[boomtheroom]

its been about 8 weeks since diagnosed t1, first few weeks was on insulin ,constantly reducing insulin cause was having hypos, till for the last month up till now havnt been on any insulin, I have a fasting bg of 4-4.9 mmol but can be between 7-14mmol after meals, all autoantbody tests have come back negative, gad,ia2 etc. so im thinking im not type one at all ,neither type 2 cause of my small size ,young age, 31 and not insulin resistant, only thing left is the mody forms of diabetes, which suck, cause all the upcomming trials for cures etc are for type one, And mody being a gene defect, there is no way in my lifetime there will ever be a cure, so i guess im left waiting for the pancres to packup and get back on the injectons <

anyone else know a mody diagnosed person, if so were u initally diagnosed as type 1?

[shabbie6247]

hi boomtheroom,
i'm puzzled at the lack of antibodies because you would otherwise present as a type 1/1.5. however its not unheard of for young people who are of normal weight to develop type 2 early (i believe this is what you refer to as MODY? mature onset diabetes in the young) (someone correct me if i'm wrong here btw!)

i would suggest the main things to concentrate on right now are the foods you eat and monitoring of the effects of those foods on your BG's. if your BG's are higher after meals then look at the type of foods you consumed in that meal, was it high in carbs or fat?

[shabbie6247]

it would appear i was wrong in my assumption of mody!

quote from wikipaedia

"Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) refers to any of several rare hereditary forms of diabetes mellitus due to dominantly inherited defects of insulin secretion. As of 2004, six types have been enumerated, but more are likely to be added. MODY 2 and MODY 3 are the most common forms. The severity of the different types varies considerably, but most commonly MODY acts like a very mild version of type 1 diabetes, with continued partial insulin production and normal insulin sensitivity. It is not type 2 diabetes in a young person, as might erroneously be inferred from the name."