It's Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults so there's an autoimmune factor usually the GAD antibody. It slowly kills the cells, you can have pancreas function for months to years after diagnosis but from my understanding you eventually become dependant on insulin. It also usually has some insulin resistance from what I understand.
Thanks wtskinner for your advice! I have always exercised a lot (ran 5ks a few times before being diagnosed) but never watched what I ate but have completely changed how I eat and look at food in the past few months! To a point where just 12 weeks after diagnosis I am off all medicine but haven't had an A1C done yet will have that in March! It's scary looking at the complications and realizing I have 50-60 years to live with this and do all I can to avoid those complications!