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

[Peter H. Granzeau]

At 11:59 AM 2/6/2008, Louann Miller wrote:
>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.

Most Type 1 diabetes is just a kind of ill health; quit eating so 
much, and it goes away.  Type 2, of course, means that nothing will 
control it except insulin in some amount.  I have the kind that 
advanced from Type 1 to Type 2, for instance (among my other problems).


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Regards, Pete
pgranzeau at cox.net