MD visit 9/23/2010
Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Antibodies
>250.00 (Elevated)
**These are the auto-antibodies responsible for destroying my beta cells in my pancreas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid_decarboxylase
Islet Cell Antibodies, IGG
<1:4 (Normal)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islet_cell
C-Peptide, Serum, ng/mL
0.4 (Low – normal range: 0.5-3.0)
**Once this number reaches 0.0, my beta cells in my pancreas will all be destroyed and my body will no longer produce any insulin at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-peptide
Insulin, uIU/mL
9.9 (Normal - normal range: 6.0-27.0)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin
Glucose, mg/dL
334.0 (Elevated - normal range: 65-99)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose
Hemoglobin A1C, %
9.8 (Elevated - normal range: 4.0-6.0)
235 mg/dL
**A1C is an average glucose over the last three months. I was diagnosed in late September which means I was diabetic in late June. I will never know what pathogen I picked up, or when I picked it up, that initiated my immune system to produce overactive GAD antibodies that began destroying my beta cells. June 2010 is the earliest sign of diabetes for me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoglobin_A1C
Autoantibody: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoantibody
Beta Cell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_cell
Pancreas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas
Type 1 Diabetes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_diabetes
