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It does sound like  Late on -set  Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults.(LADA)
There is quite a lot of information on the net worth looking at.  I hope you
get to grips with your diet.  I guess at my daughter's age 8, we don't need
to consider fat content and sugar content quite so much as she is thin and
skinny but I guess when she gets older she will she will have to take this
into account, as all adults should really, I have just eaten a small
chocolate bar!!.


Jackie,
England
Mum of Sasha aged 8 dx 1999, twin sister Rebecca, both coeliac 2001
Mum also to Danni and Nicola, wife to Terry


> I am 49 years old, always been thin.  Since my diagnosis I have put on
> weight but I'm still not heavy enough to say I am overweight.  The first
> year I guess they assumed it was Type 2 because of my age.  We tried all
> meds and diet but my numbers kept getting higher and higher.  They finally
> realized I had to be on insulin.  Within a year I was up to 4 plus
> injections a day.  Guess I should have explained that.
> Thanks for your reply.
> Ginny

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