nannyb

[nannyb]

hi i am a new to this site ... and would like to know what a 1.5 diabetic is please .. i am type 2 thanks

 

[Steff]

Hi nanny welcome to the site, we have a few members here who are type 1.5 so they will be the best to tell you all about it, here is some info I found about it hope this helps for now http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_types/diabetes_type_15.php#axzz1C94w06lC

 

[chrismbee]

Hi nannyb and warmest welcomes to the forum.
A 1.5 is somewhere between a 1 (real) and 2 (pretend).
I also like living dangerously and enjoy winding people up.

Plenty of fellow 1.5's on this site - no doubt a more serious answer is on its way.

 

[AlisonM]

Hi nannyb and warmest welcomes to the forum.
A 1.5 is somewhere between a 1 (real) and 2 (pretend).
I also like living dangerously and enjoy winding people up.

Plenty of fellow 1.5's on this site - no doubt a more serious answer is on its way.

😱 Ignore the wind up merchant!

1.5 or Late Onset Diabetes in Adulthood (LADA) is basically slow onset Type 1 in which the pancreas gives up the ghost more slowly that in classic Type 1. We're often initially diagnosed as Type 2 because we can present with similar symptoms and histories. The main differnce as far as I can see is how fast the condition builds up, Type 2 is often ongoing for years before diagnosis whereas 1.5s seem to get ill much faster. Looking back I started to get ill about a year before I was diagnosed, but only got really sick about a week before I was carted off to the hostilepile.

 

[chrismbee]

😱 Ignore the wind up merchant!

See, it works😛

Humour is the best coping mechanism by far - and T2's are the easist prey

 

[Andy HB]

Hi nannyb and warmest welcomes to the forum.
A 1.5 is somewhere between a 1 (real) and 2 (pretend).
I also like living dangerously and enjoy winding people up.

Plenty of fellow 1.5's on this site - no doubt a more serious answer is on its way.

Welcome to the forum nannyb! 🙂

If you're new to diabetes too, (or even if you're not, I suppose!), have a look at the following link for starters .....

http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=10406

Andy

p.s. chrismbee, I'm giving my blunderbuss mkII a shine in preparation for the next time you transgress! 😉

 

[AlisonM]

See, it works😛

Humour is the best coping mechanism by far - and T2's are the easist prey

As we say in Scotland, "Hmmph"! And who are you calling a Type 2? I'm a rusty Russian car.

 

[Andy HB]

As we say in Scotland, "Hmmph"! And who are you calling a Type 2? I'm a rusty Russian car.

I always thought a LADA was where a scouser stored their tinned food. 🙄

 

[chrismbee]

p.s. chrismbee, I'm giving my blunderbuss mkII a shine in preparation for the next time you transgress! 😉

Result

As we say in Scotland, "Hmmph"! And who are you calling a Type 2? I'm a rusty Russian car.

Official term is a la-de-da .....