Hi Everyone,
Diagnosed with T2 in 1978. Dieted, lost about 20 lbs, had normal normal weight and normal BGs until I was pregnant in 1988/89, which I expected. Was ok again until just under a year after my daughter was born. In those first few months when she was a baby, I had been diagnosed with Lupus (autoimmune).
For the D, I went from diet to tablets, which no matter which one I took, I had a bad reaction to, so I was put on insulin about 4 years ago, still with a normal c-peptide.
I hate the shots, so wanted a pump, but here, you can’t get consumables subsidised unless you’re a T1. I started asking for GAD testing, but my medical people said, ‘impossible’. A couple of weeks ago, my endo finally agreed. We also ran another c-peptide, which up to now had been within the normal range.
My GAD antibody test came back positive but negative on IA-2 antibodies. I had known about LADA for a long time and my test result truly surprised me because I do fit the profile for T2, always have! A little overweight, insulin resistance, high cholesterol (familial), familial T2 and so on.
I have zero undersanding of what the test results mean. I’m assuming this is done by titre? Do differernt result mean different things? Or if you’re positive, you’re positive, doesn’t matter about the number?
GAD Antibodies H 1011 u/ml (<10 is normal)
C-Peptide L 0.4 (0.5 - 1.0 is normal)
Is anyone familiar with this way of testing GAD Antibodies and whether the result is indicative of anything in particular? Is it usual with LADA to be at this level?
The other thing that interests me is that I must be having the longest honeymoon on record, if in fact I’ve had LADA since 1978. No one knows! The other option, of course is that I did have T2, and developed LADA around the same time I was diagnosed with Lupus. Could this make sense?
Anyway… would be grateful for any opinions, commentary, insight… and so on. At least now I can get a pump and subsidised consumables!
Cheers…
Sue