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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 390643" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Hi Anita!</p><p></p><p>Poor you! Many of us on here have gone through the Type 2 misdiagnosis. It's really important to know if you have an autoimmune form of diabetes (Type 1 or LADA) or a metabolic form (Type 2) as it can change the treatment you might choose and it certainly changes the prognosis. I think your nurse is basically telling you that she believes you are still producing some of your own insulin and therefore you are not full Type 1, so she is suspecting you have LADA (sometimes referred to as Type 1.5). As others have said, though, you might just be Type 1 in the honeymoon period.</p><p></p><p>LADA is kind of like a really drawn-out progression into Type 1. It can take several years to progress to the point where you are producing very little or no insulin. I'm four years into that journey and i still produce some. One of the characteristics of LADA is being very sensitive to carb, so your BG goes high very easily and very sensitive to insulin so you only need tiny amounts. Seriously, 2.5g carb sends my BG up by 1mmol and 1 unit Apidra (the equivalent of your Novorapid) drops my BG by around 4mmol. It used to drive me crazy, but I've got used to it and got some control over it now. At the risk of upsetting people, I think LADA is more erratic than Type 1 and therefore more difficult to get consistent control over. However, in my experience, you don't seem to get the really serious lows that Type 1 can get - your body does kick in and correct hypos generally. You'll learn how much carb you need to correct hypos without going high eventually - and I'd put money on it that you won't need the 15g rapid acting carb followed by 10g slow-acting that is advised for Type 1s. 1 jelly baby (6g carb) corrects mine - any more than that and I overcorrect and end up in double-figures!</p><p></p><p>It's early days for you yet, so take it easy. Time will tell whether you are Type 1 or LADA and you are on an appropriate treatment for either.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 390643, member: 29301"] Hi Anita! Poor you! Many of us on here have gone through the Type 2 misdiagnosis. It's really important to know if you have an autoimmune form of diabetes (Type 1 or LADA) or a metabolic form (Type 2) as it can change the treatment you might choose and it certainly changes the prognosis. I think your nurse is basically telling you that she believes you are still producing some of your own insulin and therefore you are not full Type 1, so she is suspecting you have LADA (sometimes referred to as Type 1.5). As others have said, though, you might just be Type 1 in the honeymoon period. LADA is kind of like a really drawn-out progression into Type 1. It can take several years to progress to the point where you are producing very little or no insulin. I'm four years into that journey and i still produce some. One of the characteristics of LADA is being very sensitive to carb, so your BG goes high very easily and very sensitive to insulin so you only need tiny amounts. Seriously, 2.5g carb sends my BG up by 1mmol and 1 unit Apidra (the equivalent of your Novorapid) drops my BG by around 4mmol. It used to drive me crazy, but I've got used to it and got some control over it now. At the risk of upsetting people, I think LADA is more erratic than Type 1 and therefore more difficult to get consistent control over. However, in my experience, you don't seem to get the really serious lows that Type 1 can get - your body does kick in and correct hypos generally. You'll learn how much carb you need to correct hypos without going high eventually - and I'd put money on it that you won't need the 15g rapid acting carb followed by 10g slow-acting that is advised for Type 1s. 1 jelly baby (6g carb) corrects mine - any more than that and I overcorrect and end up in double-figures! It's early days for you yet, so take it easy. Time will tell whether you are Type 1 or LADA and you are on an appropriate treatment for either. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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