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    Moving to Bermuda - tips

    Hello An exciting opportunity has landed in my lap involving a move from the rainy, over taxed and depressing UK to the sun kissed island of Bermuda. There are a couple of concerns from a health perspective: 1. The work permit/visa requires a health check up. 2. It looks as if my...
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    Surprising A1C score

    I am LADA, I was misdiagnosed. Do you know how to change the profile details?
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    Surprising A1C score

    Does anyone else find their A1C scores, when carried out by a lab, is always something of a surprise, in that it is always a little lower than your glucose monitor would suggest? Case in point, I had my first A1C check since September last week. Got the results on Weds of this week on a call...
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    Poor sleep - Type 1 (LADA)

    Posting on here to see if anyone has any similar experience to me, I am becoming miserable at a problem that may or may not be related to my T1D. I was diagnosed with LADA almost 4 years ago at age 38. For at least a year (maybe more) before diagnosis I recall my once excellent quality sleep...
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    Starting basal insulin - dosage

    All I was diagnosed with LADA 3.5 years ago and have been managing with diet and for the past year, Trulicity but I fear the lockdown and other related issues have negatively impacted on my AlC so the nurse has suggested I try small amounts of basal insulin at night. I have particularly bad...
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    Unspecific symptoms

    Hi Tennisplayer, I am also a T1.5. Suppressed appetite (or becoming full after eating very little) and nigh sweats are definitely something I frequently experience. It comes and goes but no Dr has ever been able to offer an explanation, despite my having this condition for over 3 years.
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    Honeymoon period maybe ending

    My A1C started to creep up (to 59) last October ( almost two years after diagnosis) and my consultant wanted to start me on small amounts of insulin. I had read about the recent trials of GLP1 agonists for LADA and persuaded him to let me try that first. I started taking Trulicity in...
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    Trulicity

    Hi All I have been taking Trulicity for 3 months now and I have to say it has worked very well. My latest A1C reading was 49 down from 60. That is in spite of my upping my carb intake at the same time. Side effects are mostly sleep related, nothing too serious. All in all, this seems to be...
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    Complications - time to develop

    Mel - that is indeed very impressive and you should be very proud of yourself. I feel almost an amateur by comparison, as I "only" have LADA in the early stages (2.5 years) that I am treating with metformin and more recently Trulicity. I have been on Trulicity for 8 weeks now and I find my BS...
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    Complications - time to develop

    Had an interesting discussion with my GP today about things other than my LADA for once. He was of the view that it takes many, many years to develop any complications if you have elevated blood sugars. Lets assume you have an A1C of maybe 51/52 - I would have thoughts things would start to...
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    life expectancy & 8/6 units (honeymoon?)

    I have not seen any data on this either but it stands to reason on average, surely, the later in life you develop a chronic condition, the less impact it should have on average life expectancy. I do recall my first endo pointing out that LADA is often considered "milder" than classic T1 in that...
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    When to start insulin - A1C level?

    Currently non-insulin dependent LADA two years after diagnosis. Latest A1C was 57 which is down from 63 six weeks ago. My score of 63 was a blip, it was 48 three months prior. So I am pleased with a fall but its been tough over the last 6 weeks, I have been very low carbing. Not sure how...
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    GLP -1 Inhibitors - LADA

    Thanks, I genuinely have no idea and will need detailed medical advice. My previous endo (when I live in London) was fairly sure it is a safe method albeit fairly avant garde. I would really like to hear what others have found. Insulin is of course on the table as the next step but I...
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    GLP -1 Inhibitors - LADA

    Hi I am currently non-insulin dependent LADA and have just had a sobering chat with my endo. He is nervous that my latest A1c was creeping up (from 42 to 63 over 5 months) and unless I can get this down again in 6 weeks I need to consider insulin. My feeling is that the higher A1C was a blip...
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    C peptide reading

    Thanks Daibell. No doubt I am a LADA, I was just curious how much "life" my Pancreas has based on that C Peptide reading. I currently low card and take 1500 mg of metformin per day. No insulin as yet buts its clearly in the post, just not sure when it will happen.
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