Hello from Australia..

Cobia said:

Just thought id join up to since id been reading the forum for 2 years.

About me.

4 Dec 15 i found out i was diabetic lost a lot of weight had keytones really bad experiance. 6 months later tested for antibodys which i had lots.

I picked LADA rather than type 1 only because of age being i was 46 when diagnosed. Something i wish i could forget.

My honeymoon i couldnt get off the insulin all it did was reduce it. Im 6'3 70 kg lchf peels weight off doc wasnt happy so i use a few carbs to make the insulin easier to manage.


Guess thats enough for now not sure what else to write.

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Cobia said:

Just thought id join up to since id been reading the forum for 2 years.

About me.

4 Dec 15 i found out i was diabetic lost a lot of weight had keytones really bad experiance. 6 months later tested for antibodys which i had lots.

I picked LADA rather than type 1 only because of age being i was 46 when diagnosed. Something i wish i could forget.

My honeymoon i couldnt get off the insulin all it did was reduce it. Im 6'3 70 kg lchf peels weight off doc wasnt happy so i use a few carbs to make the insulin easier to manage.


Guess thats enough for now not sure what else to write.

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pollensa said:

Hello, I am from Byron Bay Australia, residing Pollensa Mallorca. I don't know if you know, but the cut off levels vary worldwide, and always best to get second or even third opinions in my persona viewing./

for example I am viewed Diabetic here in Spain because my A1C is 6.6% viewed diabetic in Spain, but if one flies over to New Zealand, their cut off is 6.7% with two diagnosis the same before diagnosing, so basically it depends where in the world you are diagnosed and what results which is frightening and appalling.

Its not to say Mallorca spain are wrong, but then they are not correct either, as all countries differ in what they feel and what there system view as the cut off arbitrary at whim random choice should be used to decide.

As you mention Oz, and not sure if your based over there or in UK, but keep this in mind, it may save a lot of worry, anxiety,
as here I am diabetic but that's not to say I am, and if I go to New Zealand, I am viewed PRE DIABETIC, and that's quite a different label than Diabetic.

Hope this helps.

Mallorca

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Cobia said:

I havnt worked out to quote yet.

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Cobia said:

Thanks i have a curly question to ask the forum....

How long does it take tobe able to put a link up?

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Cobia said:

Thanks for the warm welcome..

Just to add to my intro im a farmer in the mallee in Victoria.

Busy driving heavy machinery during the day.

I havnt worked out to quote yet.

One question was why so long to join.

There is a wealth of info here just reading peoples experiences and how it relates to what happened to me taught me a lot.

Which is no mean feat.

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