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Hi, I’ve recently gained a little weight which I attribute to using insulin. I inject twice daily with levemir and am on maximum dosage of my tablets (metformin & gliclazide), I’m been treat as a type 2. My recent hba1c came back at 53mmol which I suppose isn’t ‘bad’, but I would like to get...

I initially thought I was a type 2 but due to the type 2 medication not really helping me I’m beginning to think I’m a type 1. Just all the tests I’ve had haven’t been able to confirm anything and the doctors are just playing a waiting game... but it’s been 3 years and I’m slowly running out of...

I’ve previously been tested for MODY and it came back negative. My bloods are all over the place at the moment. They’ve been rising between lunch and my evening meal and exercise hasn’t helped in lowering it, so I’ve resorted to increasing my night time insulin. Apparently I’m only on low units...

Hi all, I don’t really post much on here but I’m just having one of those weeks where I feel like my diabetes is beating me and it’s been tough. I was diagnosed type 1 over three years ago. But after a couple of months of using novorapid & lantus I began having regular hypo’s. I had been...

Hi, I was hoping someone could offer any insight into what type of diabetic they think I may be... I was diagnosed as a type 1 almost 3 years ago. I had an HbA1c of 83 and the typical symptoms (frequent thirst, urination and blurry vision), I did however have pneumonia at the time of...

How do I get a second opinion?

A typical food day for me is: Breakfast 2 shredded wheat or 3 weetabix or 2 sachets Quaker Oats. All with 330ml of semi skimmed milk. Whey Protein Shake with 500ml water and a banana as a snack Lunch 1 chicken breast with a full packet of uncle bens spicy Mexican rice Dinner 220g of tuna...

Is it possible to get DKA and not be diabetic? Isn't it possible that the pneumonia I had damaged my pancreas and it has now repaired itself?

Haha I hope the diagnosis is wrong too. It's funny... me being diagnosed as a T1 led to me trying to become as fit as a butchers dog! I haven't had any sweets or fizzy pop in 12 mths, that in itself seems like a triumph!

Hearing that people had A1C's into the hundreds on diagnosis just adds to my doubt. The diabetic specialist seemed so intent that I'm T1 and dismissed the suggestion of T2, T1.5 or that I'm even diabetic at all. It seems he's put all of his eggs into one basket and said "it's the honeymoon...

Hi Grant, thank you for your response. I did some research about LADA and the specialist ruled it out. He seemed very set on me being a T1. I'm 25 years of age, I was 24 when I was diagnosed and at the time of diagnosis I also had pneumonia which I was hoping was the reason for my DKA.

I could accept it if the diagnosis was unanimous but different people have different views. I'm being told by my GP that it could've just been a 'blip' caused by the pneumonia. The diabetic nurse theorises that I'm not diabetic, she's seen nothing like it. But the specialist says I definitely am...

My hba1c were done in mmol. So the 23.0 would have been less than 5% DCCT. The diabetic specialist didn't do a c-peptide but he did a GAD test. It showed that I didn't have any diabetes in my blood but he said that this is common as it can take over a year for the presence to be in the blood. I...

I had my hba1c checked on 20th July 2016 and it was 23.0. But it was previously 32.0 and 66.0 when I was initially diagnosed type 1.

My levels are always around 4/5 before a meal and usually about 6 a couple of hours afterwards, I very rarely get a reading higher than 7 and if I do it's because I've had a very high carb meal.

Hi, I was admitted to hospital exactly a year ago and was diagnosed as type 1. I was told I had DKA and began taking novo rapid throughout the day and lantus before bed. But i kept having a hypo, even when only injecting 1 unit. I came off of my injections altogether and haven't taken any...