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<blockquote data-quote="Mrs HJG" data-source="post: 2620210" data-attributes="member: 552087"><p>Hi [USER=468347]@mazza 2[/USER] I would definitely ask to be referred for anti-body testing as you could well be LADA as others have suggested. Rather than paying for further tests maybe pay for a Libre to try for a fortnight, if you can't get the free trial. This will fill in all the blanks between your finger-prick tests and be really informative about what your BG is really doing 24/7.</p><p></p><p>If the nurse has second-sight to know results of tests you haven't had, she should be in a circus, or give us next week's lottery numbers - I would go over her head back to your GP and say you need to be referred for further testing as 'your research' is pointing you in the LADA direction, and if proven right, you will be entitled to Libre on prescription, and to come under a knowledgeable consultant and specialist team, not just a nurse who read a book about diabetes in the 80s! (oh maybe that was just my surgery DN!). If you turn out to be antibody-negative, then at least you'll know for sure.</p><p></p><p>If you have been ill, on any other medication and/or particularly stressed these can increase you BG, my sister went from an HbA1c over 100 back to non-diabetic range in 3 months after covid, antibiotics and steroids cleared through her system, your next HbA1c, (if finger-pricking doesn't show a continual increase), will support or refute the recent test.</p><p></p><p>Good luck getting some more answers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mrs HJG, post: 2620210, member: 552087"] Hi [USER=468347]@mazza 2[/USER] I would definitely ask to be referred for anti-body testing as you could well be LADA as others have suggested. Rather than paying for further tests maybe pay for a Libre to try for a fortnight, if you can't get the free trial. This will fill in all the blanks between your finger-prick tests and be really informative about what your BG is really doing 24/7. If the nurse has second-sight to know results of tests you haven't had, she should be in a circus, or give us next week's lottery numbers - I would go over her head back to your GP and say you need to be referred for further testing as 'your research' is pointing you in the LADA direction, and if proven right, you will be entitled to Libre on prescription, and to come under a knowledgeable consultant and specialist team, not just a nurse who read a book about diabetes in the 80s! (oh maybe that was just my surgery DN!). If you turn out to be antibody-negative, then at least you'll know for sure. If you have been ill, on any other medication and/or particularly stressed these can increase you BG, my sister went from an HbA1c over 100 back to non-diabetic range in 3 months after covid, antibiotics and steroids cleared through her system, your next HbA1c, (if finger-pricking doesn't show a continual increase), will support or refute the recent test. Good luck getting some more answers. [/QUOTE]
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