Re: What You Should Know about Diabetes
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:00:52 -0700
Please share the name of the test with us when you find out.
It is possible to get diagnosed with type 1 in your 20s. That's why I said
"earlier in life." Type 2 traditionally doesn't develop (or should I say get
diagnosed) until mid-life, though it's now being diagnosed in kids under 10.
If you have type 1, you'd probably be dead, or at least very ill, if you went
on for long (ie: several years), since insulin is vital to life. How long was
your friend treated for type 2 diabetes when she supposedly had type 1?
Remember, type 1 means you don't produce insulin. The symptoms are very
different between the two forms.
Renee
Kristy Sokoloski wrote:
>
> Renee,
>
> I thought that maybe my friend had misunderstood her dr too but
> she didn't. She had a test done that proved that she is now no
> longer Type 2 Diabetes which is why I think that this might be
> the case for my mom as well. I'm asking my friend for the name
> of the test. She's also at that age still that she can still be
> Type 1 as it's turning out to be.
>
> Mary Tyler Moore didn't find out she was Diabetic until she was
> in her mid to late 20s. She has Type 1 Diabetes.
>
> Until my friend told me about what has happened to her I had
> never heard of a Type 2 Diabetic converting in to a Type 1.
>
> I thought it was strange, I really did. But whatever this test
> that she had done has now proved that she's a Type 1 Diabetic.
>
> As I told Pat I'm going to have to continue with my Diabetes for
> Dummies book.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
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