My mom was the same. Developed type 1 diabetes at 55. My brother is also type 1 but his started at age 13.
She was extremely sick, and going downhill fast. Her primary doc acted like it was all in her head but she knew (because she’d had a son with it) that something was very off. We took her to my brother’s endocrinologist who diagnosed her. She had to do insulin shots, regular blood checks, etc, and the turnaround was remarkable. We had to explain to every doc and nurse after that that she had adult-onset type 1, not type 2.
She died 10 years later of ALS. Another disease that took half a year to diagnose.
Great post! If you have been diagnosed as type-2, but are not overweight; you might check with an endo to see if you are actually a type-1...the PROPER treatment protocol could really improve your life.