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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 2285615" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. I suspect all our LADA stories will be different as destruction of the beta cells can have different causes and different time-scales. It's not just antibodies, of which GAD is just one, that can cause beta cell death as viruses are also a known cause. I believe I had a virus shortly before my DB appeared as I had a high white cell count and mild abdominal ache with no known cause. My own private GAD at age 50 was negative and my private C-Peptide had a result at the low end of the range. 5 years late (last year) another C-Peptide showed a result just abouve the T1 limit. So, my honeymoon has been around 8 years! I was diagnosed as T2 due to ignorance by both my diabetes GPs. My lovely DN last month agreed to do another NHS C-Peptide and said that knowledge of db types has changed a lot in recent years. I would like to see DUK etc categorise any diabetes that shows low insulin output as T1 and db where the patient is overweight and high C-Peptide as T2. I believe the C-Peptide test is quite low cost so should be given wherever there is any doubt about the diagnosis. BTW I'm still listed as T2 in my records but on Basal/Bolus and always been slim.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 2285615, member: 21149"] Hi. I suspect all our LADA stories will be different as destruction of the beta cells can have different causes and different time-scales. It's not just antibodies, of which GAD is just one, that can cause beta cell death as viruses are also a known cause. I believe I had a virus shortly before my DB appeared as I had a high white cell count and mild abdominal ache with no known cause. My own private GAD at age 50 was negative and my private C-Peptide had a result at the low end of the range. 5 years late (last year) another C-Peptide showed a result just abouve the T1 limit. So, my honeymoon has been around 8 years! I was diagnosed as T2 due to ignorance by both my diabetes GPs. My lovely DN last month agreed to do another NHS C-Peptide and said that knowledge of db types has changed a lot in recent years. I would like to see DUK etc categorise any diabetes that shows low insulin output as T1 and db where the patient is overweight and high C-Peptide as T2. I believe the C-Peptide test is quite low cost so should be given wherever there is any doubt about the diagnosis. BTW I'm still listed as T2 in my records but on Basal/Bolus and always been slim. [/QUOTE]
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