448" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Type 2 doesn't turn into type 1. They are separate conditions.</p><p></p><p>What your specialist is saying is you <em>may</em> have been misdiagnosed as type 2 when you have been type 1 all along. </p><p></p><p>The tests to find out whether this is correct would be:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A cpeptide test. This may be the urine tests you've been given. A cpeptide test looks at what your endogenous insulin production is looking like. A honeymooning type 1 will have residual insulin production. Type 2s may have excess insulin production, or low insulin production if beta cells are getting worn out.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Antibody testing, most commonly a GAD test. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease. There are antibodies associated with autoimmune type 1 diabetes. So if you test positive for these antibodies you are definitely type 1. But if you are negative that doesn't necessarily mean not type 1. About 25% of type 1s are negative.</li> </ol><p>What do your blood sugar levels look like on metformin and Gliclazide?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1637448, member: 32394"] Type 2 doesn't turn into type 1. They are separate conditions. What your specialist is saying is you [I]may[/I] have been misdiagnosed as type 2 when you have been type 1 all along. The tests to find out whether this is correct would be: [LIST=1] [*]A cpeptide test. This may be the urine tests you've been given. A cpeptide test looks at what your endogenous insulin production is looking like. A honeymooning type 1 will have residual insulin production. Type 2s may have excess insulin production, or low insulin production if beta cells are getting worn out. [*]Antibody testing, most commonly a GAD test. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease. There are antibodies associated with autoimmune type 1 diabetes. So if you test positive for these antibodies you are definitely type 1. But if you are negative that doesn't necessarily mean not type 1. About 25% of type 1s are negative. [/LIST] What do your blood sugar levels look like on metformin and Gliclazide? [/QUOTE]
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