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Am I Type 1 or Type 2?

robertwt

robertwt

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Location
County Meath, North of Dublin
Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Rudeness, bad driving, incautious use of English
Sorry for the 'age old' question. Whenever it gets answered, I get confused!

My history:
diagnosed in 1996. Treatment followed a well known path -
diet (about as much use as a chocolate fireguard :shock:)
then metformin (a little better :wink: )
then mixtard 30,
then novorapid,
then novorapid plus levemir.
then novorapid plus levemir plus metformin.
My current regime is novorapid 6 i/u three times a day; levemir 62 i/u morning and evening.
Plus metformin 850mg (3 times a day, although graduating - this week - onto 1000mg twice a day)
So am I said to be insulin resistant or insulin dependant.

But am I a Type 1 or Type 2?

:wave:

Robert wt
 
Hi. One question for you would be how old were you at diagnosis and what was your weight? If is difficult to say whether you are a T1 or T2 although the treatment would be very similar. If you were young and not overweight at diagnosis then you could have been a late onset T1 (LADA). If you don' fit that criteria then you may have been a T2. Tests would have been needed to prove LADA i.e. the presence of anti-bodies. As a T2 or LADA now on insulin the type of diabetes you started with is academic as either way your pancreas appears to be low on insulin output rather than you now having insulin resistance?
 
Snodger said:
If you want a label then go with type 1, because we are rarer and more exciting... :)
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:lol: :lol:

just as rare in this country as T2's who get the right advice about what diet to follow. :wink:

Robert, as Daibell suggests it would have depended largely on your age weight and if you are T2 whether you changed your lifestyle and diet to something suitable after your diagnosis. That is no criticism of yourself by the way as many of us think the diet T2's were and still are recommended to follow actually makes it very likely the disease will progress.
 
Sage words chaps,
On diagnosis, I was 44 and a bit cuddly, although lighter than I am now. I guess that I was around 15 stone 8).

So as I see it, there's no definitive answer, just opinions.

I have been labelled as both T1 and T2. However, I like the cachet of T1 and I think I'll stick with it, until the time comes to renew my DM Licence! :D

Thanks again
 
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