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Thread: ADA and other Diabetes groups

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04-17-2008, 01:28 PM

Lloyd

Senior Member

I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Dec 2006

Location: South Dakota

Posts: 902

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alice

I agree that there is a large group of diabetics that are never "reached" by education...I personally think that more Type 2's are confused by info than Type 1's simply due to the fact that Type 1's are only treated by insulin whereas only a small portion of Type 2's are taking insulin.

27% of T2's in the US are taking insulin.

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Insulin Dependent T2, C-peptide 0.5, Pumping 2 1/2years
10/28/09 5.4 7/20/09 5.4 4/20/09 5.3 1/20/09 A1c 5.2 12/2/08 A1c 5.0 10/6/08 A1c 5.1
8/11/08 A1c 5.2 5/12/08 A1c 4.92/18/08 A1c 4.9 11/2007 A1c 5.3 8/2007 A1c 5.5 6/2007 A1c 5.7
3/2007 A1c 6.9 12/2006, A1c 7.8 9/2006, A1c 8.5 6/2006 A1c 8.7