insulin shots, or only low-carb diet?

[Oksana-sk]

Was it a fasting (or eating low carb) c-peptide test as anything above 0.3 ng/ml is normal? (A normal result is between 0.3 to 3.3 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL)) It is something to ask a diabetes specialist. Does your endocrinologist specialise in diabetes? I had to drink a glucose drink for mine.

yes, c-peptide was fasting
I drank a glucose drink 8 months ago, that’s how I found out that my results are borderline, not yet diabetes, but no longer the norm

 

[DCop]

Ironically I think an advantage with this disease, for those who take it seriously, is you can be a lot healthier than the general population. We think about food, exercise and medication daily and getting the balance right. I’m 10 years in at the age of 65 and think I’m in a far better place physically than I would have been.

I totally agree. I’m 63 and six years in. I eat much better, exercise (walk five miles a day), and feel much younger now than I did before I had diabetes. All the effort has considerable advantages.

 

[rayq81]

I was diagnosed as LADA exactly a year ago, I have managed with a change in diet and exercise and my readings are still good so far without insulin but I do take Metformin, I suggest a talk with your doctor and they will suggest the best treatment for you, I will need insulin eventually but am managing well without it so far.