[LMB] Type 1 diabetes, was Rise of the Medications was OT: if civilization fell

[Louann Miller]

Meg Justus wrote:
> Ann:
>   
>> Type 1 is a completely different animal than Type 2, and those of us
>> who have it often feel shuttled off to the sidelines because the type
>> 2's outnumber us by about 15 to 1.
>>     
>
> Yup.  Exactly. As you know (Bob <g>), my sister has been dealing with this 
> for about 35 years, and I have an uncle who died young from Type 1 back in 
> the 50s (an early casualty of non-universal health care, perhaps -- his 
> family did not have the money for the treatment, in addition to the fact 
> that the treatment wasn't nearly as sophisticatedly administered back then).
>   
I know a woman with type 1 since the age of 12 who went on to _also_ 
develop type 2. Which stinks.