Re: Shock/LADA

[Guest guest]

Well, hmmmmm I'll have to do a little more reading on this. I was

undiagnosed for at least five years, during which time I was not

overweight. Then my eyes went completely nuts on me and I couldn't work

anymore because flourescent lights burned me. So then I spent 18 months

seeing 12 doctors in the context of a worker's comp case - all of the

doctors agreed that my eye problems could not arise other than in an

industrial setting. None of the doctors ever even pricked my finger.

Comp case settled. They can't have the money back. I went home to stay

out of flourescent lights for about a year, gaining weight the whole

time, and then a periodontist told me I probably had diabetes and should

be tested. Prior to dx I lost 30 lbs. for no reason, had plenty of

neuropathy symptoms - etc.

The point here is that the weight gain was a result of inactivity and

too much food, the diabetes was well under way before the weight gain.

I tried to find some info on this GAD test, but it all came up some kind

of anxiety disorder - is that right?

CarolR

whimsy2 wrote:

> Carol...LADA stands for " latent autoimmune diabetes in adults " .

[Guest guest]

No, GAD has nothing to do with anxiety, Carol.

It stands for glutamic acid decarboxylase. If you do a google and put

in " GAD test diabetes " (without the quotes) you'll get lots of hits.

Here's a link to one of them.

http://www.ohiohealth.com/healthreference/reference/B444170C-26F6-49DF-92AC12B7A\

858173C.htm?category=9720

When I had it done, the results made it abundantly clear that I was LADA

type 1. Lab normal was 0.00 to 1.45 and mine came back 34.28.

Vicki

Re: Shock/LADA

>

> Well, hmmmmm I'll have to do a little more reading on this. I was

> undiagnosed for at least five years, during which time I was not

> overweight. Then my eyes went completely nuts on me and I couldn't

> work

> anymore because flourescent lights burned me. So then I spent 18

> months

> seeing 12 doctors in the context of a worker's comp case - all of the

> doctors agreed that my eye problems could not arise other than in an

> industrial setting. None of the doctors ever even pricked my finger.

> Comp case settled. They can't have the money back. I went home to

> stay

> out of flourescent lights for about a year, gaining weight the whole

> time, and then a periodontist told me I probably had diabetes and

> should

> be tested. Prior to dx I lost 30 lbs. for no reason, had plenty of

> neuropathy symptoms - etc.

>

> The point here is that the weight gain was a result of inactivity and

> too much food, the diabetes was well under way before the weight gain.

>

> I tried to find some info on this GAD test, but it all came up some

> kind

> of anxiety disorder - is that right?

>

> CarolR

>

> whimsy2 wrote:

>> Carol...LADA stands for " latent autoimmune diabetes in adults " .

>

[Guest guest]

I found it. Thanks, Vicki. I also found an article in Diabetes Health

talking about LADA and Type 1.5 being different. I think my history -

at least as of the time of dx - actually looks more like 1.5, but as you

said before, now that I'm on insulin there may be no point in

investigating this any further. My darlin' doctor has already refused a

C-peptide test, and I'm sure if I asked for something as esoteric as a

GAD antibody test he would start yelling at me again. So, I'm seeing

him on 12/8, and don't want to upset him until after I've got a script

for Humalog in my hot little hand. THEN I'll insult the h out of him,

and start making appointments with different docs at the clinic.

Actually, that won't work either. Diabetes patients are only seen on

Wednesday, and guess who's on duty on Wed???? Yep, Dr. Dummy Dodo.

CarolR

whimsy2 wrote:

> No, GAD has nothing to do with anxiety, Carol.

[Guest guest]

Carol, see if you can find some kind of research study that would give you

all the test results you need. That's how I got my C-peptides. My doctor

wouldn't order them even though I said I'd be paying for them.

Gretchen