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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 Tennisplayer, I am also a T1.5. Suppressed appetite (or becoming full after eating very little) and nigh sweats are definitely something I frequently experience. It comes and goes but no Dr has ever been able to offer an explanation, despite my having this condition for over 3 years.

My A1C started to creep up (to 59) last October ( almost two years after diagnosis) and my consultant wanted to start me on small amounts of insulin. I had read about the recent trials of GLP1 agonists for LADA and persuaded him to let me try that first. I started taking Trulicity in...

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...

Mel - that is indeed very impressive and you should be very proud of yourself. I feel almost an amateur by comparison, as I "only" have LADA in the early stages (2.5 years) that I am treating with metformin and more recently Trulicity. I have been on Trulicity for 8 weeks now and I find my BS...

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...

I have not seen any data on this either but it stands to reason on average, surely, the later in life you develop a chronic condition, the less impact it should have on average life expectancy. I do recall my first endo pointing out that LADA is often considered "milder" than classic T1 in that...

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...

Thanks, I genuinely have no idea and will need detailed medical advice. My previous endo (when I live in London) was fairly sure it is a safe method albeit fairly avant garde. I would really like to hear what others have found. Insulin is of course on the table as the next step but I...

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...

Thanks Daibell. No doubt I am a LADA, I was just curious how much "life" my Pancreas has based on that C Peptide reading. I currently low card and take 1500 mg of metformin per day. No insulin as yet buts its clearly in the post, just not sure when it will happen.

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...

CherryAA - thank you for your note. Oddly, I was never overweight, I just had a bit of a tummy. My weight is down about a stone but I lost that all in about 2 weeks through the shock. I wonder whether I just had an acute intolerance to certain carbs/sugar.

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...

JohnEGreen - I do not live with her or near her. She is up north and I live in London. I see her very infrequently so this would never have been something I would have been in a position to judge. Anyway, she claims she is fine and has her diabetes well managed. Irrespective of whether you...

Brunneria - my point is that all she needed to do is to tell both her children that she has developed a chronic condition that may be hereditary and they need to get blood tests annually (or whatever the recommendation is). She said nothing to us about it. I just cannot understand how this...