Recent Content by AmyW

Thank you ☺️ I’d changed as I’ve just done the DAFNE course and me and the nurse thought we’d see how I went on with a different basel, so I’ve tried and it’s not for me but at least I know this now! I appreciate your input, I think my rotations are okay but sometimes I think a gentle reminder...

Thank you ☺️ I’m using Libre, my hba1c prediction has crept up but it’s never been accurate yet! My GP won’t offer more because it was prescribed by the diabetic team (I’ve just done the DAFNE course so I’ve got a point of contact for 12 months. I’m just always fretting! My basal isn’t enough...

Hello! My long acting insulin changed from Abagaslar to Levemir in November 2023. Since then my overall control has reduced significantly, I was taking 40 units previously and reduced this to 32 (splitting dose) now I’m taking 60, again splitting and it’s still not enough - I’m cruising around...

Thank you, this is very comforting! Will keep plodding on as that’s the only option, I do feel very silly getting this upset sometimes as I’ve made progress since I was diagnosed but maybe sometimes it doesn’t feel like it!

Thanks Lamont! I’m just trying to get on with it as I go but sometimes that feels easier said than done! I’m trying to work with the diagnosis that I have, which I’m assuming was based on some sort of science so maybe it’s just more me not wanting to accept it but then still anxious it will be...

Hello everybody! I was thinking, I don’t know if it’s just me (more than likely is!) does anyone experience anxiety around having a LADA diagnosis? I feel constantly on edge that it will be taken off me, sometimes I think it’s wishful thinking as nearly a year on I can’t say that I’ve found...

It’s not a helpful situation to be in at all is it?? I spoke to my doctor again and he said a diagnosis isn’t relevant as it’s diabetes regardless and that he doesn’t feel he can decide?! He will refer me to an endocrinologist but only the one he has spoken to about my case, I’m not sure where...

Well I think me and the GP are about to have a fall out, he says the Endocrinologist is wrong and that it’s okay to have different opinions on this. He then said he’s read a study suggesting that there can be antibodies with type 2 (I’ve read this also but it suggests they were diagnosed with...

Well I think me and the GP are about to have a fall out, he says the Endocrinologist is wrong and that it’s okay to have different opinions on this. He then said he’s read a study suggesting that there can be antibodies with type 2 (I’ve read this also but it suggests they were diagnosed with...

thank you! The endocrinologist I spoke to said the same, he was saying if antibodies are present it’s type 1 regardless of how many there are, just more it could be slower onset, he didn’t say anything positive about the GP!

I’m speaking to him Thursday so I will be doing so again! Thanks for your advice, I appreciate it!

I’d had a chat with one via someone I know from work, still under GP care until they’ve confirmed the diagnosis.

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it, I’m going to address it with him when I speak to him. I’d managed to speak with Endocrinologist who said that having GAD regardless of strength is Type 1 so he doesn’t know why my GP is being difficult about it ;)

no no, sorry! I was trying to gage is there, if any, blood test to diagnose T1//LADA over T2. I’d spoken to a doctor I work with and he’d said that antibodies regardless of strength of them would point more towards type 1. I’m just not sure what position I will be in if the c peptides are high...