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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

All Would be grateful for any guidance on interpreting my C-peptide result. At the request of my consultant, I had a stimulated glucagon test a few weeks ago which has confirmed I have a c-peptide level of 0.53. Got the result over the phone but my next consultation is not until May 2019...

Hi Relatively newly diagnosed LADA - was misdiagnosed as T2 in Jan 2017 but this was changed to LADA in Jan 2018 following a GAD test. I am currently managing on diet and metformin alone and my glucose levels are fine during the day but I have noticed I often have night sweats and wake up...

Just had my latest A1C which has shown my score is 35 which I am assured is normal. My initial diagnosis was 109 back in January. Dr wants me to stop taking metformin which I am happy to do. I have found a diet that works for me which is high fat and low carb. I guess I will need to stay on...

Hi All, I am an infrequent poster having only been diagnosed for 6 months. I am 38, male, with a healthy BMI of 24 (albeit not a great diet) when diagnosed back in January. Shocking A1C of 109 and ketones so Dr initially thought I was type 1. After many further tests, they are fairly sure I...

Hi All I have a question in relation to my slightly complex and confusing recent diagnosis as to whether I am T1 (LADA) or a T2. Without boring people with too much detail, I would be grateful if anyone can answer this questions: My BS have dropped hugely in only a couple of a months (AlC of...

Hi All I was diagnosed in Jan with complex results not sure if I was T1 or T2 due to my high A1C ready (109) yet slim build and youth (38). Dr confirmed I was T2 about a month after initial tests but my dietician, whom I saw a week or so after Dr's confirmation was sceptical and recommended I...

Hi All I previously posted the good news about the rapid and significant drop in my initial reading of A1C at diagnosis of 109 to 60 after three months of low carb including one month on metformin.. Thank you all for your kind comments. I cannot be complacent of course but all things being...

Hi Everyone Just wanted to share my joy/amazement at getting my latest AC1 results from my Dr. I am a bit of odd T2, being young (38) and slim and the Dr has treated me something of an curates egg of a patient. Diagnosed in late Jan with AC1 of 109. Treated this without meds, diet only for...

Hi everyone, new poster here following diagnosis in late Jan. Like most people, the diagnosis has been rather challenging to come to terms with but I seem to present in a somewhat ambiguous way and my medical team are sending out mixed messages which is causing havoc with my mental health...