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Am I an oddity ? Or a rarity? 1.5

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Jenny105

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At my first appointment I was told that there's no reason for the sudden rise in glucose levels - 98- The levels were fine for years before this. Classed initially as type 2 BUT suspect I'm Type 1.5 which wold involve insulin treatment .
Are there any rare 1.5s out there?
Not much food advice given apart from joining MyDesmond and to continue my sensible approach to eating ! Im allowed to eat my party food on Friday. including cake .
 
There seems to be two definitions of Type 1.5.
One is Type 1 diabetes with insulin resistance.
The other is also known as LADA. This is basically Type 1 diabetes diagnosed as an adult. It tends to come on slower with adults than children and is often misdiagnosed as type 2.
There are quite a few people on the forum with the latter and I suspect, as you were initially diagnosed as type 2, that is the one you are talking about.
Don’t be afraid of insulin. It is a life saver and lets us get on with our lives as normally as anyone without diabetes (apart from the injecting and testing).
 
helli said:
There seems to be two definitions of Type 1.5.
One is Type 1 diabetes with insulin resistance.
The other is also known as LADA. This is basically Type 1 diabetes diagnosed as an adult. It tends to come on slower with adults than children and is often misdiagnosed as type 2.
There are quite a few people on the forum with the latter and I suspect, as you were initially diagnosed as type 2, that is the one you are talking about.
Don’t be afraid of insulin. It is a life saver and lets us get on with our lives as normally as anyone without diabetes (apart from the injecting and testing).
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Hi interesting info.. thanks.
Insulin is fine. I seem to be quite detached and accepting about all this. The nurse gave me a testing kit to use at home daily. That will decide whether the Metformin is working or not.
If not its back to the drawing board with insulin. I assume from reading posts insulin can cope with a fairly normal diet which has advantages 😉.
 
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