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Hello Susan

Hwllo Susan you should take the GTT (Glucose Tolerance Test) because that is how yiu can determine wehether you are Type 1 or Type 2. After your Type is determined then your doctor will know what treatment to prescribe. If you are Type 1 then insulin is a MUST!!! Type 1 diabetics cannot live without insulin. If you are Type 2 then you can take a medicine unstead of using insulin.

Those are good references you are reading and a low carb diet is a great isea. I am glad you are doing that! I am Type 1 and I have been using insulin for 63 years. I am very healthy because of my injecting insulin.

Eating that way may cause the diabetes to progress more slowly but it will still progress. That is why your Type needs to be determined immediately so you will know what type of treatment is necessary to keep you alive and healthy. I eat only 130 grams of carbohydrates per day. I also exercise every day. I test my blood sugar at least 10 times per day too. Tight control has kept me alive and well since my diagnosis in 1945. Good luck to you!

Richard

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