Dblog week!

In case you don't know what Dblog week is (which means you are either 1. my family 2. my friends that don't have diabetes or 3. randomly clicked here) click here to read all about it!

Karen started dblog week last year and I didn't participate. I can't remember what was going on in my life.. I think I was planning Katys baby showers while in school. I just couldn't let one more second of time be used! anyway...

I'll be posting all week on one of the different topics that Karen has chosen to write about!

Here is the prompt:Admiring our differences - Monday 5/9: We are all diabetes bloggers, but we come from many different perspectives. Last year, Diabetes Blog Week opened my eyes to all of the different kinds of blogs (and bloggers) out there – Type 1s, Type 2s, LADAs, parents of kids with diabetes, spouses of adults with diabetes and so on. Today let’s talk about how great it is to learn from the perspectives of those unlike us! Have you learned new things from your T2 friends? Are D-Parents your heroes? Do LADA blogs give you insight to another diagnosis story? Do T1s who’ve lived well with diabetes since childhood give you hope? Pick a type of blogger who is different from you and tell us why they inspire you - why you admire them - why it’s great that we are all the same but different!!

I hate to admit this.. but when I started this blog I didn't know what LADA was! I KNOW! I'm so sorry all of you out there with LADA!

In case YOU don't know, LADA stands for Latent Autoimmune Diabetes. It is basically adult onset Type 1. I just didn't even know it existed.

Many of these people get misdiagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and they struggle to find balance because just taking an oral antidiabetic doesn't work if you don't make insulin!

I am in nursing school (almost done!) and we learn about diabetes ALL. THE. TIME. but not ONCE have I heard LADA in text books or anything. I will make it my goal if I ever think someone who has been diagnosed with Type 2 and they could be LADA, to get more testing!