# Type 1 & LADA **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/7.md?page=57 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 58 --- ## [The "Sugar Sponge"](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-sugar-sponge/1110)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-sugar-sponge/1110 "2017-06-01T03:03:30Z")
An interesting concept in blood glucose control involves polymer chemistry: --- ## [Smart Insulin Made Using Red Blood Cells?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/smart-insulin-made-using-red-blood-cells/1036)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/smart-insulin-made-using-red-blood-cells/1036 "2017-05-30T18:10:26Z")
This seems like a pretty cool technique, though of course it's in mice. They essentially bound insulin molecules to a glucose-analog called glucosamine, and the whole ensemble acts like a smart insulin that operates when… --- ## [Is Type 1 diabetes linked to gut bacteria?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/is-type-1-diabetes-linked-to-gut-bacteria/1044)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/is-type-1-diabetes-linked-to-gut-bacteria/1044 "2017-05-25T13:58:44Z")
This interesting research from Joslin research center on mice shows strong links between the two. What I like most abt this research direction is that they are already jumping from mice to men: Diabetes researchers h… --- ## [Need advice from breastfeeding T1 moms](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/need-advice-from-breastfeeding-t1-moms/1022)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/need-advice-from-breastfeeding-t1-moms/1022 "2017-05-25T04:25:53Z")
Hello! I'll try to make this long story short. I was diagnosed with LADA a year ago, got pregnant and just delivered baby 3 weeks ago. I was on insulin by 26 weeks into the pregnancy (needed it before then but took me a … --- ## [Not usually a buzzfeed fan, but the service dog story is too good](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/not-usually-a-buzzfeed-fan-but-the-service-dog-story-is-too-good/1042)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/not-usually-a-buzzfeed-fan-but-the-service-dog-story-is-too-good/1042 "2017-05-25T01:25:43Z")
--- ## [Was getting excited, until the 8th paragraph](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/was-getting-excited-until-the-8th-paragraph/1020)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/was-getting-excited-until-the-8th-paragraph/1020 "2017-05-24T20:35:25Z")
--- ## [What does unlimited mean for you?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-does-unlimited-mean-for-you/1013)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-does-unlimited-mean-for-you/1013 "2017-05-22T19:32:58Z")
I've been wondering about the notion of not being limited by diabetes and what that means. For instance, I would think it a horrible shame if my son could be an Olympic swimmer or something and we dissuaded him because… --- ## [What are these for?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-are-these-for/983)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-are-these-for/983 "2017-05-20T14:11:33Z")
So, in every box of infusion sets they include two of these and I can't figure out what they are for. When I tug on the blue wings attached to an infusion set, the blue wings are non-removable. There are no instruction… --- ## [Flatliners (kind of) for the night](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/flatliners-kind-of-for-the-night/971)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/flatliners-kind-of-for-the-night/971 "2017-05-19T16:07:27Z")
This is about as good as we can ever expect seeing for the next X number of years, and it's only a partial shot, but I wanted to add it. No, it's not "flat flat"...but it's flat for our son! lol. It was such a good ni… --- ## [Frustrated with the rollercoaster](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/frustrated-with-the-rollercoaster/958)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/frustrated-with-the-rollercoaster/958 "2017-05-18T02:05:53Z")
My son is getting a little sick, again... We are trying to manage the ups and downs (we have had a lot lately) a little closer to avoid the cyclical action. And we just had a decent night where we had an exercise indu… --- ## [The end of the honeymoon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-end-of-the-honeymoon/960)
**Author:** [@Irish](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Irish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-end-of-the-honeymoon/960 "2017-05-17T21:47:29Z")
One of the crazy-making aspects of managing this disease is not being able to predict it. One of the aspects that I've found most curious is this concept of a honeymoon period. I'd be curious to hear from others who h… --- ## [T1 with insulin resistance](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t1-with-insulin-resistance/935)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t1-with-insulin-resistance/935 "2017-05-16T13:30:13Z")
I laughed out loud when I read that! 15g carbs for me means 15-20 units, depending on time of day😭 --- ## [Two vigilance errors through lack of sleep](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/two-vigilance-errors-through-lack-of-sleep/892)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/two-vigilance-errors-through-lack-of-sleep/892 "2017-05-12T01:29:12Z")
@Chris just started an interesting thread about vigilance error. Something happened to us two nights ago that I also wanted to share, interestingly also about vigilance but for another reason. Two nights ago my son … --- ## [Short-term Peaks in Glucose Promote Renal Fibrogenesis Independently of Total Glucose Exposure](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/short-term-peaks-in-glucose-promote-renal-fibrogenesis-independently-of-total-glucose-exposure/816)
**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/short-term-peaks-in-glucose-promote-renal-fibrogenesis-independently-of-total-glucose-exposure/816 "2017-05-14T21:09:46Z")
Short-term peaks in glucose promote renal fibrogenesis independently of total glucose exposure by Polhill, TS; APJ-Renal; August 2004 …In summary, this study provides evidence that short-term repeated exposure to high-… --- ## [Stay Safe Out There - Vigilance error](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stay-safe-out-there-vigilance-error/890)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stay-safe-out-there-vigilance-error/890 "2017-05-12T05:06:08Z")
Even though you know you should be vigilant at all times, delivering a variable dose mutliple times a day, can sometimes lead to a screw-up or two. This is our first "big" screwup in quite a while. We only caught it wh… --- ## [Bioengineering of an Intraabdominal Endocrine Pancreas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bioengineering-of-an-intraabdominal-endocrine-pancreas/896)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bioengineering-of-an-intraabdominal-endocrine-pancreas/896 "2017-05-12T01:51:05Z")
Report of a successful islet cell transplant into the omentum of a 43 year old woman with a 25 year history of T1 diabetes. Upside is obviously it worked without having to implant the islet cells into the liver. Downsid… --- ## [FU Diabetes!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fu-diabetes/860)
**Author:** [@DuckFiabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/DuckFiabetes)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fu-diabetes/860 "2017-05-11T12:10:40Z")
Happy Hump Day everyone! @DuckFiabetes aka Anthony Hightower here. T1D going on 34 years. Dx'd at the age of 13 in 1983. I love the smell of purified pork in the morning. Love the idea of FU Diabetes. It's right up my a… --- ## [What can reasonably be expected from family?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-reasonably-be-expected-from-family/840)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-can-reasonably-be-expected-from-family/840 "2017-05-10T13:28:51Z")
I'm wondering what folks on here with littles reasonably expect from other family members who spend time with your kids. My parents were here for my older son's 5th birthday party. We had to run some errands and so we a… --- ## [Sticking the landing](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sticking-the-landing/841)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sticking-the-landing/841 "2017-05-10T01:07:40Z")
Sometimes you have bad days. And then other days, your kid eats a giant croissant covered in matcha frosting from a fancy bakeshop (So San Francisco!) , monkey bread and a carton of milk and you stick the landing!! Crazy… --- ## [Breastfeeding May Confer Protection Against Type 1 Diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/breastfeeding-may-confer-protection-against-type-1-diabetes/815)
**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/breastfeeding-may-confer-protection-against-type-1-diabetes/815 "2017-05-09T20:29:31Z")
Fatty acid status in infancy is associated with the risk of type 1 diabetes-associated autoimmunity by Sari Niinistö; Diabetologia; Pub Online: 04 May 2017; DOI: 10.1007/s00125-017-4280-9 Conclusions/interpretation … --- ## [Gosh Diabetes is Fun at Night](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gosh-diabetes-is-fun-at-night/798)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gosh-diabetes-is-fun-at-night/798 "2017-05-09T03:47:01Z")
3 Days, 3 Different Results. Sure, we can parse out why, mostly chalked up due to exercise differences, but man this is a fun disease. :slight\_smile: Through somewhat sleepy eyes after getting up to help treat the l… --- ## [Flat top but not on the bottom :-)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/flat-top-but-not-on-the-bottom/752)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/flat-top-but-not-on-the-bottom/752 "2017-05-06T15:47:02Z")
My son did not get a hormone peak yesterday, for once (probably one of three days since he started puberty). Here goes (MDI, Dexcom, Lantus/Novolog): \[image\] I don't think he broke 120 :slight\_smile: I am posting t… --- ## [LADA diagnosis in NFL takes 6 months](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/lada-diagnosis-in-nfl-takes-6-months/736)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/lada-diagnosis-in-nfl-takes-6-months/736 "2017-05-05T19:53:05Z")
Recently, @Eric focused a thread on questioning why pediatricians don’t test kids’ BG more often, resulting in delayed diagnoses. This story is even more shocking. It took Jay Cutler 6 months to get diagnosed with typic… --- ## [T1 mortality rates](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t1-mortality-rates/224)
**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t1-mortality-rates/224 "2017-05-02T22:54:12Z")
I’m currently on my phablet, so it makes editing and providing citations a bit difficult. I’ll provide some counterpoints as time allows throughout the day. Let’s start w/ “Myth: As far as diseases go, Diabetes isn’t th… --- ## [Fiasp](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiasp/628)
**Author:** [@drpepper68](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/drpepper68)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiasp/628 "2017-04-27T20:37:25Z")
Does anyone have access to get the new Fiasp? I want to try some real bad. It's only in Europe and Canada though. Can anyone hook me up? --- ## [Good, bad, or indifferent](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-bad-or-indifferent/500)
**Author:** [@Irish](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Irish)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-bad-or-indifferent/500 "2017-04-25T20:27:15Z")
What would you say to a patient who achieved an A1 C of 4.7 looking like this? \[image\]\[image\] As you might imagine, I was roundly scolded by my nurse practitioner today. The main concern was insulin stacking, resulti… --- ## [Epidemiology and Etiology of Type 1 Diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/epidemiology-and-etiology-of-type-1-diabetes/589)
**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/epidemiology-and-etiology-of-type-1-diabetes/589 "2017-04-23T19:59:02Z")
Handbook of Diabetes, 4th Edition, Excerpt #5: Epidemiology and aetiology of type 1 diabetes http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/handbook-of-diabetes-4th-edition-excerpt-5-epidemiology-and-aetiology-of-type-1-diabetes/ T… --- ## [A Clinical Screening Tool Identifies T1 in Adults](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-clinical-screening-tool-identifies-t1-in-adults/585)
**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-clinical-screening-tool-identifies-t1-in-adults/585 "2017-04-23T18:40:36Z")
A clinical screening tool identifies autoimmune diabetes in adults; Fourlanos et al; Diabetes Care; 2006 May;29(5):970-5. CONCLUSIONS: At least two \[of 5\] distinguishing clinical features are found in a majority of pa… --- ## [Temperature Control](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/temperature-control/515)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/temperature-control/515 "2017-04-22T16:12:56Z")
I am just wondering, if other T1's get hot/cold based on their blood sugar. It seems lately, that when my son gets low he also gets cold. Is this normal, or just our "normal" --- ## [Brain Glucose Metabolism During Hypoglycemia](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/brain-glucose-metabolism-during-hypoglycemia/540)
**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/brain-glucose-metabolism-during-hypoglycemia/540 "2017-04-20T00:37:20Z")
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