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they diagnosed me last year with LADA.

originally, I was misdiagnosed with t2, then t1. who knows what I am, as long as there is a pill or insulin to help it.

I was diagnosed with diabetes when I became pregnant. I first was sick constantly, in and out of the hospital, with blood poisoning (from hitting my thumb), chronic pain, infections, etc. then I was told I was pregnant. apparently, the pregnancy made my diabetes so bad that someone finally noticed I had it.

I was a bit overweight at the time, but then, I had no diet knowledge, and ate massive carbs and sugar, and tried to drink like the rest of my alcoholic college friends. I was constantly in the bathroom, and very unhealthy. thats why they diagnosed me as type 2.
as I became pregnant, I started to loose mass amounts of weight. in fact, I gained about 5 lbs during my pregnancy, because I lost so much during it. I am normally, about a size 5-6, and after having my baby I was a size 3. I honeymooned for a bit, and then got to the point where I was jumping rope three times a day to control my blood sugar.
I was diagnosed as a MODY, and put on metformin, then back on insulin, then on actos as well, and suffered through IBS symptoms because of it. then suddenly my doctor sprang on me that I wasn't a MODY after all, that I was really a LADA, because I had no insulin resistance, I just didn't produce much at all, if any, any more.

the thing is, I have no clue how long I have had this, I can't pin point anything in my life to lead towards suddenly 'getting' it. but I can say that all through my childhood, I remember getting horrible symptoms of low blood sugars, and thinking it normal. It effected my life so much that I hated sports and gym class, and avoided it like the plague. no one ever checked me, to see what was wrong. I was always just the whiny crying child.

I do remember, though, that after my appendix ruptured when I was ten, that I gained a ton of weight afterward, until my body readjusted to not having one. the doctors told us that would happen though. I was a chubby kid for a year afterward, then either because of a growth spurt or whatever, became quite skinny again. but it was from then on that I remember getting the low blood sugars, after exercise, or first thing in the morning.

which surprises me that I am now diagnosed as a LADA, because it sounds more like I was a MODY, to me. but my doctor is quite determined that I am specifically a LADA after the c-peptide tests.