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Richard157 · 07-04-2009, 14:41

If you were Type 2 then your body would be producing insulin but not using it as well as a nondiabetic person. Therefore your blood glucose (BG) level a few hours after the test would show high but not terribly high since your own insulin would be working to some extent. If you were Type 1 then your body would not be producing insulin and your BG after the test would be very, very high.

Since you are not overweight and you eat healthy and exercise a lot then it is highly likely that you are Type 1. I will be very surprised if that is not your diagnosis, but it is still possible. If you are only prediabetic I don't think your BG would be going so high after eating like you described in your first message.

You are certainly doing the right things to control your condition. Your healthy eating, your exercise and your not being overweight sounds great!! I am assuming that you wait two hours after eating before testing. Did your doctor tell you to do that? He should have. Testing very soon after eating does not tell you anything, even a nondiabetic will have a higher BG very soon after eating. How long do you wait after eating before you test? What is your BG when you get up in the morning before breakfast? (That is called your fasting BG.)

I hope you are seeing an endocrinologist (diabetes specialist) so that your diagnosis will be accurate. Some doctors who are not so experienced with diabetes make incorrect diagnoses. I have an endocrinologist and a GP doctors. The endo for diabetes and the GP for my general health.

Anything that causes the pancreas to stop producing insulin will cause Type 1. People of all ages can therefore be diagnosed with Type 1. I have read of people in their 80's being diagnosed with Type 1. That may have been due to old age and the wearing down of certain organs in their bodies. I know a man who had pancreatic cancer and his pancreas was removed so he became Type 1 in his 70's. Certain illnessescan affect the pancreas enough that insulin production slows down and eventually stops. That causes Type 1. Type 1 is not always hereditary, many things can cause it and it can occur at any age.

~Richard

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Richard157 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kingston, NY Posts: 1,080	If you were Type 2 then your body would be producing insulin but not using it as well as a nondiabetic person. Therefore your blood glucose (BG) level a few hours after the test would show high but not terribly high since your own insulin would be working to some extent. If you were Type 1 then your body would not be producing insulin and your BG after the test would be very, very high. Since you are not overweight and you eat healthy and exercise a lot then it is highly likely that you are Type 1. I will be very surprised if that is not your diagnosis, but it is still possible. If you are only prediabetic I don't think your BG would be going so high after eating like you described in your first message. You are certainly doing the right things to control your condition. Your healthy eating, your exercise and your not being overweight sounds great!! I am assuming that you wait two hours after eating before testing. Did your doctor tell you to do that? He should have. Testing very soon after eating does not tell you anything, even a nondiabetic will have a higher BG very soon after eating. How long do you wait after eating before you test? What is your BG when you get up in the morning before breakfast? (That is called your fasting BG.) I hope you are seeing an endocrinologist (diabetes specialist) so that your diagnosis will be accurate. Some doctors who are not so experienced with diabetes make incorrect diagnoses. I have an endocrinologist and a GP doctors. The endo for diabetes and the GP for my general health. Anything that causes the pancreas to stop producing insulin will cause Type 1. People of all ages can therefore be diagnosed with Type 1. I have read of people in their 80's being diagnosed with Type 1. That may have been due to old age and the wearing down of certain organs in their bodies. I know a man who had pancreatic cancer and his pancreas was removed so he became Type 1 in his 70's. Certain illnessescan affect the pancreas enough that insulin production slows down and eventually stops. That causes Type 1. Type 1 is not always hereditary, many things can cause it and it can occur at any age. ~Richard __________________ "Yesterday is hisory, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift."....Eleanor Roosevelt Age 70. Type 1 for 64 years. Using a Minimed 522 pump. No complications. A1c = 5.6