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Type 2 Diabetes
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sugarless sue
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Many Type 2's have to take insulin to control their diabetes, it does not make them Type 1.
Type 1 is an autoimmune disease where the pancreas has been compromised in some way. Type 2 is generally where you have built up a resistance to insulin in some way and therefore cannot process glucose properly.
A type two can control their diabetes by different methods and also may still be producing their own natural insulin.
A Type 1, after an initial 'Honeymoon period' does not produce their own insulin or very, very little and must rely on injected insulin for the rest of their life.
Type 1 is an autoimmune disease where the pancreas has been compromised in some way. Type 2 is generally where you have built up a resistance to insulin in some way and therefore cannot process glucose properly.
A type two can control their diabetes by different methods and also may still be producing their own natural insulin.
A Type 1, after an initial 'Honeymoon period' does not produce their own insulin or very, very little and must rely on injected insulin for the rest of their life.
pollyr
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I am t2 and taking insulin. Was on oral meds for it but got pancreatitis 18 months ago and as my pancreas is probably too damaged to produce insulin am now on injections.
Polly
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