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Thanks everyone for your replies so far, all of your comments have definitely opened my mind on the matter. :D If it were to ever go ahead though, I wouldn't want a divide between both types of our condition, and to be perfectly honest it won't happen if we don't let it happen, after all it is...

Re: The Numbers Game - Type 1 & 2 Diabetes Hi Amberzak, yes usually when I say I'm diabetic I'm met with the question "Do I take insulin?" which makes it a little easier to explain haha. Aye, I'd say insulin dependant diabetes is kind of an unofficial secondary name for type 1 :) A campaign...

Hi Everyone! Thanks for visiting my post. My name is Tristan, I'm a Type 1 Diabetic that was diagnosed last October, 19 y/o. This topic has bound to have sparked up long before I was diagnosed, but I came across an online petition today that asked the International Diabetes Fedaration and ADA...

Hey there, I only know of one other family member that had T1 diabetes, and that was my great-grandfather who I sadly never got to know. Both my grandfather and great-grandmother had T2 but as you say I don't think it truly has a connection to T1 :)

Re: Did any of you type 1s have a virus before you got diabe I had no virus at all leading up to my diagnosis. But high levels of stress is also thought to trigger T1, and a month before I developed diabetes my dog had passed away suddenly, and I was very very distraught around the time, since...

I think the lowest I've been is 2.2 mainly down to injecting too much after a meal, was quite a while ago and my symptoms were pretty bad. But I was once as low as 2.3 without a single indication, scary thought how different your blood sugars affect your body at different occasions!

Sorry to hear about your son Mrs. Miles, such a young age to be diagnosed, hope he's coping well! I'm also excited about the AP, hopefully it won't be too far around the corner :D Since being diagnosed last year I've been pretty keen on searching for potential cures and treatments (As I'm sure...

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum I only got diagnosed around 8 months ago and I'm already looking into having a pump. I've got an appointment next month to see if I'm "eligible". I am generally fine with MDI, though it can sometimes hurt quite a bit and I'd prefer to...