I decided to change my Diabetic doctor as i discovered my usual gp ( now he has finished having heart attacks ) is a Diabetologist i figured it is easier to walk round the corner then to drive 40 miles
My usual visit to the DB department at the hospital lasts 2-5 mins and runs along the lines of, here are your results do you have questions...no ok bye. He is booked up months ahead and has no very limited time with each patient. I was told definitely T2, no GAD antibodies. So today my new doc had time to put his feet up and have a chat for 20 minutes about how things are going he also actually read through all the notes and test results of the last 18 months. It turns out the GAD test was positive for antibodies after all and with other considerations taken he informed me i'm a T1.5/LADA.
Not sure if i should be annoyed the results were not interpreted sooner, depressed because there is now no hope of coming off insulin in the future or happy that i now know whats what. On a positive note my cholesterol is down from 6.5(HDL 0.7) to 4.1(HDL 1.4).
My usual visit to the DB department at the hospital lasts 2-5 mins and runs along the lines of, here are your results do you have questions...no ok bye. He is booked up months ahead and has no very limited time with each patient. I was told definitely T2, no GAD antibodies. So today my new doc had time to put his feet up and have a chat for 20 minutes about how things are going he also actually read through all the notes and test results of the last 18 months. It turns out the GAD test was positive for antibodies after all and with other considerations taken he informed me i'm a T1.5/LADA.
Not sure if i should be annoyed the results were not interpreted sooner, depressed because there is now no hope of coming off insulin in the future or happy that i now know whats what. On a positive note my cholesterol is down from 6.5(HDL 0.7) to 4.1(HDL 1.4).