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I am on metformin (3x500 mg perday) and staglipina (100mg in the morning). I try to eat low carb but it´s so hard!!! Everything has carbs on it!! Sometimes, even if I have no carbs for dinner (let´s say boiled eggs) my levels are aroung 9-10... My last Hba1C was 7%.... I think I´ll need insulin...

Hi Sarah! I am 29 years old too and diagnosed with LADA a few weeks ago (One year struggling with doctors saying I was type 2). I am on metformin 3 times per day and Staglipin in the morning. Sometimes I get spikes after meals or fasting in the morning. Doctor told me I should´t change my diet...

I think your HBA1C is perfect!!! LADA is not related with bad food habits or overweight because it´s autoimmune. I have it and my BMI is 18...

That´s what I think… but she is the doctor at the hospital… at my diagnosed I had a nurse, but she moved to another clinic. Then, I have been seen a GP with Diabetic knowledge but he decided to refer me to the hospital, where I am seeing my actual doctor and a nurse as well… I feel like a...

I know, right?? I don´t have another appointment till next year…. So I can´t discuss that with her for now… however, she told me they have to look closely to me (I guess in case my pancreas dies forever…) The only recommendation she told me was "to avoid the stress because stress can kill the...

Thank you very much for the info! I actually asked to my doctor to use insulin because I read it´s good to preserver my cells but he said no. My current doctor didn´t mention insulin yet, she said I can use the metformin as insulin, adapting the dose… what it really scares me are the hypos...

Thanks!! I had a look before, but it didn´t show the normal range GAD antibodies are to consider them "normal". I guess 308 is a lot...

Thank you very much for the answers! I also checked the Peptide-C levels, I think they are high, but I am not sure. My Hba1c was 8% at the moment of diagnosed. Two months later with pills was 6.4. Now I am happily in 6.3. At the moment I am taking 1.500 metformin per day and 100mg of...

Hello everybody. This is the first time I write a post in a Diabetes forum… I wonder if someone could help me… I have been diagnosed almost one year ago with Diabetes. I am a 29 years old girl, skinny, apparently healthy and with really good cholesterol levels.. Last year in May I did a blood...