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I found this site while researching another topic . The writer has Lupus, another auto-immune disease, but plug in type 1 or hypothyroid and it can apply to us. It is so true and realistic, its scary. Would also be a useful tool for those who do not and cannot understand . Carol...

Good (for me) A1C. I was at the doctor for 3 month check this morning and my A1C was down to 6.1 from 6.6 three months ago. I've been trying for tight(er) control and counting carbs, but unfortunately I've put on a bit of weight but at least something was down! I've had a couple of lows and a...

I guess I'm here just to moan a little. But I'm having trouble getting through this whole business. I was Dx in Feb/07 as type 1 at age 60 (the odds are astronomical as I've found out) and this has destroyed me. I've been reading a book "Just Fine" how people with invisible, chronic diseases...

Where do I go from here? I was at my endo this week and all my results were bad. A1C up to 6.6 from 6.3 and up from the previous readings. Weight up and therefore BMI (which is what he likes to use), Blood pressure up, cholestorol up, thyroid up. And I've been doing the exercise and carb...

I have a question. When you have a cut or scrape or even surgery the skin repairs it self. Eventually anyway, it seems to take longer now-D and/or old age. So why don't the beta cells repair themselves? Is it not the same genetic principle? Carol

How do I get this beast off my back. I can't live like this. I can't deal with this. I can't even control it. My A1C just keeps going up and up no matter how much I try to keep tight control or exercise or starve myself. Not even trying to match insulin does any good. No one will tell me...