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<blockquote data-quote="ktm83" data-source="post: 974090" data-attributes="member: 79307"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I was also diagnosed with GD in my first pregnancy in 2012. I was very slim (always been a size 6-8), very athletic, 29 years old and hadn't gained any excess weight while expecting. I controlled it with diet BUT only because I learned to eat very very low carb. If I ate even half a piece of toast, my sugars would go up to 9+.</p><p></p><p>My GD didn't go away. Frustratingly, because I have been able to control my sugars so well with diet, I am constantly brushed under the carpet as a type 2 and nobody will test me for GAD antibodies. I'm convinced I'm type 1.5/LADA and my diet control has been keeping its progression slow. I am quickly losing the ability to control my sugars as well as I was with a no carb diet and my fasting sugars are consistently high now (only just above the recommended level, but I can see this is a steady worsening). I have to constantly balance my sugars by snacking on small things because if I go too long without eating, my sugars go up (even between meal times) and again, I can't even eat a meal with 10g carbs without going over 9mmol. Surely this isn't normal for type 2 diabetes at age 32 (in someone with zero risk factors)?! </p><p></p><p>I feel the only way to be taken seriously is to binge on carbs and have constantly very high readings, but I don't want to undo all the hard work I've been doing for the past 3.5 years!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ktm83, post: 974090, member: 79307"] Hi, I was also diagnosed with GD in my first pregnancy in 2012. I was very slim (always been a size 6-8), very athletic, 29 years old and hadn't gained any excess weight while expecting. I controlled it with diet BUT only because I learned to eat very very low carb. If I ate even half a piece of toast, my sugars would go up to 9+. My GD didn't go away. Frustratingly, because I have been able to control my sugars so well with diet, I am constantly brushed under the carpet as a type 2 and nobody will test me for GAD antibodies. I'm convinced I'm type 1.5/LADA and my diet control has been keeping its progression slow. I am quickly losing the ability to control my sugars as well as I was with a no carb diet and my fasting sugars are consistently high now (only just above the recommended level, but I can see this is a steady worsening). I have to constantly balance my sugars by snacking on small things because if I go too long without eating, my sugars go up (even between meal times) and again, I can't even eat a meal with 10g carbs without going over 9mmol. Surely this isn't normal for type 2 diabetes at age 32 (in someone with zero risk factors)?! I feel the only way to be taken seriously is to binge on carbs and have constantly very high readings, but I don't want to undo all the hard work I've been doing for the past 3.5 years! [/QUOTE]
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