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I'm new here and would like to say hi.

I was diagnosed type 1 in Jan 2012, after a stressful time in my life, aged 34. My hba1c was 9 and I had quite acute symptoms so was prescribed Levemir long acting insulin not long after that. I also switched to a low carb high fat diet and started exercising more. I lost a lot of weight and my blood sugar started going too low, so was advised to stop injections and go on gliclizide. A year later I was able to stop all meds. The jury is still out on what "type" I am!

It's been quite a journey and at times almost too overwhelming. I've reached a point of acceptance, but it's still a struggle. It'd be nice to get to know people on here and share advice and stories.

All the best
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HI laurel, quite a journey, is that a typo on your HbA1c 9 or is that 9% as some use the mmol number as I'm 62 or 7.8%?
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Hi laurel
 
Hi and welcome to the forum. An interesting journey you have had.
 
Hi Laurel. Welcome to the forum.🙂
 
Welcome from a fellow T2 whose 16 months in.
 
Hi Laurel
Welcome aboard, that's quite the rollercoaster! I was diagnosed type 1 at 40 after an extremely stressful series of life events, it's amazing the impact of stress on the body. I hope they're still monitoring you closely just to make sure you're staying safe without meds. That must be mind blowing, going from insulin, to oral meds then to nothing, I think my brain would have imploded 😱 given that it takes some concerted effort to come to terms with type 1 and the daily grind of insulin, so well done keeping your marbles in the marble run 🙂
 
Thank you @KookyCat for your kind words, it has been traumatic to say the least. I am monitored every 6 months at the surgery and I test regularly myself. My last hba1c was 5.3 (34 I think). I follow a specific diet and try to keep my post meal levels below 7, except with the odd treat, but never go mad with carbs or sugar.

Thanks for sharing your experience and well done for getting through it! It's good to hear about others with a similar story i.e age at diagnosis and after stressful events - makes me feel less alone! Yes, I think the stress certainly highlighted my diabetes, which in a way was a good thing.

Thanks again 🙂
 
Hi Laurel, welcome to the forum 🙂 A very interesting story, and a good outcome 🙂 Have you ever been tested to see if you have one of the rarer forms of diabetes? When you were on levemir, what sort of doses were you on? My story is also a bit strange - I was diagnosed aged 49 about 18 months after a very stressful time, which (with hindsight) is when symptoms began. I ended up in A&E, diagnosed Type 1 and put on lantus and novorapid. However, 4 years after diagnosis I had reduced the lantus to zero and haven't needed it for four years now - I still need novorapid with meals though. So, it seems my pancreas has recovered to some extent, and it's possible/seems apparent that yours has, even more so! 🙂 My HbA1c has always been in the 5% range, except for diagnosis when it was 11.8% 😱
 
Welcome Laurel. Interesting to hear your story which is similar to Nrtherner's.
Did they use an antibody test to determine that you had T1?
Until I came on here I had not been aware of so many variations of Diabetes.
 
PS. There is a meet up in London on Saturday. Great if you can make it, otherwise there are to there during the year. Have a look on the general message board where the info is pinned to the top of the list.
 
Its like Halle Berry all over again - she 'cured' herself of Type 1 by following some ridiculous diet and now doesnt have to take insulin or anything!
Actually, she was a T2, who presented in a way that used to be known as 'Tiger' diabetes, that looks like T1, and would only respond to being treated with insulin, then when under control, the need for insulin disappeared and she was back to being a D&E T2 - sounds very like your story, I think.
 
Hi Laurel. Welcome to the forum.
 
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