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Spontaneous Remission

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EwanBarr

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Hi

I've just came across this site and it's full of very useful information so I'd like to put something out there if that's ok.

I'm 37 and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in May 2013, this was after losing over a stone and having a serious thirst. For information I am 5ft 11" and was 13st 10 before losing the weight. I got put onto tablets but then the diabetes went into spontaneous remission. They took more tests one of which was an Anti Gad test. This confirmed that it wasn't Type 2 but in fact Type 1 and once the remission had passed I would be injecting.

I started injecting in September but over the past 3 weeks it looks like I'm going back into remission and I've come off the fast acting and only on my basel insulin. My doctors told me that it will pass and my levels will go up again and will start injecting once again.

Has anyone else had this experience? and what was you told by your doctor? I find it quite frustrating that there's nothing that can be done to prolong the remission.

Any help and information would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Ewan
 
Hi Brian, i too am lada and had to go onto insulin right away. I was diagnosed a year ago and had a very brief period where i was able to reduce my insulin but it didn't last long. Good luck with it all it is quite confusing but you can help your bg a lot with carb control which will maybe help reduce the amount of insulin you have to take. I am no expert though, and am always grateful to the other members of the forum who are always ready to answer any questions

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Yes, agree with the others. Unfortunately, we don't know how to stop the autoimmune destruction of the beta cells. Some researcher's suggest that the process takes place in a series of loss and regain of some beta cells, lose a bit , regain a bit but not as much as you had before , then a bit later lose some more. Eventually this results in true insulin dependence (however, there is a silver lining, I've found control far easier in the last couple of years than when I was first diagnosed and started using insulin ; far fewer hypos)
There have been some trials of drugs aimed at stopping the process but nothing seems to have been very successful.
 
Hi Brian
You may well be in a honeymoon period. I too am recently diagnosed a LADA also known as late onset T1. I gather that it is,very difficult to manage. My levels are up and down for no reason. For instance yesterday after breakfast as 12.9 very good for me and with only a couple of,cups of tea was 21.9 before midday meal. I am on Humalog mix which I take twice a day but my DSN is looking at introducing something to help control my "midday" levels.

I am trying to keep to a good,diet etc so am doing my bit, I just hope that we can work this out, but will probably be when my honeymoon is over.



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Brian_H said:
It sounds like you fall into Type 1.5 (someone else may correct me on this if I'm wrong).

Basically the beta cells in the pancreas are dying/being destroyed, but some are still functional. As you lose weight, the remaining cells may be able to produce enough at times, because body fat likes/needs insulin, so the less body fat, the lower the requirement for insulin.

But the process of beta cell death is unlikely to stop :(


edit: welcome to the forum btw, I only joined recently too.
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Hi Brian

Many thanks for the information, much appreciated
 
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