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Type 1 or 2?

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PLEASE READ ive apparently been type 2 diabetic since 5 years, i did well,lost over 3 stones, on my own accord! Also to keep the docs happy. went every year to see the diabetic nurse.. beginning of this year however i started toget smaller ,and i mean smaller.. i was eating everything that i could caught my eyes on, and i was still loosing weight.. found out in the last year i had keytones in me, anyhows, im nowon insulin, ive put 10 pounds on,, i feel great, more of an advice, but can someone tell me am i type 1 or 2 now, or am i. The samexxthank you v much
 
Get it checked .... no one here could possibly tell you
 
You need to see your doctor and ask him. Do you know if you have had the correct tests? A test called the C-Peptide is the usual test to see if you are Type 1.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
A test called the C-Peptide is the usual test to see if you are Type 1.
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This isn't really correct. All a cpeptide test tells you is whether you are making insulin. An insulin dependent type 2 diabetic may not be making any insulin. An honeymooning type 1 diabetic will be making insulin. If it shows no insulin is being produced a cpeptide test doesn't tell you anything about why not - it's the why not that is the key question in determining type of diabetes.
 
Wow this sounds familiar. I have been told by my GP I am type 2, but as yet I've not been told how it is that I lost so much weight so quickly before I found out I was diabetic.
At the start of this year over a four and a half month period I lost a stone in weight, 3 inches around my waist, while everyone I speak to loves this for me it has been quite alarming.
My GP seems to be more focused on getting my glucose levels down from being a touch high to semi normal but I would very much like to understand how this has all come about so suddenly.
I wasn't overweight and never have been, no one in my family has ever suffered from this before, everything I read or hear is based solely on this. I can't be that much of a freak surel
 
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