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Comment by Peetie on October 18, 2011 at 1:53pm

Well, this is an old video but I decided to share it on Facebook in honour of LADA Awareness Week 2011. Joanne

Comment by Patra Philips on October 24, 2010 at 4:00pm

I was also misdiagnosed as type 2 in the fall of 2003. I didn't know anything about LADA so my "treatment" went on for 5 years before I got a correct diagnosis. I assumed my doctor knew what he was doing and I didn't question my treatment until I wound up in the hospital with sky-high levels and the attending physician suggested I get a C-peptid test... My doctor said I didn't need that test and that I just needed to be more diligent on watching what I ate. I was down to 98 pounds at this point. Granted, I'm only 5'1, but still... I changed doctors finally!

Comment by stacey on October 21, 2009 at 7:22pm

my endocrinologist told me 1.5 is for heavy poeple that does not make insulin cuz type 1 is for skinny poeple and type 2 is heavey poeple so the ones doesnt make insulin are not type 1.5

Comment by Khürt Williams on December 4, 2008 at 10:46am

@Katherine,
Type 1.5 does not really exist. LADA ( Latent Auto-Immune Diabetes in Adults ) is Type 1 diabetes that occurs in adulthood but is often misdiagnosed as Type 2.

Comment by Katherine on October 6, 2008 at 2:36pm

*Stupid question time*

So they (doctors) call it "type 1.5" because of the age at which you're diagnosed? Because you were once a "type 2," using oral medications to control your blood sugars. And now, then, a "type 1," b/c they've discovered that the antibodies are attacking the islet cells, confirming that you need insulin to manage your blood sugars? But instead of calling you a "type 1," they like "1.5," better?

Am I right? roughly?

Comment by Jim on August 12, 2008 at 5:12pm

Thank you Manny, I went through the same issues as you, when I was initially diagnosed in 2001 at the age of 28. I went through a progression of doctors both in Virginia and later in Northern Vermont before they finally figured out that I was not type 2 afterall. Seeing an endocrinologist that will run the appropriate tests in critical. The one that I saw in Virginia would not do it!!

Thank you for all your work with this site. Great job!!

Comment by Kristy on August 1, 2008 at 9:19pm

Great job Manny & Cherise( great article on LADA)!! I would like to see more GP's do at least a C-peptide if after the first 3-6 months of oral meds the patient does not respond with even slightly lower BG numbers. If only I knew then what I know now..

Comment by Diabetic_Iz_Me on August 1, 2008 at 7:02pm

Manny-

Nicely put!!! Good Job Manny.

Cherise