Hi. Thanks for reading in advance. I would appreciate any thoughts from LADA people please? I havent been dx type 1 or DM but have been using carb restricted diet for a few years to manage blood glucose. My HbA1c is normal. However I have been concerned for sometime re Diabetes and glucose...
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I am writing this regarding my wife. So my wife during the time she was pregnant with our son (second baby) developed gestational diabetes. After the baby was delivered her sugar went normal but after 3 months her sugar started going really high and she was diagnosed with diabetes...
I had a series of symptoms such as excessive drinking, excessive urination, constant fatigue
I took a blood test
I went to an endocrinologist for 317 fasting sugars and 10.7 a1c,
Metformin was prescribed for me and anti-gad test
The result of the antibody test was positive
But with metformin...
Hello everybody, I've got tested for summary pool of IgG antibodies for both GAD and IA2 (one test). Reference range is <4 IU/ml and my result is 1.48.
I want to ask, should this result be totally 0 for a healthy person, or most of people will have a few antibodies in them? Does presence of...
I’m 47 years old and was diagnosed with T1D about 6 weeks ago. My now 9 yo daughter was diagnosed 3 years ago. Looking to connect so I can better empower myself so I can use this new ****** diagnosis to help her navigate her life as she grows older
Hi there very happy to found this fourm. Me and my partner live in Turkey and he been diagnosed with type 1.5 he been put on insulin about 4 weeks now
Background (He slim and cycle and walk alot he has lost a lot of weight)
The problem is here it hard to find any information the doctors...
Hi all - long time lurker, first time poster. I am hoping to hear from other LADAs who became insulin dependent. I know there are several threads on weight gain, and that is certainly a concern. At this point I'm mostly wondering if I should be fighting to keep some of my Type-2 drugs along with...
I was diagnosed with LADA (late onset Type 1) in March but am not yet taking insulin.
I've just had a C-Peptide test (taken 2 hours after a meal) and the result was 2.4 ng/ml.
I have no appointment with the clinic until January and I have no idea what this number means relatively speaking...
Hi everyone! I had my endo app this morning and she was very confident in a type 1 diagnosis.
I have been changed from Lantus to Levimir because of dropping at night and high during the day, carb counting with Novorapid and having a trial of Metformin.
It’s taken over 10 years to get here...
I'm taking lantus and byetta while I wait for confirmation of my LADA diagnosis...My question is, does Byetta do anything to help type 1.5??? Or am I wasting my time and money trying to manage post meal blood sugar with it?
My diabetes team seems pretty convinced I've got LADA not type 2, as...
Hi everyone,
Sorry in advance for the long post. I am trying to find out if I am diabetic or not, and am curious as to what people think who have been on this rollercoaster ride themselves. This indeterminacy has been going on for me now for a year and a half. I have three people with T1D in my...
Hi all, I have Graves’ thyroid disease and have been managing ok for the last 12 years after thyroidectomy and other related surgeries.
I’ve struggled with high cholesterol, blood pressure over the years but have managed to keep weight off and stay fairly active.
I’m currently training for a...
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I really need some advice and the diabetic nurse I see at my local hospital has said she just doesn’t know. But wants to try something and I am unsure about this. I am their only patient with LADA Diabetes. I was diagnosed a year ago and already have 2 other auto immune diseases which...
Hi everyone my name is Sarah, I’m 42 and was diagnosed in Urgent care Dec 23, 2018 with T2 at 297 BGL, I am in the US so I know we read different. My AC1 was 8.7, doctor sent me home, gave me meter and strips and put me on low carb diet told me to see regular Dr. ASAP. I got in the next day, I...
I've been diagnosed eleven months ago with secondary hyperparathyroidism and 1.5 diabetes. Anyone else out there has this combination?. I've also has been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism.