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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hunya" data-source="post: 403314" data-attributes="member: 76353">This may sound like an academic question, but to me it may be practical.I want to know what a GAD antibody does after it has destroyed all of the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.  Basically, I have only recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes but have off-the-scale quantities of GAD antibody in my blood, so it sounds as though there is a very limited lifespan of my insulin producing cells (certainly glyclazide was ineffective at squeezing any insulin out of my pancreas so I had to resort to injections). Surely once the insulin producing cells have all gone, the antibodies would disappear, wouldn't they?  I need to know.The good news is that for the last three days I have taken no insulin and my blood sugar levels are normal!  I think it is all the exercise I have taken.I really hope to recover from type 1 diabetes.</blockquote>

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