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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2081936" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>They sound like they did a c peptide test. First I would make sure to get copies of the tests they did so you can look up the results for yourself. I remember years ago having a thyroid test done and they told me I was normal but when I looked it up it wasn't in the normal the AMA recommends, nor was it even close to the best area. It turns out that the different medical groups here in America set their own standards. And then anywhere you live, those results are open to interpretation. </p><p></p><p>So you could be in the normal range, but on the lower normal side. So in case you have another test done you can also compare.</p><p></p><p>Plus I would suggest an antibody test for a type 1. Because a 19 BMI is unusual to get type 2 that young? People get it young, but they are usually overweight and I suppose if you have a strong family history of type 2, it could show up early.</p><p></p><p>But you also say your grandfathers side of the family has a history of diabetes, both types do run in families, but when you say grandfather, do you know if he was put on insulin? Because so many of us LADA type 1's were/are misdiagnosed as type 2 first. It's a slower developing form of type 1 (years) it is still misdiagnosed as type 2. So whoever had it on if your grandfathers side, if they were put on insulin, that would have been helping if they were a type 1and they might have just kept thinking it was type 2.</p><p></p><p>When things don't seem quite right I always like to make sure people keep an eye out for being a type 1 instead of a type 2, way too many of us have been misdiagnosed. I was for 9 years. Drugs etc will work at the beginning because as a LADA or type one you do make some insulin for a while, until you don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2081936, member: 475037"] They sound like they did a c peptide test. First I would make sure to get copies of the tests they did so you can look up the results for yourself. I remember years ago having a thyroid test done and they told me I was normal but when I looked it up it wasn't in the normal the AMA recommends, nor was it even close to the best area. It turns out that the different medical groups here in America set their own standards. And then anywhere you live, those results are open to interpretation. So you could be in the normal range, but on the lower normal side. So in case you have another test done you can also compare. Plus I would suggest an antibody test for a type 1. Because a 19 BMI is unusual to get type 2 that young? People get it young, but they are usually overweight and I suppose if you have a strong family history of type 2, it could show up early. But you also say your grandfathers side of the family has a history of diabetes, both types do run in families, but when you say grandfather, do you know if he was put on insulin? Because so many of us LADA type 1's were/are misdiagnosed as type 2 first. It's a slower developing form of type 1 (years) it is still misdiagnosed as type 2. So whoever had it on if your grandfathers side, if they were put on insulin, that would have been helping if they were a type 1and they might have just kept thinking it was type 2. When things don't seem quite right I always like to make sure people keep an eye out for being a type 1 instead of a type 2, way too many of us have been misdiagnosed. I was for 9 years. Drugs etc will work at the beginning because as a LADA or type one you do make some insulin for a while, until you don't. [/QUOTE]
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