"No, that's LADA. It is a slow form of type 1. MODY is a form of type 2. His uncle may have had LADA, who knows? If he had sky-high blood sugars and poor control, he may have well had LADA. There are some simple tests for LADA that look for anti-bodies attacking the pancreatic cells. But some researchers believe that thin people do not really have type 2. I tend to believe it too because type 2 improves so much with weight loss."

Yeah, he's about at the bottom of his weight scale at 136 - can't imagine him being much skinnier.

"Good luck with the tests! "

Thanks!

I did the run on Tuesday. I had the peach on Thursday. The worst day of symptoms was Friday - I was too tired to even take a reading until 11PM, but by then my BG was 86.

On Sunday I was feeling better, but I recorded BG of 64 at 10AM, 5:50PM, and 6:50 PM. I didn't eat on Sunday until 5:50PM, except for a teaspoon of coconut milk in water at 11AM and an "African elixir" herb tea with rooibos at 2PM.

Monday I had a crash in the middle of the day. My BG was 72 at 1PM and 67 at 1:20PM. I felt better after going outside and going shopping with my mother and the kids. At 6:30PM I had my first meal (forgot to check levels) and at 7:30 BG was 69. I felt reasonable - a bit tired but not imploding. At 10:50 BG was 79 and I was crashing. But I recovered and felt fine till bedtime around 12:30.

My appointment is tomorrow. I'm dreading the GTT - I'm afraid it's going to knock me out for days. I haven't had that much sugar in about 2 years. I don't just have crashes with sugar, I have horrible stomach cramps, nausea, headaches and dizziness.

You should have them check your insulin levels too, not just blood sugar. Also, you're supposed to about 120 grams of carbs for 3 days before a GTT. You might want to postpone if you haven't geared up for it.

You're effing kidding me. No effing way.

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/...ow-carb-caveat/

I think your results might be off if you don't get your body geared up for it properly. How about eating some yams, bananas, dates and that sort of thing for a few days? You can stick to paleo at least.

I think Atkins mentions this in his book too.

I don't see how a peach could have had an effect so long after it was metabolized. A 1 hour post prandial BG of 69 is very low. I hope the doc can find a reason because I know you are doing everything you can do to eat a healthy diet that is timed for your body.

I'm not sure if you need to carb up for your GTT because they aren't looking for diabetes and high blood sugars. Carbing up would prevent an erroneous abnormal high, but I'm unsure of how it will affect the low readings. You insulin levels should be of more interest because of your chronic lows.

Good luck on the test and I hope it isn't too horrible.

I went to the doc (actually she's a nurse practitioner; we avoid MDs as much as possible). She was totally not worried. They checked my BG there (it was about 9AM) - it was 115. I tried immediately with my kit and it only showed 95, so maybe I've been getting low readings. But at any rate, it was much higher that morning. Probably since I ran the half-mile to the doctor's office.

She said there's no way I'm going to get diabetes, and I'll just have to live with the occasional episode of fatigue, etc. She didn't think it was a sign of anything worse. No GTT or any more tests - she thinks a lot of tests are a waste of time.

Here's hoping it continues to get better on its own!

You need a new meter, mikee! If my meter was 20 points off I would be in big trouble.

Mike didn't metnion the best part - the doc thought that intermittent fasting was absolutely the correct way to handle the problem (that's what he's learned through trial and error). I was surprised, but she recommends it for her Type II's.

Janine

Wow! That's a heck of a good doctor!

I just told my boss about it because he's having a hard time controlling his BG but he's very motivated. He was a political prisoner and is no stranger to fasting so I thought IF might be up his alley. He's going to try it! I need to give him an article, if anyone has suggestions.

How about the one DR. Eades posted in his blog that got us all excited?

IF will work for some diabetics, but not for others. Some have high fasting BG levels and need small amounts of food during the day to stimulate their pancreas to make insulin. They can even have higher BGs by eating nothing. I know it sounds weird, but it is true.

I am not surprised. Being hypoglycemic lc and IF have been the utmost in controlling my issues. I am on the road to type 2 so I am hoping that IF and LC can prevent the onset. Good luck to y'all.

I do believe that the best way to do this and control your glucose/insulin issues is you need to do LC.