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  1. Lissia

    Confused whether Type 1 or Type 2

    Hi i understand this, I was diagnosed as having Diabetes several years ago the GP looked me up and down and decided 'fat person must be type 2' for considerable amount of time, I was placed on type two medication as that’s what was my diagnosis, the problem was none of the type two medications...
  2. Lissia

    Insulin being rationed?

    I agree, I too have LADA and I have to use insulin too, I order mine every 3 weeks and I have a stock built up in my fridge. if I have an issue my DSN just emails the surgery asking them to prescribe whatever I need.
  3. Lissia

    Mounjaro and LADA

    I have been prescribed Mounjaro because I’m struggling badly with injecting insulin (TRURAPI), the hope is, so my specialist tells me that the Mounjaro will stop my liver from dumping sugar into my body commonly known as dumping syndrome. does anyone else have this Issue? I’ve done my first...
  4. Lissia

    Given trurapi instead of novorapid

    The needles for my solostar junior pen are the glucoRX needles, all star pens are not smart insulin pens, I have all star pro and solostar pen, I use TRURAPI insulin too, I find it works a bit better than the Novorapid for me personally.
  5. Lissia

    How to pursue potential misdiagnosis?

    You have just described my diagnosis! The doctor looked at me and thought fat cow so type 2 diabetes….(he didn’t exactly word it like that but you could see his expression!) despite that i had pernicious anaemia, raynaulds and suspected coeliac disease, despite these also being autoimmune...
  6. Lissia

    For the type 1s only please (mounjaro)

    I’m a little confused, your profile says type 1 but in your post you said you were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2018 at 17.5 stone. I have LADA diabetes and I’m insulin dependent, as for the insulin My Diabetes specialist says that insulin is a hormone, whether naturally produced or...
  7. Lissia

    Diabetic neuropathy

    I had an MRI on Monday so awaiting results of that and I’m having bloods done today, I have a RA clinic appointment in just over a weeks time, so I’m hoping someone can find out what’s going on. Thankyou for your explanation and experience
  8. Lissia

    Diabetic neuropathy

    Hi i was wondering if anyone on here gets pins and needles down the hands arm, shoulder, hip, backside and leg? if so please can you enlighten me as I get this intermittently and it’s quite unnerving, mine can last for a couple of minutes up to 8 or 10 minutes does anyone else have this please...
  9. Lissia

    Possible misdiagnoses of type 2? LADA instead?

    Hi i was diagnosed as type 2 but after going through metformin, saxagliptin, then gliclazide my BG was still high and not stable, waking up at 17 mmol was no joke, I was sent to a specialist who told me that despite my size she wasn’t convinced I was type 2 at all and that it may be LADA broadly...
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