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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1614609" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>[USER=373519]@justadad[/USER] </p><p>From [USER=32394]@catapillar[/USER] further up:</p><p></p><p>"</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Antibody testing. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease, so they can test to see if you have the antibodies associated with type 1. There are 4 or 5 identified antibodies. The most commonly tested for is GAD. If you are GAD positive you are definitely type 1. But if you are GAD negative that doesn't necessarily mean you aren't type 1. About 25% of type 1s are GAD negative.</li> </ol><p>"</p><p></p><p>Waiting for a definitive answer from a T1 but I would guess that it is likely that your son is one of the 25% not GAD positive. [Thinks - was he tested for the full range of antibodies or just GAD?]</p><p></p><p>I am assuming he had a serious blip in insulin production (hence the diagnosis) but has recovered somewhat and has a partially functioning pancreas. Just had a quick search and there is loads about the honeymoon phase but nothing obvious about how to confirm that you are T1 in the honeymoon phase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1614609, member: 6467"] [USER=373519]@justadad[/USER] From [USER=32394]@catapillar[/USER] further up: " [LIST=1] [*]Antibody testing. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease, so they can test to see if you have the antibodies associated with type 1. There are 4 or 5 identified antibodies. The most commonly tested for is GAD. If you are GAD positive you are definitely type 1. But if you are GAD negative that doesn't necessarily mean you aren't type 1. About 25% of type 1s are GAD negative. [/LIST] " Waiting for a definitive answer from a T1 but I would guess that it is likely that your son is one of the 25% not GAD positive. [Thinks - was he tested for the full range of antibodies or just GAD?] I am assuming he had a serious blip in insulin production (hence the diagnosis) but has recovered somewhat and has a partially functioning pancreas. Just had a quick search and there is loads about the honeymoon phase but nothing obvious about how to confirm that you are T1 in the honeymoon phase. [/QUOTE]
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