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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 1220165" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. Normally having a lot of excess weight would imply T2 and make T1 unlikely. As [USER=32394]@catapillar[/USER] says, loss of weight unexpectedly (and also not being much if any overweight to start with) are T1 indicators. That was my situation. I think [USER=212123]@tpaz[/USER] experience may be an exception rather than the rule as the c-peptide test is a key test for insulin levels but I'm sure it sometimes goes wrong and the actual results can only be interpreted as 'too low' or 'too high'. The unexpected loss of weight is due to the body burning fat or protein instead of carbs due to lack of insulin and a c-peptide test should show a low reading as mine did. It is of course possible to have insulin resistance and lower c-peptide due to islet cell destruction thru excess blood sugar i.e. a mix of conditions. I suspect if you can reduce the remaining excess weight (well done so far) and hence insulin resistance you may find your blood sugar comes into the normal range. LADAs may often have blood sugars in the 20s before insulin starts despite taking all the tablets. If your sugars are regularly in the teens you might want to ask for a c-peptide test. Ref how common is Late onset T1 I would suggest that a good proportion of 'T2s' who are not overweight at diagnosis ( around 15% - 20%) may actually be T1 but I can only guess?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 1220165, member: 21149"] Hi. Normally having a lot of excess weight would imply T2 and make T1 unlikely. As [USER=32394]@catapillar[/USER] says, loss of weight unexpectedly (and also not being much if any overweight to start with) are T1 indicators. That was my situation. I think [USER=212123]@tpaz[/USER] experience may be an exception rather than the rule as the c-peptide test is a key test for insulin levels but I'm sure it sometimes goes wrong and the actual results can only be interpreted as 'too low' or 'too high'. The unexpected loss of weight is due to the body burning fat or protein instead of carbs due to lack of insulin and a c-peptide test should show a low reading as mine did. It is of course possible to have insulin resistance and lower c-peptide due to islet cell destruction thru excess blood sugar i.e. a mix of conditions. I suspect if you can reduce the remaining excess weight (well done so far) and hence insulin resistance you may find your blood sugar comes into the normal range. LADAs may often have blood sugars in the 20s before insulin starts despite taking all the tablets. If your sugars are regularly in the teens you might want to ask for a c-peptide test. Ref how common is Late onset T1 I would suggest that a good proportion of 'T2s' who are not overweight at diagnosis ( around 15% - 20%) may actually be T1 but I can only guess? [/QUOTE]
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