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<blockquote data-quote="Japes" data-source="post: 1637617" data-attributes="member: 277410"><p>Having been a text book morbidly obese, non-exercising 50 year old when diagnosed with an Hba1c of 140, Type 2 seemed obvious. (Though, I did query the massive weight loss of 4 stone pre-diagnosis then...) "You can't be Type 1 at your age and weight." the doctor informed me, and when I countered that with "My dad was diagnosed Type 1 at 65?" I was told I was wrong.</p><p></p><p>However, now a healthy weight which has been stable for well over a year, and an equally stable Hba1c which had been in the 50s since three months in, (over two years now) despite no change to my LCHF way of eating, and my 7 - 10 miles of walking most days, I've struggling to get bloods below 10 , Hba1c is now in the 80s and weight is beginning to dip again. As I kept saying in the early days - "I'm really not trying to lose weight..."</p><p></p><p>I'm on one last attempt with meds before the doctor does the tests to check if I'm really a mis-diagnosed Type 1 - but this time I have a doctor who is sensible, believes my data on my bloods spreadsheet, walking records and food diary, ( the previous one told me I was too obsessive) and wants to get this sorted as much as I do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Japes, post: 1637617, member: 277410"] Having been a text book morbidly obese, non-exercising 50 year old when diagnosed with an Hba1c of 140, Type 2 seemed obvious. (Though, I did query the massive weight loss of 4 stone pre-diagnosis then...) "You can't be Type 1 at your age and weight." the doctor informed me, and when I countered that with "My dad was diagnosed Type 1 at 65?" I was told I was wrong. However, now a healthy weight which has been stable for well over a year, and an equally stable Hba1c which had been in the 50s since three months in, (over two years now) despite no change to my LCHF way of eating, and my 7 - 10 miles of walking most days, I've struggling to get bloods below 10 , Hba1c is now in the 80s and weight is beginning to dip again. As I kept saying in the early days - "I'm really not trying to lose weight..." I'm on one last attempt with meds before the doctor does the tests to check if I'm really a mis-diagnosed Type 1 - but this time I have a doctor who is sensible, believes my data on my bloods spreadsheet, walking records and food diary, ( the previous one told me I was too obsessive) and wants to get this sorted as much as I do! [/QUOTE]
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