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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2380113" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hi [USER=540260]@25yokpt2[/USER] and welcome to the forums.</p><p></p><p>When I googled ketosis prone T2 I found this interesting article.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2154252-overview#a4" target="_blank">Ketosis-Prone Type 2 Diabetes: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology (medscape.com)</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>So I am assuming that you are antibody negative and beta cell function positive, though I agree with [USER=475037]@Marie 2[/USER] that a cpeptide test would be useful. (Hopefully they have already done one otherwise I would not expect them to have made the T2 diagnosis.) In any case, in your position I'd want to know the result for future reference. (If it turns out that you are in fact LADA this result would decrease in the future.)</p><p></p><p>But it seems that some people don't fit into a neat type of diabetes tickbox, so you have to wait and see what happens to your body as your treatment progresses and you get control of your sugar levels. I can cope with my diabetes, albeit T1, but would hate to have long term depression, and I suspect that dealing with your depression may have more impact on your life than anything else at the moment. Weight gain can be a symptom as well as a cause of T2 diabetes, and stress can raise blood sugars on its own, so you've got a fair number of factors to juggle when contemplating your health issues. Many T2 diabetics find that their weight goes down automatically in conjunction with controlling their blood sugars via a lower carb diet. But I agree with [USER=420515]@Seacrow[/USER] that your doctors are unlikely to be enthused by the prospect of a keto diet if you are ketosis prone. (Though some T1s do adopt a keto diet, and T1 diabetics are the ultimate in terms of ketosis prone diabetics.)</p><p></p><p>But please don't indulge in the blame game. No doubt your diet hasn't been great for the last couple of years, but that is unlikely to have caused your diabetes. T2s are typically overweight as a result of their illness. Your diabetes is caused by genetics and/or bad luck (the jury is still out on the cause of T1 if that is what you end up having). </p><p></p><p>Good luck. You're still very young and your whole life is ahead of you. You may or may not have to deal with diabetes as a permanent part of that life (not clear whether you'll need insulin permanently) but even if you do there are very few things which it will prevent you from doing. (This is where I typically bring up the maybe you don't want to be an astronaut comment). As regards life expectancy and complications, the treatment for diabetes is still improving drastically. If you take control of your blood sugar levels then there's no reason why you can't leave a long and healthy life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2380113, member: 372717"] Hi [USER=540260]@25yokpt2[/USER] and welcome to the forums. When I googled ketosis prone T2 I found this interesting article. [URL='https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2154252-overview#a4']Ketosis-Prone Type 2 Diabetes: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology (medscape.com)[/URL] So I am assuming that you are antibody negative and beta cell function positive, though I agree with [USER=475037]@Marie 2[/USER] that a cpeptide test would be useful. (Hopefully they have already done one otherwise I would not expect them to have made the T2 diagnosis.) In any case, in your position I'd want to know the result for future reference. (If it turns out that you are in fact LADA this result would decrease in the future.) But it seems that some people don't fit into a neat type of diabetes tickbox, so you have to wait and see what happens to your body as your treatment progresses and you get control of your sugar levels. I can cope with my diabetes, albeit T1, but would hate to have long term depression, and I suspect that dealing with your depression may have more impact on your life than anything else at the moment. Weight gain can be a symptom as well as a cause of T2 diabetes, and stress can raise blood sugars on its own, so you've got a fair number of factors to juggle when contemplating your health issues. Many T2 diabetics find that their weight goes down automatically in conjunction with controlling their blood sugars via a lower carb diet. But I agree with [USER=420515]@Seacrow[/USER] that your doctors are unlikely to be enthused by the prospect of a keto diet if you are ketosis prone. (Though some T1s do adopt a keto diet, and T1 diabetics are the ultimate in terms of ketosis prone diabetics.) But please don't indulge in the blame game. No doubt your diet hasn't been great for the last couple of years, but that is unlikely to have caused your diabetes. T2s are typically overweight as a result of their illness. Your diabetes is caused by genetics and/or bad luck (the jury is still out on the cause of T1 if that is what you end up having). Good luck. You're still very young and your whole life is ahead of you. You may or may not have to deal with diabetes as a permanent part of that life (not clear whether you'll need insulin permanently) but even if you do there are very few things which it will prevent you from doing. (This is where I typically bring up the maybe you don't want to be an astronaut comment). As regards life expectancy and complications, the treatment for diabetes is still improving drastically. If you take control of your blood sugar levels then there's no reason why you can't leave a long and healthy life. [/QUOTE]
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