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<blockquote data-quote="viv k" data-source="post: 970889" data-attributes="member: 110575"><p>Hi Jaxx, my journey started with an impaired glucose tolerance in my 1st pregnancy 20 years ago, then gestational diabetes 13 years ago. I was tested for GAD antibodies then, but at that time it came back negative. I was told that I was likely to get type 2 and had yearly blood tests. When my Hb1Ac started to climb, I was put in the type 2 box.</p><p>I have now been diagnosed as type 1 (at 53!) after a positive GAD test.</p><p>When we are tested during pregnancy, what is measured is HOW we deal with a glucose load, not usually what mechanism is causing us to have high blood glucose. The reason for having high blood glucose is either not making enough insulin (ie tending type 1) or insulin resistance (type 2). I would have thought that it would be useful to test everyone with high blood glucose for insulin sensitivity to distinguish between type 1 and 2, but it doesn't seem to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="viv k, post: 970889, member: 110575"] Hi Jaxx, my journey started with an impaired glucose tolerance in my 1st pregnancy 20 years ago, then gestational diabetes 13 years ago. I was tested for GAD antibodies then, but at that time it came back negative. I was told that I was likely to get type 2 and had yearly blood tests. When my Hb1Ac started to climb, I was put in the type 2 box. I have now been diagnosed as type 1 (at 53!) after a positive GAD test. When we are tested during pregnancy, what is measured is HOW we deal with a glucose load, not usually what mechanism is causing us to have high blood glucose. The reason for having high blood glucose is either not making enough insulin (ie tending type 1) or insulin resistance (type 2). I would have thought that it would be useful to test everyone with high blood glucose for insulin sensitivity to distinguish between type 1 and 2, but it doesn't seem to happen. [/QUOTE]
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