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<blockquote data-quote="Kirktown" data-source="post: 1241808" data-attributes="member: 328322"><p>I have type 3c diabetes. I am going to be completely honest here and say I am 100% positive I developed it due to alcohol abuse. Thanks to AA I haven't had a drink in nearly 12 years, and it's 11 years since I had a bout of pancreatitis. I was only diagnosed with diabetes in April and initially treated unsuccessfully for type 2. I have now switched to insulin injections and have been on them just over a week, so far my BS levels are fluctuating wildly.</p><p>The strangest aspect of all this for me is why I developed type 3c now - why not years ago? I can also suggest that alcohol abuse and Type 3c are probably a lot more common than people might think. I attend a small AA group with about 40 long term members. Three of us have type 3c due to chronic pancreatitis attacks brought on by excessive alcohol abuse in the bad old days.</p><p>I am not suggesting for a second that all type 3c's are alcoholics! but it is interesting that there is so little said about it. Most are aware of liver damage associated with alcohol, and some will know it is a cause of pancreatitis, but I have never heard a warning that its possible to become insulin dependant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kirktown, post: 1241808, member: 328322"] I have type 3c diabetes. I am going to be completely honest here and say I am 100% positive I developed it due to alcohol abuse. Thanks to AA I haven't had a drink in nearly 12 years, and it's 11 years since I had a bout of pancreatitis. I was only diagnosed with diabetes in April and initially treated unsuccessfully for type 2. I have now switched to insulin injections and have been on them just over a week, so far my BS levels are fluctuating wildly. The strangest aspect of all this for me is why I developed type 3c now - why not years ago? I can also suggest that alcohol abuse and Type 3c are probably a lot more common than people might think. I attend a small AA group with about 40 long term members. Three of us have type 3c due to chronic pancreatitis attacks brought on by excessive alcohol abuse in the bad old days. I am not suggesting for a second that all type 3c's are alcoholics! but it is interesting that there is so little said about it. Most are aware of liver damage associated with alcohol, and some will know it is a cause of pancreatitis, but I have never heard a warning that its possible to become insulin dependant. [/QUOTE]
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