Thanks, from what I understand, and again it’s something for the doctor, that I’ll always be taking or injecting something so I guess I’m producing very little.
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Thanks, from what I understand, and again it’s something for the doctor, that I’ll always be taking or injecting something so I guess I’m producing very little.
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Get the results of the tests, with measurement units, and then post on here and someone will help you.
Thanks. She’s phoning Friday so I’ll ask them and let you know.
Are these results something the GP would have been sent? It may be quicker to speak to him?
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Possibly. Some drs think all type 2 will progressively get worse and need more. Whilst to some extent this has been typically true on past medical and dietary advice regimes many of us in here and elsewhere are proving that assumption wrong. It doesn’t have to be progressive for us all as a given.
Reducing carbs can reduce insulin resistance so the abundance of insulin many of us have then actually works properly. Of those that don’t produce so much it means what they do have is still sufficient because demand is reduced. For those that produce none at all having fewer carbs means insulin doses are typically smaller and more consistent and the associated risk of hypo is less if dosage is less. In this case whilst insulin is still used a lower hb1ac is the goal with less highs and lows giving a more level profile of bgl.
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(Warning not suitable as long as you are injecting insulin or taking insulin affecting medications) well in theory you could try to count the number of grams of carb you eat in each meal and never eat more than 30 grams of carbs in each meal and no more than 100 grams of carbs in total in a day, this works for many type 2 diabetics, But some have to go even lower... but try that first... but as you are now injecting insulin it can be dangerous , so maybe only do it in cooperation and with supervision from the diabetes team/ nurses that instruct you
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Nor did I . I found this that seems to give a reasonable explanation
IA-2 antibodies
Islet antigen-2 (IA-2), previously known also as ICA-512, is a major target of islet cell autoantibodies. The protein is found in neural tissue and cells of the pancreatic islets, and its gene has been localized to chromosome 2q35. The cDNA encodes a 979 amino acid transmembrane protein which is enzymatically inactive, and a related PTP-like molecule termed IA-2β or phogrin is also a major islet autoantigen whose location and intracellular domain are 74% identical to IA-2. Autoantibodies to IA-2 are present in up to 80% of children and adolescents at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Testing for IA-2A complements GADA measurement, since more than 90% of children have antibodies to at least one of these proteins at diabetes onset. IA-2A generally develops later in the process leading to type 1 diabetes and is therefore associated with more rapid progression. These antibodies do not persist as long following diagnosis as GADA, and are less common in patients who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes over the age of 30 years. They are therefore less useful than GADA for characterising diabetes in longer term or older patients.
