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<blockquote data-quote="fairylights" data-source="post: 1372449" data-attributes="member: 44416"><p>You can be overweight and type 1 - or more often LADA - at my clinic and in a recent Balance magazine - LADA is a late onset type 1 but also with insulin resistance - so often a late developer and overweight type 1. It is also possible and common to be a thin type 2. The way to find out is to get a GAD antibody test - high anti antibodies show type 1. So although I am overweight, because I had ketones when I went to my GP I got sent to the hospital clinic (Iwas lucky) and got GAD and antibody tests and was immediately put onto insulin. After a couple of weeks I was able to stop insulin for a couple of months but my honeymoon only lasted a couple of months. My hospital treat me as a type 1, although diagnosed with LADA so I attend type 1 clinic hve attended DAFNE and have a pump, and a libre scanner supplied although only a couple of sensors, and all my care is at hospital clinic. I still struggle with spikes if I eat ANY carbs at all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairylights, post: 1372449, member: 44416"] You can be overweight and type 1 - or more often LADA - at my clinic and in a recent Balance magazine - LADA is a late onset type 1 but also with insulin resistance - so often a late developer and overweight type 1. It is also possible and common to be a thin type 2. The way to find out is to get a GAD antibody test - high anti antibodies show type 1. So although I am overweight, because I had ketones when I went to my GP I got sent to the hospital clinic (Iwas lucky) and got GAD and antibody tests and was immediately put onto insulin. After a couple of weeks I was able to stop insulin for a couple of months but my honeymoon only lasted a couple of months. My hospital treat me as a type 1, although diagnosed with LADA so I attend type 1 clinic hve attended DAFNE and have a pump, and a libre scanner supplied although only a couple of sensors, and all my care is at hospital clinic. I still struggle with spikes if I eat ANY carbs at all! [/QUOTE]
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