| The MAJOR difference is Type 1 is an autoimmune disease, unlike Type 2. Some estimates are that only 5% (not 10%) of diabetics (in the US I think) are type 1.
And, if you are lucky enough to have one autoimmune disease, you are more likely to have another, than someone without one at all. I have a little collection & that's why I pay special attention to supporting my immune system. Immune health is critical to us, and it can make us feel so much better, and make us less likely to be struck by colds, etc.
Side note: Women tend to be affected more often by autoimmune disorders; nearly 79% of autoimmune disease patients in the USA are women.
I have learned a lot about type 2 on this forum and there are many lovely friends and folks here with type 2. The reason I joined though was to find other type 1s. Reason being, type 1 is different in MANY ways and misunderstood by the general population as was already mentioned. I very commonly get asked if I've already lost a bunch of weight . . . or, you aren't big, why do you have diabetes.
__________________  Type 1 since 1979
Pumping with MM 522 since Feb '08
HbA1c 6.1 - April '08 | 
