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Thread: Newbie diabetic :S

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07-19-2006, 01:03 AM

JasonJayhawk JasonJayhawk is offline

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Originally Posted by A.Z.

hey we where diagnosed at the same age! I take pills not insulin for now but I have a family history of Type 2 so I think am type 2.

Are you overweight? If so, there's a chance you are Type 2 (90% of Type 2people are overweight).

I heard a statistic that something like 2 out of 5 children diagnosed as Type 2 are rediagnosed as Type 1 within one year. I'm still having trouble with the source, but I think it may have been an audio presentation by someone).