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<blockquote data-quote="MEValentijn" data-source="post: 2056251" data-attributes="member: 498395"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This is pretty good, usually considered borderline diabetic or well-controlled.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Urea and electrolytes in blood, basically checking kidney function.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It looks like normal is <5, so that seems to be very elevated. It's the most common cause of Type 1 diabetes</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This should be around 15 or lower, so it's also elevated. It's less common, but people with this antibody usually have the GAD antibody too.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Normal seems to be 250 or higher, so you're probably producing plenty of insulin.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">You might not need to inject insulin at all for now, though almost certainly will eventually, since it can take a while for the antibodies to do enough damage to make you insulin dependent. You probably do need some monitoring so it doesn't sneak up on you when you stop producing, or if you get an infection and things go wonky temporarily. But you can talk to your doctor about whether the insulin is necessary at this point.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MEValentijn, post: 2056251, member: 498395"] [FONT=Arial]This is pretty good, usually considered borderline diabetic or well-controlled.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Urea and electrolytes in blood, basically checking kidney function.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]It looks like normal is <5, so that seems to be very elevated. It's the most common cause of Type 1 diabetes[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]This should be around 15 or lower, so it's also elevated. It's less common, but people with this antibody usually have the GAD antibody too.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Normal seems to be 250 or higher, so you're probably producing plenty of insulin.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]You might not need to inject insulin at all for now, though almost certainly will eventually, since it can take a while for the antibodies to do enough damage to make you insulin dependent. You probably do need some monitoring so it doesn't sneak up on you when you stop producing, or if you get an infection and things go wonky temporarily. But you can talk to your doctor about whether the insulin is necessary at this point.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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