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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 323452" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. There are many people who are diagnosed with or unwittingly have LADA. It is a form of T1 (late onset T1) that comes on after several years or more of life and results from antibody destruction of the Pancreas islets. Increasingly researchers are finding that at least some of the 15-20% of T2s who are not overweight and who perhaps suffer weight loss at diagnosis are actually LADAs. Treatment is similar to T2s, but progression to insulin will be faster and inevitable. Gliclazide is in some ways preferable to Metformin as the first tablet to take as it stimulates the pancreatic cells; the ones that remain which can vary. I believe I may have LADA same as Phoenix but the NHS is reluctant to do the two relevant tests i.e. c-peptide and GAD due to cost or ignorance. You seem to have good diabetic support which makes you very lucky! Hopefully your specialist will do the two tests but the main thing is regular HBa1C tests perhaps every 3 months and to use your meter to see how your blood sugars change.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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