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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LucySW" data-source="post: 1079414" data-attributes="member: 113749">Hi Luzan, At the risk of being a real real bore (i've said this twice already today), you don't sound like a Type 2, you sound like a late-onset Type 1. As Azure and Daibell say, do, do press for a GAD antibody test, which will show if you are in fact T 1. Many supposed T2s who keep losing weight and can't get their sugars down are in fact this kind of late-onset T 1. But it's quite a new discovery and many doctors don't know about it. Do press for a test. If you are T 1, without the right insulin regime you could get very sick. Not long term damage (that takes longer), but acutely sick / DKA. So do ask forcefully. If you're reducing your carbs and your BGs aren't going down, especially if you're losing weight, you're probably not Type 2.Update: As I say, it's the GAD antibody test you want to ask for. When this is positive, it shows that someone has antibodies to their own insulin, which means that an autoimmune process is going on - that the body's immune system is attacking its own insulin-producing cells. That's Type 1 diabetes. Good luck.</blockquote>

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