Hi. I am 19 year old female. found through a routine blood work that I am diabetic.
Last April during diagnosis.
Fasting bg-15.6
Post prandial-21
Hba1c - 10.6
C peptide - 0.5-1
Gad antibody-11.4(slightly positive)
Zn transporter - negative
After 3 months of jalra m(vildagliptin and metformin combo) - 50/500mg.and lantus 14 units per day
Hba1c was 6.8
Since I gained 8 kgs in 3 months I was asked to stop on insulin. (current weight 68kg but 3 months earlier it was 60.)
I am asked get a blood workdone next month. But the doctor isn't Sure if it is type 2.
Currently after stopping insulin my BG is always around 8-16.(i check using glucometer at home)
I am actually scared whether it will turn out to be type 1.what do you think is it type 1?
Hi!
If you ask me, you're a bit young and slim for T2... Though everyone here knows there are exceptions to rules, especially when test results are inconclusive. So there's no way of knowing what you are without further testing, and we're certainly unable to diagnose you. But
@ianf0ster has a good point; this is the point where your life changes, but it doesn't have to be a bad thing. I was very ill when diagnosed, and had been for years. I didn't have a life to speak of, so then I finally got some answers, they were quite the blessing, because I could finally do something about it. I got my life back, basically, so yeah, I do celebrate my diaversary. You got part of the answers, at least, so you don't have to get to that low point before things start to get better. You can head it off. And with T1 for instance, people are often not diagnosed until they're in hospital with DKA. So in a way, you were lucky. You didn't have the slow decline a T2 has prior to diagnosis, nor the sudden rush to the ER a T1 usually is confronted with just before diagnosis. I know, right now it certainly doesn't feel like luck. But there are silver linings here. You'll see them eventually.
For now, the only thing that is certain, is that your life is about to change. How you do that is up to you. Yeah, okay, T1 would require insulin, T2 oral meds and/or diet changes.... But I mean how you handle it
in your head, and your daily life. When diagnosed I was really, really depressed at first, cried a lot... Then I got angry and demanded control of this condition. I did that by reading everything I could get my hands on, and experimenting every day, seeing how the read advice worked for me. Now, my T2 is the only condition I have a say in, I'm not a victim to my genetics, like I thought I was. I wish all my medical issues were this relatively easy to cope with, honestly. (Yeah, I have an actual laundry list of conditions.) It's different for everyone, and in the beginning it certainly is a kick in the head, but how you proceed is entirely up to you. You have the power here.
Good luck, and big hugs,
Jo
