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Hi Hale, I was diagnosed in December as type 1.5 due to having GAD65 antibodies. They wanted me to go onto insulin and I said no (my choice) and so now I've been told I'm in the honeymoon phase.... My levels are between 4 and 8 mmol almost all the time, fasting is the only one I can't control...

Hi unhappy, Diet really is a minefield! I just wanted to say though, be careful with the wholemeal rolls.... Wholemeal is basically not much better than white bread really.... Try granary or whole grain as they a much lower GI. Many people cut out bread altogether but I'm a bread lover and...

Hi, Sid is right, I'm no expert on PCOS other than that my sister was diagnosed with it when she was 15 due to struggling with her weight and producing too much testosterone....that's about all I know, very limited. However, although I am type 1.5 I am currently taking Metformin which is a...

Hi little wolf wow u have a lot to deal with! Welcome to the forum first of all. Second of all, based on my own personal experience and research you don't fit the bill of a typical type 2 diabetic. That's not a diagnosis that's just from the research I've done you seem both too young and too...

Hi gina and welcome, Diet is a funny thing and you will see a million different personal diets on here! Some people just cut their carbs practically out altogether, some don't, some do the Atkins diet, some don't it really is a minefield. I'm newly diagnosed myself (type 1.5) and I, personally...

Hi and welcome to the forum, I'm just wondering...with you saying you are type 2 did they try you on type 2 medication before putting you on to insulin at all? I've read that for type 2 diabetics if you have insulin resistance then you could need type 2 tablets and that insulin could actually...

I meant your c-peptide and whether or not you have antibodies? Did you get those back? I might have missed the post 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...

Ask for your blood results too Carl as it would be helpful for you to know your prognosis and diagnosis! I'm surprised it has taken this long. Good luck! Diagnosed with GD in 2010, Completely disappeared postpartum. Re-diagnosed December 2012 with type 1.5 diabetes, age 26, BMI 23 currently...

Hi Rayner, I understand how difficult this must be for u, I am 26 recently diagnosed with type 1.5 and I have two children aged 6 and 2 so I do understand a little of what you are going through. I am not a medical professional and my advice to you would be to go and see your doctor or...

Actually Stephanie the research I've done indicates it is the other way round and that type 2 diabetes has everything to do with obesity and genetics and nothing to do with how much sugar you consume.... It's on many of the medical websites but I don't think I'm allowed to post the links here so...

Hi Marky, Welcome to the forum. I'm not sure if this helps you any but I am a type 1.5 and I control at the moment just with Metformin but I am apparently in a honeymoon phase and will need insulin when the rest of my beta cells are destroyed... My guess would be that if you have no insulin...

Hi Carl, I find vodka does exactly the same for me, it's weird isn't it how alcohol can effect BG so much? With regard to speaking to your medical professionals I hope they are understanding and are prepared to listen and do appreciate a calm approach . My GP surgery is nothing to write home...

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u really need to come down though as the amount of damage you could be doing being that high is frightening! Haven't they given you your blood results yet? I think u need to start pushing a few buttons, it's not good for ur eyes to come down immediately but it's just as bad for your eyes and...

Hi unhappy, I agree, a reading of 7 on HbA1c is diabetic range but, as mentioned previously, ur in such a good position at the moment whereby u can stop it before it goes any further.... I would take precautions now rather than later...u know what they say, prevention is the best form of cure...

If you have high fasting BG in the mornings like me then you definitely don't want to be going without breakfast! If you do your liver is just going to keep dumping glucose into your blood thinking you are starving! I was never a breakfast person but now I force myself to have breakfast every...

Re: If this thread helps just ONE person then it will be wor Same here Jane... I was measuring 40 weeks at 30 weeks and I begged and begged them to test me for something as my baby was too big...they said I was paranoid! I told them I couldn't give birth to a baby this big, he was too big! I...

Re: If this thread helps just ONE person then it will be wor I'm not a medical professional and this is just my opinion but I don't agree that it would lead to unnecessary worrying, I think it would be necessary to be cautious because even if u can't slow down the antibody attack you certainly...

Re: If this thread helps just ONE person then it will be wor It's so much more common than we realise I think! My son has one last appointment for thyroid blood tests at the end of this month before he gets discharged (as his thyroid problem it seems is transient and has repaired itself...

Hi Diabell, I was told by my diabetic nurse and my endo consultant that the headaches I was suffering was due to my diabetes...they started to go away once my levels were in the right range and then they come back if my levels are out of whack. My endo consultant also told me not to take...