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Maybe buy a keto meter to make sure you're in the proper range? Nutritional ketosis is supposedly between 0.5-3.0 mmol/L. If you stay reliably in that range then I wouldn't worry.

Are these the two labs you're speaking of? https://www.bcdiabetes.ca/wp-content/uploads/bcdpdfs/Type-1-diabetes-auto-antibody-testing.pdf I would see if you can get your blood drawn at a different lab and then shipped to one of the above. I also paid for my own oral glucose tolerance test, not...

Those all seem like decent numbers to me. Maybe spot check if you ever go crazy with food a la Vegas to see what kind of numbers you're hitting, but the numbers you've provided are not indicative of the A1C you received (an average of almost 7). I'd try to keep it clean for the next month or...

I previously had a control solution and it was pretty accurate. It's the post-prandial numbers (aka elevated glucose) that are really askew so I'm not sure a control solution would show the extent of the problem. I actually did call the company and they responded, but I don't really care to...

Yeah, LADA doesn't have to present as LADA right away. Still, any time I hear of a skinny Type 2 my ears perk up.

Not only are they in date, I bought a new bottle and am still getting erroneous readings. Maybe the meter is to blame because other meters are proving to be consistently 2 mmol/L lower post-prandially. They all basically match when fasting. Whatever the reason, I feel a lot better in ketosis...

That sounds like LADA to me, regardless of the c-peptide results, but c-peptide would tell you if you still have normal pancreatic function. Your immune system is attacking the islet cells. I'll let others with more experience answer, but my understanding is that using insulin early on may...

Your fasting is within normal range, which indicates you'd have to spend a lot of time with elevated glucose after meals to achieve that A1C. The post-prandial reading is a little concerning (not super concerning, it could be far worse even taking the high end number), but realize that those...

So are you still in a grey zone without an official type 1 diagnosis, but are treating it as such? GAD testing is certainly not foolproof and can go from negative to positive over time. I would still hope that in combination with c-peptide, they would at least catch most cases of...

I congratulate you on trying so many things and on the weight loss! Being hungry all the time has to be difficult, so I understand wanting to get off the insulin. How low carb did you go when you tried it, and are you producing any insulin? The the thing about ketogenesis is the ketones...

What was the meal? Being that high two hours after a slice of toast is concerning, but being that high after a big bowl of oats and fruit is probably to be expected even for non-diabetics. You'll learn what different meals do to your glucose and can make adjustments. And yeah, home meters...

What does that include?

I believe the label is useful rather than just treating whatever it is with whatever works. The label can decide the treatment.

Lifestyle factors I suppose. If you're a type 2 and highly insulin resistant or have excessive pancreatic fat, there's things you can try (lose weight, exercise, reduce inflammation). If you're a type 1, doing all of those things is still not a bad idea, but excellent insulin sensitivity means...

For what it's worth, when you go low carb for a little while, your body physiologically becomes insulin resistant. That's not a bad thing, your body is sparing the glucose for where it's needed by blocking it elsewhere, but it also means (in my experience) that a higher carb meal will cause an...

As CatsFive said, your ethnicity is working against you. How is your weight? People of Asian heritage are much more prone to metabolic conditions and NAFLD at normal BMIs. Fasting insulin and glucose would be a good start to tell you what your insulin sensitivity is. Lakeslover's suggestion...

This is big imo. My fingers don't hurt, and I set the lancet depth as shallow as possible, to the point that sometimes it doesn't even penetrate the skin. This is fine, I just press a little harder the second time. I had a finger prick at the doctor's office that left me sore for a week, it...

Since you're in the USA and are being given the same runaround that I was, you may consider some of your own tests at ultalabtests, you then get the draw from a Quest location. It would be better to have the tests covered by insurance (via a script from your GP), but if you have the money then...

Thanks for the response and the useful chart. I was actually consuming carbs for over a month before the OGTT (I ended the low carb experiment in April), so I'm not sure why I went hypo except that I typically have salad and meat with my carbs, not a straight-up glucose bomb like the OGTT. Not...

Hey Folks, I'm from the USA, but I like the looks of this forum, so hopefully I'll do my conversions correctly. In 2015, I started testing my blood glucose at home because my A1C was borderline prediabetes despite being very lean. I used as many as three different meters, and was getting...