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Kevin.61

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I was admitted to hospital with diabetes in 1991, without any blood tests to determine if I was type1 or type 2 I was put straight on insulin and was treated as type 1 for 27 years then after blood tests I was told I was type 2 after all this time.
Should I have been put straight on Insulin ir should they have carried out some tests to determine what type of diabetic I was/am.
I have never reacted like the regular person with type 1 and sent to see many differant diabetic specialists even one in London and I live in South Wales.

Kevin
 
I am not sure what tests were available in 1991.
I was diagnosed about 15 years later and there was no mention of GAD or c-peptide for me.
I was diagnosed as Type 1 because I was "too slim to have type 2".
I realise now how unscientific that was but, thankfully, it worked for me.

Questioning what was done 27 years ago probably has little value as things have changed since then. For example, today, it seems type 2 is assumed rather than Type 1.
 
Kevin.61 said:
I was admitted to hospital with diabetes in 1991, without any blood tests to determine if I was type1 or type 2 I was put straight on insulin and was treated as type 1 for 27 years then after blood tests I was told I was type 2 after all this time.
Should I have been put straight on Insulin ir should they have carried out some tests to determine what type of diabetic I was/am.
I have never reacted like the regular person with type 1 and sent to see many differant diabetic specialists even one in London and I live in South Wales.

Kevin
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Perhaps more importantly are you happy with your ability to manage your diabetes as of now?
 
I don't think there was any (or much) testing back then and I don't think they were interested, it seemed to be a question of you were 'type 1' if you were very young, or 'type 2'or 'type 2 on insulin'. I remember them telling my Mum, 'anything over 30 ish and it's type 2' and that is how it stayed for many years. Even now they seem to think along those lines. No wonder all the subsequent surveys said 'type 2' was a condition that got worse, I'm sure it did when people were constantly misdiagnosed. No chance to go into remission as a type 2 (once on insulin, always on insulin).
 
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