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- Type of diabetes
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A year after T1/LADA diagnosis with that whopper of an HbA1c, my Endo repeated my GAD, IA2 and ZnT8 antibody tests before Christmas to see how I am getting on; I dropped to non-diabetic range within 3 months and have stayed that way by refining my low carb diet, exercise and glucose hacks (Glucose Goddess - Jessie Inchauspé), and have stayed off insulin, I am no doubt enjoying the honey-moon.
The results are in and I just wondered if anyone else had honeymooned this way, and how long you stayed off insulin, (I know, I know, but I'm interested!), and what should/could I ask the Endo when he calls to discuss next month?
GAD was 220.8 - now 83.1
IA2 was 1164.1 - now 255.7
ZnT8 was 895.6 - now 1422.9
I had been on insulin for a week when the originals were done, not ideal and could have skewed the results, but can't change that now! I had already stopped taking insulin before the results came in a couple of weeks later because I was hypo-ing on minimal amounts.
Over Christmas I tested my pancreas with a few treats after my usual minimal carb meals, eg. salad and cold meats; tiny stollen bite or mini mince pie (c. 12g carbs) with a big dollop of greek yogurt, BG went higher than usual (up to c.8) but back down quite quickly; and the thinnest slice of Christmas cake (only with a measly iced top), about 25g carbs (which is huge in one go for me!) did produce the quickest biggest spike up to 11.5, but back down without any other intervention, and today I had a slice at lunchtime instead of at dinner time (still so much left to eat!), and then went out for a fast-paced 25 minute walk and no remarkable spike at all (c.8); using Libre. So I can see that higher carbs do send my BG up substantially, but the old endogenous insulin is still hanging on in there!
My 30 day average BG, according to Libre, is better than the 90 day average, including the increased treats over the last 3 weeks, Libre has been pretty accurate for me, HbA1c in December predicted 5.2%, it was 5.3%; now estimating 5.1%.
Not entirely sure where I am going with this, but thoughts, based on experience would be really appreciated because Dr. Google is a black hole of nothing when it comes to LADA that doesn't start with being in hospital with DKA and straight onto insulin
The results are in and I just wondered if anyone else had honeymooned this way, and how long you stayed off insulin, (I know, I know, but I'm interested!), and what should/could I ask the Endo when he calls to discuss next month?
GAD was 220.8 - now 83.1
IA2 was 1164.1 - now 255.7
ZnT8 was 895.6 - now 1422.9
I had been on insulin for a week when the originals were done, not ideal and could have skewed the results, but can't change that now! I had already stopped taking insulin before the results came in a couple of weeks later because I was hypo-ing on minimal amounts.
Over Christmas I tested my pancreas with a few treats after my usual minimal carb meals, eg. salad and cold meats; tiny stollen bite or mini mince pie (c. 12g carbs) with a big dollop of greek yogurt, BG went higher than usual (up to c.8) but back down quite quickly; and the thinnest slice of Christmas cake (only with a measly iced top), about 25g carbs (which is huge in one go for me!) did produce the quickest biggest spike up to 11.5, but back down without any other intervention, and today I had a slice at lunchtime instead of at dinner time (still so much left to eat!), and then went out for a fast-paced 25 minute walk and no remarkable spike at all (c.8); using Libre. So I can see that higher carbs do send my BG up substantially, but the old endogenous insulin is still hanging on in there!
My 30 day average BG, according to Libre, is better than the 90 day average, including the increased treats over the last 3 weeks, Libre has been pretty accurate for me, HbA1c in December predicted 5.2%, it was 5.3%; now estimating 5.1%.
Not entirely sure where I am going with this, but thoughts, based on experience would be really appreciated because Dr. Google is a black hole of nothing when it comes to LADA that doesn't start with being in hospital with DKA and straight onto insulin