Hi all,
I am a newly diagnosed type 1 as of last week. I actually think what I have is LADA. My Endo just calls it Type 1 and says regardless of what you have it all ends the same, which is being completely insulin dependent. Right now my numbers are just pre-diabetic but he found a small amount of GAD antibodies. I know I have some sort of window before all of my Beta cells are killed off and I want to take advantage of that to get into trials, try drugs that have helped in studies, or whatever else.
My endo is more of a "if it has not been proven to help I won't prescribe it" type of guy. If you are from this area do you have an Endo that you recommend? One that would be willing to try some things with me and see if there is any way to delay or prevent the inevitable. I appreciate any advice.
I have been trying to find some way to send a PM to people here but no luck so far, so hope this method of reaching out is appropriate.
Thanks,
Ben
I am a newly diagnosed type 1 as of last week. I actually think what I have is LADA. My Endo just calls it Type 1 and says regardless of what you have it all ends the same, which is being completely insulin dependent. Right now my numbers are just pre-diabetic but he found a small amount of GAD antibodies. I know I have some sort of window before all of my Beta cells are killed off and I want to take advantage of that to get into trials, try drugs that have helped in studies, or whatever else.
My endo is more of a "if it has not been proven to help I won't prescribe it" type of guy. If you are from this area do you have an Endo that you recommend? One that would be willing to try some things with me and see if there is any way to delay or prevent the inevitable. I appreciate any advice.
I have been trying to find some way to send a PM to people here but no luck so far, so hope this method of reaching out is appropriate.
Thanks,
Ben