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Type 1.5/LADA Diabetes
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<blockquote data-quote="desidiabulum" data-source="post: 1957516" data-attributes="member: 39515"><p>Hi [USER=497389]@WhiteCat27[/USER]. I was diagnosed MODY nearly 9 years ago and DN said I would be on insulin within 12 months -- she's still wrong! Some MODY types respond well to gliclazide. If it has had little effect and your BGs are still sky-rocketing despite dietary changes it does sound a lot like LADA, and insulin would be the obvious step (if you're not responding to gliclazide I don't see why they would be worried about your response to insulin). One cautionary note re MODY diagnosis: I have been given 3 different types of MODY diagnosis over the years, and now 2 different doctors at the clinic are writing completely different descriptions of my condition. My attitude has always been to act according to what treatment works rather than what will clearly be an unending struggle to get a definitive diagnosis. The number of MODY variants and diabetes 'types' continues to increase every year. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="desidiabulum, post: 1957516, member: 39515"] Hi [USER=497389]@WhiteCat27[/USER]. I was diagnosed MODY nearly 9 years ago and DN said I would be on insulin within 12 months -- she's still wrong! Some MODY types respond well to gliclazide. If it has had little effect and your BGs are still sky-rocketing despite dietary changes it does sound a lot like LADA, and insulin would be the obvious step (if you're not responding to gliclazide I don't see why they would be worried about your response to insulin). One cautionary note re MODY diagnosis: I have been given 3 different types of MODY diagnosis over the years, and now 2 different doctors at the clinic are writing completely different descriptions of my condition. My attitude has always been to act according to what treatment works rather than what will clearly be an unending struggle to get a definitive diagnosis. The number of MODY variants and diabetes 'types' continues to increase every year. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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