Adult Onset
If you were not a child when diagnosed, At what age and how did you find out?
My doctor seems to think I'm an odd case, But from what I can see adult onset isn't all that uncommon. I found out when I was pregnant with my dd at the normal glucose test at my OB appointment (I did tell them I had gestational diabetes with baby #2 and that maybe I should be checked earlier...they said no, but that bit them in the rear) Anyway, Just an hour or so after getting home from the OB appointment the ER called me and said get here ASAP! My blood sugar was almost 800.
So my new doctor walks in (cute as a button by the way...Old, but adorable lol) and tells me I have acute adult onset of type 1 diabetes. He continually kept telling me ITS NOT TYPE 2 and ITS NOT GESTATIONAL! You have it for LIFE! THIS IS NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY! *sigh*
My doctor seems to think I'm an odd case, But from what I can see adult onset isn't all that uncommon. I found out when I was pregnant with my dd at the normal glucose test at my OB appointment (I did tell them I had gestational diabetes with baby #2 and that maybe I should be checked earlier...they said no, but that bit them in the rear) Anyway, Just an hour or so after getting home from the OB appointment the ER called me and said get here ASAP! My blood sugar was almost 800.
So my new doctor walks in (cute as a button by the way...Old, but adorable lol) and tells me I have acute adult onset of type 1 diabetes. He continually kept telling me ITS NOT TYPE 2 and ITS NOT GESTATIONAL! You have it for LIFE! THIS IS NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY! *sigh*
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Permalink Reply by Jason on -
I was 18. It is not terribly uncommon. You could have some tests run to see if you have some of the hallmarks of Type 1, such as a c-peptide test, diabetes-related auto-antibodies, etc..
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Permalink Reply by nel on
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I was 42 1/2 . My Specialist mentioned a few years ago , that she diagnosed a lady with type 1 at age 65. A fellow I just met diagnosed at 55 ...I think , that the records show : more type 1-ers are diagnosed , who cannot call themselves juveniles.
Congrats on having a Doc as cute as a button ...be awere!! I had a Doc who was very good looking; my BP always went high in his office ;-)
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Permalink Reply by Robyn on -
I was 29yrs. I think I was diabetic a few years before that,right after I had my daughter I started to not feel so good..
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Permalink Reply by Terry Sondgeroth on -
OOps, I forgot to add my age. I was 27 when diagnosed, 29 now.
Nel Peach, He's not exactly a hotty, just very adorable in a grandpa kind of way lol. My dentist...on the other hand :)
I KNOW I was in DKA for at least a week before we knew what was going on. But all the signs I had could be attributed to pregnancy...thirst, fatigue, frequent urination, vomiting and stomach aches. All of that sounded normal to me, I just had them to the extreme.
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Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Donnell on -
i got mine at 44 went to doctor because i lost to much weight fast not from dieting. told me i was type 2 put me on metformin for 1 month went back to doctor my bg was sky high they put me on insulin did more tests and found out i had late onset or lada T1.5 I am now on the pump and have great control feel better than i have in years i could feel it the first time i took insulin.
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Permalink Reply by amy on -
Your story is identical to mine except I am T1. What is the difference between 1 & 1.5? My Endo wants me to pump. I haven't yet because the co-pay is $1500 for me. I might have to change my plan to one that covers 100% in Nov; open season.
amy:)
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Permalink Reply by NyJonesy26/Ken on -
I'm 19 and was diagnosed just a little more than a month ago with type 1.
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Permalink Reply by BarbraW on -
39 years old, diagnosed with Type 1 in March. Went in for a standard physical in November thinking I was in GREAT shape, only issue I had was some weight loss that I assumed was due to mountain biking a lot. But nooooo... fasting blood sugar came back at 319.
Local docs thought I was Type 2, I did a lot of reading, and eventually went to Joslin in Boston for a second opinion. They told me what I'd figured out for myself, I was Type 1. They didn't think it was overly rare at all - they said they'd diagnosed people in their 70s and 80s as Type 1, and as far as they were concerned it could happen at any age.
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Permalink Reply by Donna Heun on -
I was 34 years old. Four months after having our fourth child I had a sinus infection. That seemed to be my trigger. BGs were fine after he was born but not after the sinus infection. Fortunately the doctor didn't misdiagnose me as type 2 but knew immediately that I have type 1.
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