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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ann34+" data-source="post: 732817" data-attributes="member: 94348">I had years of going to the GP with various minor symptoms like dry mouth, tingling in hands, then things would improve, then the symptoms were back, etc, but it was not until 7 years later that i had an ear infection and ended up in a life threatening coma.  Even after that, and 3 days in intensive care i still had background insulin for some months (but not after that)  .  I know this as i was studied, as doctors were surprised i had no complications when they had seen my GP records.  i now hear there is a new test which finds that  up to a third of type ones have marginal insulin which may be protective.  Background insulin will not protect from death, as far as i understand, but  while it is there,  other hormones which come with insulin - amylin, C peptide etc,  are also present which also help with control and numerous other things.  Studies on the Joslin medalists have found a number of them also have some marginal insulin.   Not all Type ones are the same.</blockquote>

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