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10-09-2009, 12:25 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lansing, Mi
Posts: 108
| | | New Test Results
My endo finally got back with my test results. My A1c has gone from 9.9 to 5.8.
The weird thing about this is that I have stopped taking post prandials, all I'm interested in are the spikes. Immediately before I eat and a 1 hour after I eat is all I care about.
I've reviewed my logs and realize that I've been on the meds for about 3 months. This is about what a diagnosis of A-, B+ would suggest. I hope this bodes well for going into remission even though I can't imagine ever changing my eating habits and not monitoring my blood sugar.
Thank You All for all the help in getting here.
Mike |
10-09-2009, 12:32 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
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Originally Posted by Rekarb  My endo finally got back with my test results. My A1c has gone from 9.9 to 5.8.
The weird thing about this is that I have stopped taking post prandials, all I'm interested in are the spikes. Immediately before I eat and a 1 hour after I eat is all I care about.
I've reviewed my logs and realize that I've been on the meds for about 3 months. This is about what a diagnosis of A-, B+ would suggest. I hope this bodes well for going into remission even though I can't imagine ever changing my eating habits and not monitoring my blood sugar.
Thank You All for all the help in getting here.
Mike | YAY! Great results. Good luck!
I am 8 mos post-diagnosis, I guess my beta cells are done recovering now. For now, I am running with very happy blood sugars, an A1c somewhere in the same neighborhood as yours, and no idea when I get my next C-peptide, but an A1c in about 6 weeks ... I guess I am A+ B-? Antibody positive, Beta cell deficiency?
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5% 
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
10-09-2009, 12:40 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,883
| | Splendid stats, Mike! Way to go! I've devolved to about the same place - it's the spikes I'm interested in. In fact, I'm waiting for my test hour to be up right now - tweaking the porridge again (almond meal & flaxseeds, sweetened with agave syrup this time).
(and I'm determined to try those shirataki noodles too, but haven't been able to find them locally. Asked my health food store lady yesterday & she acted like she didn't know what I was talking about . . .  )
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Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
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10-09-2009, 12:51 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Olive Branch,Ms
Posts: 306
| | | Great! Keep it up.
__________________ Retired 60
Lantus 20 units daily
Glucaphage 500x2 daily
Carvedilol 12.5 x 2 daily
Furosemide 40 mg daily
Benazepril 5mg daily
Aspirin 325mg daily
10/15/08 a1c 5.3
1/15/09 a1c 5.4
4/01/09 a1c 5.6
7/26/09 a1c 5.5
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10-09-2009, 12:55 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
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Originally Posted by Granny Shanny Splendid stats, Mike! Way to go! I've devolved to about the same place - it's the spikes I'm interested in. In fact, I'm waiting for my test hour to be up right now - tweaking the porridge again (almond meal & flaxseeds, sweetened with agave syrup this time).
(and I'm determined to try those shirataki noodles too, but haven't been able to find them locally. Asked my health food store lady yesterday & she acted like she didn't know what I was talking about . . . ) | Print off an ad for her and show it to her! Heck, HyVee has em!
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
10-09-2009, 01:07 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 1,226
| | | Fantastic numbers Mike very well done, keep up the good work.
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DX 8/2004
Current Meds
Metformin 500 mg
Ramipril 5mg
Aspirin 75mg
Simvastatin 20mg
2005/6 Getting my
Head around this
Condition.
07- HbA1C 5.2 ChOL 3.2
08- HbA1C 5.4 ChOL 4.2
09- HbA1C 5.5 CHOL 3.6 LDL 1.9 HDL 2.5
Triglycerides 0.60
Many people will try to tell you what you can’t eat with diabetes.
Most will be well-meaning.
Rather than compounding the problem by telling you what you should
eat, I’d recommend a simpler method, eat by your meter.
Buddy 7 Essex uk |
10-09-2009, 01:47 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,883
| | Sorry for OT - just reporting on the porridge tweak . . . Quote:
Originally Posted by Granny Shanny tweaking the porridge again (almond meal & flaxseeds, sweetened with agave syrup this time) | And no spike from agave syrup! Yea!
115 - immediately prior to eating
101 - 75 minutes later
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Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
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10-09-2009, 03:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lansing, Mi
Posts: 108
| | | I guess I am A+ B-? Antibody positive, Beta cell deficiency?
Linda
The cut off for c-peptide is .9. You would be A+ B+. Antibody positive and beta cell positive.
Mike |
10-09-2009, 07:14 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lansing, Mi
Posts: 108
| | | shirataki noodles
I get them at asian food stores where they are dirt cheap. If you do get some beware! They seem to do a good deal of swelling once you down them. Try a half cup for starters.
I've got the Agave syrup but haven't got around to testing on it. How much of it did you use?
Finally, my GP wants to test my lipids but he tacked on a bg test that I have to fast for 12 hours. ARRG! I hate those things and I haven't found any use for the test either. It records my DP. What good is that?
Mike |
10-09-2009, 07:14 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | Cutoff varies from lab to lab, I think mine was 1.1 but anyhoo, I do have an underlying beta cell deficiency, just not that much yet so ... spose technically you are right!
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
10-10-2009, 04:12 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 74
| | | Mike,
Congrats! That is great progress for only three months!
-Teala
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Parent to 4 yr old MODY3 (not expressing yet)
Diagnosed "borderline" diabetic at age 13 (1976)
Sequenced MODY3 (W267NX/N) by Exeter (2002)
Diet,exercise,herbs & acupuncture until pregnant in 2004
Sliding scale Humalog since Sep04, tried Byetta Dec08 
75% raw/Paleolithic diet since Mar09
Now only need Humalog w/cooked carbs 1-5 times/wk
Feb 2009 HbA1c: 6.1
Jun 2009 HbA1c: 5.9
Aug 2009 HbA1c: 5.8
Viva Green Smoothies!
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10-10-2009, 11:26 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 4,470
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Originally Posted by Rekarb The cut off for c-peptide is .9. You would be A+ B+. Antibody positive and beta cell positive.
Mike | My understanding is that C-peptide results may differ from lab to lab. Is that incorrect?
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10-11-2009, 01:46 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lansing, Mi
Posts: 108
| | | Sensitivity on test differs.
Not an expert on the c-peptide test but just from looking it appears that different tests have varying ranges. My reference of .9 had to do with the classification scheme for ketosis prone T2's. It states that B positive starts at .9 c-peptide. The how and why they picked that particular cutoff escapes me but it did involve a bit more than tossing darts at a board.
Mike |
10-11-2009, 09:38 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
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Originally Posted by Rekarb Not an expert on the c-peptide test but just from looking it appears that different tests have varying ranges. My reference of .9 had to do with the classification scheme for ketosis prone T2's. It states that B positive starts at .9 c-peptide. The how and why they picked that particular cutoff escapes me but it did involve a bit more than tossing darts at a board.
Mike | Mike that still is a YLMMV (your lab's mileage may vary  ). It all depends on where a sample falls, on THEIR standard curve.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
10-12-2009, 11:55 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lansing, Mi
Posts: 108
| | | Gee, I need to get this right. Are you telling me that a result of 1 on a c-peptide is different depending upon the lab? I can understand sensitivity, range and error but a result should be a result or it should be reported out as standard deviation or percent. What am I seeing when people report what their c-peptides are? This is confusing.
Mike |
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