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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2603246" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hi [USER=571521]@Ra1234[/USER] have they done antibody and cpeptide tests to determine your type?</p><p></p><p>To be honest, you need those tests, as things stand you could be either.</p><p></p><p>So if it's LADA it isn't the end of the world. modern tech for T1s is great and the NHS will give it to you if you have a T1/LADA diagnosis. But you will have to inject insulin and worry about balancing your food, lifestyle (eg exercise) and the insulin.</p><p></p><p>If you are T2 and don't want to keep increasing meds (It tends to be progressive if you just use meds to control it) then I strongly recommend you to cut your carbs. Different people have different tolerances so you really need to test before and 2 hours after a meal to see if your body can cope with it. (If your blood sugar goes up more than 2mmol/L then there were probably too many carbs on that meal. There isn't really an ideal amount to take, as it depends on the person.</p><p></p><p>However if you tell the T2s on here what you eat in a typical day (eg yesterday) then I bet they can make some dietary suggestions.</p><p></p><p>Metformin helps a bit but generally doesn't reduce your hba1c by more than about 1.1% (or 12mmol/L)</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=51cd3e0575a08c4e65c1b90961135614e9b69b16[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2603246, member: 372717"] Hi [USER=571521]@Ra1234[/USER] have they done antibody and cpeptide tests to determine your type? To be honest, you need those tests, as things stand you could be either. So if it's LADA it isn't the end of the world. modern tech for T1s is great and the NHS will give it to you if you have a T1/LADA diagnosis. But you will have to inject insulin and worry about balancing your food, lifestyle (eg exercise) and the insulin. If you are T2 and don't want to keep increasing meds (It tends to be progressive if you just use meds to control it) then I strongly recommend you to cut your carbs. Different people have different tolerances so you really need to test before and 2 hours after a meal to see if your body can cope with it. (If your blood sugar goes up more than 2mmol/L then there were probably too many carbs on that meal. There isn't really an ideal amount to take, as it depends on the person. However if you tell the T2s on here what you eat in a typical day (eg yesterday) then I bet they can make some dietary suggestions. Metformin helps a bit but generally doesn't reduce your hba1c by more than about 1.1% (or 12mmol/L) [URL unfurl="true"]https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=51cd3e0575a08c4e65c1b90961135614e9b69b16[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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