first question is do you take instulin with meals , thats type one , type two is wieght and diet , not sure what else to tell ya , dont have that info so

Your type of diabetes is not determined by your blood sugar level.

There is information about diabetes on the Diabetes UK site here: http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Introduction-to-diabetes/What_is_diabetes/

Once you have spoken to the doctors you will have a better idea of what is happening.

It is a bit more complicated than MEH07 says - type 2s might take insulin and type 1s are supposed to keep an eye on their weight and diet, and we do count carbs in order to judge our insulin dose.

Actually, type 1 is an insulin dependent diabetic, usually because the cells (the isles of langerhorn) are no longer producing sufficient amounts of insulin. Type 2 is an autoimmune disease. Your glucose level does not determine your type of diabetes. Your doctor will determine your type, course of action and monitoring requirements. When he tells you what type you have, I would suggest that you educate yourself on that type and also on diabetes in general. Education, and the correct tools are the best control for diabetes.

My first comment is that the computer and many doctors have not kept up with knowledge regarding diabetes type. You can find all sorts of information on it. These replies to your post well shows the conflicts in information. So at this point I will not post references but will if requested.

First, TYPE is NOT established by:

How old ones is at diagnosis
What method is used to treat it
Your body weight, overweight or underweight
Your blood glucose reading at any one point
If you still have C-Peptide or not
If you still produce some insulin or not.

It is established by one thing and one thing only
ANTIBODIES

Type 1 is autoimmune (not type 2)

There are several antibodies that can be present but the one most prevalent is the GAD65 and is easy to lab test. If GAD65 antibodies are present you are type 1. If not, other antibodies would have to be looked for to establish it as type 1 if type 1 is suspected. In rare instances antibodies are not found. No bird tracks on a beach does not mean there have been no birds. So in these rare cases a type 1 diagnosis is assumed when it meats other criteria that type 1s have. That is not a quickly made diagnosis.

Type 1 EVENTUALLY (can be years) will loose all their ability to make insulin thus showing no C-peptide and requiring the use of insulin. The American Diabetes Assoc now advocates insulin from diagnosis although orals may work for a while. The younger a person is the more likely type 1. That's why it used to be known as juvenile diabetes. Small children usually advance rapidly although my daughter managed to survive for a while before diagnosis at age 9 (1969). She is on a pump.

I became type 1 in my 60s and it's course developed very slowly. At first I was well controlled on diet and then orals. But I caught it very early and I think since it took that many years to show up it is progressing very slowly. Reading forums such as this I learned enough to ask for testing. After testing positive for the GAD65 antibodies and the ADA came out with their recommendations I started insulin. I use Lantis, a long lasting insulin that covers my basal needs. I take Novolog, a short acting insulin, to cover my meals.

There are far more type 2s than 1s. But many type 1s are misdiagnosed for a while. As advances are made I think it is very important to be correctly diagnosed.

If the 135 was a fasting test you have done well to catch it early. That does not say anything about what type you are. There are now some good orals for type 2. I agree you need to learn as much as you can. You just have to be careful regarding the information source. I hope all goes well with you. If you need to loose weight and can do it, that can go far in handling this problem. Diabetes is a problem and it's going to be up to you to handle it.

Betty
Type 1 (Latient autoimmune diabetes in adults)
Graves Disease (autoimmune thyroid)
Hashimoto's (autoimmune thyroid)

a 135 means you ate well. Numbers under 200 mean you ate well. If you take insulin you could be either type 1 or 2. But most insulin takes take it every meal. If you can eat almost anything and not get a spike above 200 anytime within 2 to 4 hours after you eat then you are type 2. Your body makes some insulin and helps manage your sugars. If you eat like 2, 3 or 4 items relatively low carbs (under 30 carbs total) and your sugars jump from a low 100 to above 200 or even 300 and you took no insulin then you may be type 1 and need insulin to help bring it down. But there are type 2s that need isulin because the amount they produce is too little to help.

Hope this helps.

David