Update & GAD-65 AB test results

Damn! Damn! Damn! I talked with Dr. Moktan to discuss the fact that my feet were still swollen (for a total of 10 days and counting). During our conversation she informed me that my GAD results had come back positive for antibodies. This is not good news. It means that my body’s immune system is producing proteins to help get rid of an infection or some other substance it thinks doesn’t belong – in this case my pancreas. This was the second of two tests. The first one came back negative for antibodies. That was good news and showed that my pancreas is working – just not very well at the moment.

What she didn’t explain was what “we” do about the results of the GAD test. I didn’t have the wherewithal to ask her, as I was a tab set back by her report – not to mention her explanation that my feet were still swollen because I was obviously lacking proteins. She did offer that it was probably not my diet (Dr.A’s) that “caused” this to happen because people don’t just start developing antibodies against their pancreases unless they are diabetic or pre-diabetic. Ugh!

And to make it all the more fun, she said that with everything as it was coupled with the side effects of positive GAD, low body weight, malnutrition and hypoglycemic tendencies I am most likely a TYPE I diabetic. Apparently, Type 2’s are the overweight people and Type 1’s are thin. Now I’m totally confused and need to reconsider much of the information I have processed in the past three weeks and one day.

I’ll update all when I know more.