My consultant told me the GAD test is just a shortened way to say it and that the test actually tests for all of the antibodies, GAD, Ia2 etc.. And he confirmed it to me with a letter. I know this to be true because my letter confirmed that I was IA2, MODY etc.. negative but GAD positive so when I said GAD test I meant the test for all antibodies. But, many GPs don't seem to know anything about this and so I suppose therein lies the problem. Perhaps you had other antibodies or perhaps you are not autoimmune and exhaustion has killed off ur beta cells, that's obviously individual to u but I do agree with the medical profession stating "auto-immune or non-autoimmune" diabetes rather than"types" because, as u just said, there is too much variation in the types for those terms to be useful anymore.
I think pancreatitis is totally different... If the pancreas has to be removed for some reason then the diabetes is not really a disease as such, rather it is a condition or a consequence of surgery because patients would know beforehand that they were going to have that problem as a result of the surgery... I think not having enough insulin-producing cells and literally just not having a pancreas are not the same thing.... A patient also knows what caused their diabetes with pancreatitis, but I agree that there is still the issue of why you needed the pancreas removed, though I'm not sure that has anything to do with diabetes.... Surely diabetes is a consequence of pancreatitis not pancreatitis is a result of diabetes? Confusing myself now! Haha
Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 23 currently controlled by only Metformin, 500mg twice a day.