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Hi everyone,
A bit of background (which I may have provided in earlier posts here- sorry if I'm repeating myself):
I'm 36 this year and I've always been skinny. Midway through my pregnancy I was told that I was borderline diabetic. 3 months after I gave birth to my baby girl, I did an OGTT in which showed that I now had "full blown" Diabetes. The first endocrinologist that I saw said it is probably Type 2 because my fasting blood sugar levels were normal. He provided me with dietary guidelines and monitored me. I had 2 or 3 more visits with him after my first appointment in Aug 2013. Each time my hba1c was in the normal range. Thus by the third visit he said I do not have Diabetes anymore. After the doctor's "pronouncement" I ate freely (partly cos I had lost a lot of weight from stress and breastfeeding the past year and wanted to put weight back on) for about 6 months or so. Managed to get my weight up, but just as that happened, I started to experience frequent urination at nights. I feared this was a sign of Diabetes and I booked an appointment to see a different endocrinologist this time.
This second endocrinologist told me that it's unlikely that Diabetes would go away, especially since I was slim at the time of diagnosis. He advised me to monitor my blood sugar levels before and 2 hours after meals for the next 1.5 months, before I see him again. He also told me that because there was a bit of "ketones" in my urine, he would do a blood test during my next visit, to test if I am Type 1.
Sorry for the long story (and thanks for reading this far). My question is, is the blood test for type 1 the same as the blood test for type 1.5? Based on what I read the tests for type 1.5 is c-peptide and GADA. Is that correct?
And based on my regular blood sugar tests these few weeks, there is no doubt that I still have Diabetes.
A bit of background (which I may have provided in earlier posts here- sorry if I'm repeating myself):
I'm 36 this year and I've always been skinny. Midway through my pregnancy I was told that I was borderline diabetic. 3 months after I gave birth to my baby girl, I did an OGTT in which showed that I now had "full blown" Diabetes. The first endocrinologist that I saw said it is probably Type 2 because my fasting blood sugar levels were normal. He provided me with dietary guidelines and monitored me. I had 2 or 3 more visits with him after my first appointment in Aug 2013. Each time my hba1c was in the normal range. Thus by the third visit he said I do not have Diabetes anymore. After the doctor's "pronouncement" I ate freely (partly cos I had lost a lot of weight from stress and breastfeeding the past year and wanted to put weight back on) for about 6 months or so. Managed to get my weight up, but just as that happened, I started to experience frequent urination at nights. I feared this was a sign of Diabetes and I booked an appointment to see a different endocrinologist this time.
This second endocrinologist told me that it's unlikely that Diabetes would go away, especially since I was slim at the time of diagnosis. He advised me to monitor my blood sugar levels before and 2 hours after meals for the next 1.5 months, before I see him again. He also told me that because there was a bit of "ketones" in my urine, he would do a blood test during my next visit, to test if I am Type 1.
Sorry for the long story (and thanks for reading this far). My question is, is the blood test for type 1 the same as the blood test for type 1.5? Based on what I read the tests for type 1.5 is c-peptide and GADA. Is that correct?
And based on my regular blood sugar tests these few weeks, there is no doubt that I still have Diabetes.