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If you have been diagnosed with diabetes (fasting blood sugar greater than 125 mg/dl) and suspect you may have Type 1 diabetes/LADA, get tested for glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GAD), islet cell cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ICA), insulinoma-associated 2 autoantibodies (IA-2), and zinc transporter 8 autoantibodies (ZnT8). It is important to get the full suite of autoantibody tests, not just GAD…

Do you find LADA confusing? Deborah Kimble, MSPH, CDE, and member of the Sanofi US CDE HELP Team, who is living with LADA, shares how it blends qualities of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Read her story on Discuss Diabetes here. Best, Laura K.

Dear Body,

I want to let you know how very much I appreciate you. Mom and Dad gave you a wonderful height and lovely dark brown hair with all its radiant hues. Over time, your eyes have grown greener like Mom's.

I recall fondly when you were young how you really enjoyed sprinting. You were very good at it. I also remember how amazing you looked in that emerald green dress that Mom made.

I often marvel at how you work. Your brain is amazing - how it computes, processes,…

Diabetic Living’s website has an informational slide show about Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) ("What is LADA?" by Caitlin Thornton) that is harmful and unscientific. Some of the information is correct, but much has no scientific or medical basis. Thornton is also the author of Diabetic Living’s “Could Your Type 2 Diagnosis be Wrong?” (Fall 2010),…

This week (October 18-24) is LADA…

The advent of antibody testing…

In the United States and Canada, literature about gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) refers to insulin resistance and the probability that a woman will at some point in her life develop Type 2 diabetes. The Canadian Diabetes Association states, “Women who have had GDM are at increased risk of developing subsequent type 2 diabetes later in life” and make no mention of the…

They are adults who come in droves to the diabetes online community; they write about how they are puzzled how they got Type 2 diabetes, when they are young and thin and athletic…

Here is the deal:

SS Correction 110-130=2 unit Novalog, 31-150=4, 151-170=6, 171-190=8, 191-250=10 and 250 and above=12

Bolus at 1:10 ratio additionally. That was a new adjustment from 1:15

Lantus - split 2 doses daily. 27 AM and 27 pm with increase of 1 unit each dose evvery 3 days.

I am counting my carbs closely, following instructions. and still OMG...

Started out this AM at 185.. prob from oversleeping. Took 8 units correction and added 3 units…

It is amazing the change in a few words can have on you. Tho, I have been diabetic for over 33 years, Type 2 was just fine. I have worked hard to keep my sugars in check. To have the doc explain to me what LADA was and what the change in diagnosis was going to mean to my life as I knew it produced a profound reaction. I had it in the back of my mind, I will exercise more, eat less, reduce the carbs even more.... the bargaining for health, but insulin would be a thing of the past. Insulin was…

Over the next year and a half after my son's birth, I was sick all the time. I tried to get back in to shape but I'd work out for a few days and then get a head cold or the flu again and again. Infections persisted. Vision changes persisted. Through a lucky break I got a family doctor in the winter of 2008. Fabe and I wanted two children and I thought it was better to have the second sooner and get over all the misery that was pregnancy and move on with my…

So there's a group on facebook who are trying to get type 1 diabetes renamed, i've heard this many times, and yes it does annoy me, although i understand these people have a right to their opinion. What really frustrates me is that these people are causing problems between the ranks and making those with type 2 to feel like utter crap! I've tried expressing my views and sticking up for type 2's and all ive had in response is being blocked from the group and made out to be a nasty person and…

There are many names for adult-onset Type 1 diabetes, including latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA)…