| I wouldn't say I have disdain. Although for many people this is genetic, obesity and diabetes are becoming epidemic in the US due to poor lifestyle choices and that does affect all of us in higher health care premiums, etc. I've been dealing with my health care plan and the CS rep, who has been really nice and helpful, made a comment that maybe I wasn't being covered as well as I should be because the insurance company perceives this to be a lifestyle disease where changes in diet and exercise are warranted more than pills and prescriptions.
I was like hey honey--I did not CHOOSE to have my pancreas be attacked and destroyed by my immune system! And I'm sure that many people think that way. In the "olden days" diabetes was fat old men who ate and drank and smoked too much and developed "gout"--whatever the heck that is.
All in all, I'd rather be type 1 than type 2 because it means although I am insulin dependent, I am not insulin resistant. And I can still eat carbs as long as I cover them with insulin!
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Diagnosed 11/4/05 - hbA1c = 15.7
Last hbA1c 4/21/06 = 5.9
Levemir and Novolog
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