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<blockquote data-quote="In Response" data-source="post: 2490991" data-attributes="member: 527103"><p>Welcome to the club [USER=553100]@BongoSam[/USER]</p><p>You have got some great advice from [USER=372207]@Antje77[/USER] . I agree with here that you sound very much more T1 than t2 especially with the sudden weight loss and sudden thirst.</p><p>Once you get the appropriate diagnosis, things will become clearer but you won't necessarily need a c-peptide or GAD test to get a T1 diagnosis. I would recommend pushing if they quickly classify you as t2 based on your age but there are some of us who were diagnosed with T1 as adults without the need for further blood tests because it was so obvious.</p><p>Once you have more certainty, you can start managing your diabetes. There are two important parts to that sentence</p><p>- you will <strong>manage</strong> not control diabetes. There are so many things which can affect our blood sugars that we should not expect to get it right all the time.</p><p>- you will manage <strong>your</strong> diabetes. We can read website after website, book after book, forum after forum, research paper after research paper but you are not managing the average person's diabetes. We are all different and very few of us are average. We weight more or less, we exercise more or less, we have more or less stressful jobs and lives, we may have other conditions to manage, we have different bodies, lifestyles and minds.</p><p></p><p>This is why some of us with Type 1 find a lower carb diet easier and some of us find the lowr carb diet more challenging. it is not always "personal preference". It is what our mind and body needs.</p><p></p><p>I could ramble on for pages but you will have enough to read so I will finish with the advice not to expect to learn everything on day one ... or ever. Scientists are continuously learning more about diabetes and engineers are continuously designing new tools to help with the management.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="In Response, post: 2490991, member: 527103"] Welcome to the club [USER=553100]@BongoSam[/USER] You have got some great advice from [USER=372207]@Antje77[/USER] . I agree with here that you sound very much more T1 than t2 especially with the sudden weight loss and sudden thirst. Once you get the appropriate diagnosis, things will become clearer but you won't necessarily need a c-peptide or GAD test to get a T1 diagnosis. I would recommend pushing if they quickly classify you as t2 based on your age but there are some of us who were diagnosed with T1 as adults without the need for further blood tests because it was so obvious. Once you have more certainty, you can start managing your diabetes. There are two important parts to that sentence - you will [B]manage[/B] not control diabetes. There are so many things which can affect our blood sugars that we should not expect to get it right all the time. - you will manage [B]your[/B] diabetes. We can read website after website, book after book, forum after forum, research paper after research paper but you are not managing the average person's diabetes. We are all different and very few of us are average. We weight more or less, we exercise more or less, we have more or less stressful jobs and lives, we may have other conditions to manage, we have different bodies, lifestyles and minds. This is why some of us with Type 1 find a lower carb diet easier and some of us find the lowr carb diet more challenging. it is not always "personal preference". It is what our mind and body needs. I could ramble on for pages but you will have enough to read so I will finish with the advice not to expect to learn everything on day one ... or ever. Scientists are continuously learning more about diabetes and engineers are continuously designing new tools to help with the management. [/QUOTE]
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