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Anyone Else a Type 1.5 on this Board?
| Thu, 01-22-2004 - 12:08am |
Hi all,
It's beena while since I've posted. Last month, I discovered that I am a Type 1.5 (or LADA) diabetic--something I'd never heard of before. After 5 frustrating years trying to control my blood sugar with increasingly poor results, my doctor tested me for GAD 65 protein--a marker for Type 1 diabetes. Apparently, 10-15 percent of Type IIs really have this "new" type of Diabetes. It differs from Type 1 in that people are older when they get diagnosed (over 30), and the loss of beta cells comes on over years not months like with many children who get Type 1. I've had to start insulin. It's been a challenge but the diagnosis has explained a lot about my symptoms and I don't feel so confused or discouraged.
It's beena while since I've posted. Last month, I discovered that I am a Type 1.5 (or LADA) diabetic--something I'd never heard of before. After 5 frustrating years trying to control my blood sugar with increasingly poor results, my doctor tested me for GAD 65 protein--a marker for Type 1 diabetes. Apparently, 10-15 percent of Type IIs really have this "new" type of Diabetes. It differs from Type 1 in that people are older when they get diagnosed (over 30), and the loss of beta cells comes on over years not months like with many children who get Type 1. I've had to start insulin. It's been a challenge but the diagnosis has explained a lot about my symptoms and I don't feel so confused or discouraged.
I'd love to talk to anyone else who thought they were Type II only to find out they weren't. I'd also like to hear from people who've been on insulin for a while and how they maintained their weight or took long trips. My family and I want to go to a remote part of Mexico for a month this summer, and the idea is daunting hauling insulin, etc.
Thanks for listening.
Alison

I'm on insulin and I take it 3x a day. It's really very easy to travel. I use one needle a day....sometimes for 2 days. So that already cuts down on the amount of needles you have to travel with. Insulin bottels are pretty tiny so they can fit in a purse or backpack w/o any problems.
Good luck!
Viki
Here is a reply from cl-maryfrances40 of this, the Diabetes board.