# \#lada

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tag/lada/9.md

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## [About the Type 1 & LADA category](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-type-1-lada-category/31)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-type-1-lada-category/31 "2026-06-03T10:54:45Z")

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For anyone with T1 diabetes or LADA, and caregivers.

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## [LADA Diabetes Misdiagnosed as Type 2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/lada-diabetes-misdiagnosed-as-type-2/14014)

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**Author:** [@LinMay](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LinMay)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/lada-diabetes-misdiagnosed-as-type-2/14014 "2025-04-22T16:16:09Z")

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Hi! I was diagnosed with diabetes almost a decade ago. I was 31 years old. I got the classic symptoms of being really thirsty and peeing a lot. I didn’t feel well. I had lost weight and was feeling good about that, thou…

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## [My diagnosis story: DKA with 625 mg/dL](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diagnosis-story-dka-with-625-mg-dl/12678)

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**Author:** [@Finn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Finn)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diagnosis-story-dka-with-625-mg-dl/12678 "2022-05-11T13:10:16Z")

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I’m Finn. I got my Type 1 LADA diagnosis on Friday the 13th (of August 2021) with a blood sugar level of 625 mg/dL - DKA was a pretty clear cut diagnosis. I’d been losing a lot of weight the few weeks (or maybe months, …

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## [New to Basal](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-to-basal/5482)

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**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-to-basal/5482 "2018-12-03T19:33:11Z")

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I started Tresiba 3 nights ago, after finally getting a prescription from my doctor. I’d like to share my experience because I was looking for threads from anyone with LADA on MDI just getting started on basal, and I did…

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## [My Diagnosis Story](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diagnosis-story/666)

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**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diagnosis-story/666 "2018-05-20T12:32:05Z")

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We were in the UK in July 2014 on a family trip for our daughter's wedding and the weather was hotter than normal. I was drinking lots of water and kept telling my husband that my mouth felt so dry. We were walking a lo…

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## [Link Between LADA, TA and Diabetes Complications](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/link-between-lada-ta-and-diabetes-complications/675)

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**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/link-between-lada-ta-and-diabetes-complications/675 "2018-04-06T16:03:08Z")

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Microangiopathic complications in latent autoimmune diabetes in adults: relationship with thyroid autoimmunity by Aura Reghina et el; Endocrine Abstracts (2015) 37 EP431 | DOI:10.1530/endoabs.37.EP431 Background: Pati…

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## [Study: salt intake increases incidence of T2D and LADA, yet?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-salt-intake-increases-incidence-of-t2d-and-lada-yet/2050)

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**Author:** [@MaryPat](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MaryPat)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-salt-intake-increases-incidence-of-t2d-and-lada-yet/2050 "2017-09-19T19:41:43Z")

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This interesting study from Karolinska Institute, a diabetes center of very good reputation, concludes that there is an association between high salt intake and the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes and of LADA. At the same …

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## [Need advice from breastfeeding T1 moms](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/need-advice-from-breastfeeding-t1-moms/1022)

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**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")

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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 …

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## [A Clinical Screening Tool Identifies T1 in Adults](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-clinical-screening-tool-identifies-t1-in-adults/585)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Proposed New Classification System for Diabetes...β-Cell-Centric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/proposed-new-classification-system-for-diabetes-cell-centric/446)

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**Author:** [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/proposed-new-classification-system-for-diabetes-cell-centric/446 "2017-04-12T08:04:43Z")

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The Time Is Right for a New Classification System for Diabetes: Rationale and Implications of the β-Cell-Centric Classification Schema. Schwartz SS et al; Diabetes Care. 2016 Feb;39(2):179-86. doi: 10.2337/dc15-1585. …
