How to pursue potential misdiagnosis?

Catkysydney

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@mcdougall86 I am sorry to read about your struggles.
I am sure a confirmation would help both with your treatment and mentally.

I understand what you mean about your erratic readings looking at your HBA1c.
Do you have finger prick tester? Your HBA1c is a good indicator of an average of what has been going on for the last 3 months but not the reaction to different foods and exercise which may help you see patterns that you can take to your doctor.
You may find the free Libre trail useful to spot some trends.

Once you are able to show that your levels are high regardless of the medication you take, following a low carb diet and doing lots of exercise, for example (no ,it is not necessary to do all of these) your doctor of endo may take more notice.


Really? There are still people who struggle to convince their doctors for a C-Peptide test today and I think it is more common now than it was eight years ago.

My previous doctor has never heard of autoantibodies, then told me that I would never have type 1 because I am not a kid !
He was so stubborn and did not listen to me , then finally told me I don’t have diabetes.. he diagnosed me with type 2 diabetes five years ago .
I have found a new doctor …