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Thanks Smidge Your replies are always so informative and quick! That is really useful and gives me a good basis for speaking to the doctor about the type and amount of insulin. Hopefully at some point soon they will find some treatment to stop people like us getting worse! It must be possible...

Re: Help! Potential LADA, struggling to get a clear diagnosi Hi All Just a quick note to say that I wrote to the hospital and used all of your help to set out why I thought they had to do blood tests to establish if I was a LADA. They agreed to do the tests and these confirmed I was a LADA...

Hi All I was told about two weeks ago that I am a LADA, following a blood test that revealed elevated levels of GAD antibodies. I still have fairly reasonable C Peptide levels (174 pmol/L) and can just about control my condition through diet. My major concern is what treatment would be best to...

Re: Help! Potential LADA, struggling to get a clear diagnosi Thank you so much Phoenix and Smidge This feedback is invaluable to me. I have fed all of these points into my letter to the hospital. I am so glad I found this website and managed to get your help! Vincent

Re: Help! Potential LADA, struggling to get a clear diagnosi Phoenix, Daibell and Smidge Thank you for answering my question about how fast LADA progresses in the BG readings, it is interesting to hear your experiences and knowledge, given I may face something similar. I have been drafting a...

Re: Help! Potential LADA, struggling to get a clear diagnosi Thank you so much Smidge Your post is very insightful and certainly re-enforces my initial feeling that I could well be a LADA and am not being given the necessary tests on cost grounds. I meet the criteria you are describing. I am...

Re: Help! Potential LADA, struggling to get a clear diagnosi Diabel Thanks, that's useful. £400 is quite costly, now I can see why the NHS don't want to pay! I have read on this website that some consultants treat LADAs with Januvia to slow the degredation of islets. This has only been...

Re: Help! Potential LADA, struggling to get a clear diagnosi Ok thanks Paul It's useful to know what my A1C result means. Your feedback is much appreciated and I'll certainly keep testing / pursing this concern... :) All the best Vincent

Re: Help! Potential LADA, struggling to get a clear diagnosi Paul I had an A1 C test when I was diagnosed and the reading was 79 mmol. (I don't know how that translates as a percentage). The sheet says that the target is 58 mmol. I have only had that one test so far and the next one is due in...

Re: Help! Potential LADA, struggling to get a clear diagnosi Hi Paul Wow that was a quick reply! I am testing at home. I'm restricting my carbs heavily to achieve readings of around 5.5 to 6 fasting and around 5.5 to 8.5 after meals. I have some exceptions of up to 11 or 12 where I have...

Hello everyone, I am a recently diagnosed 36 year old male, very slim and no history of diabetes in my family apart from an aunt who is overweight with type 2. I was diagnosed following a urine test carried out to see if I had a bacterial infection. I don’t really have any symptoms, apart from...