| Listening to discussions like these and attending support group meetings etc... it is interesting to note the dynamic between Type 1s and Type 2s. Sometimes it can almost become an "Us" and "Them" situation. They are two different conditions but as mentioned above, the outcomes can be the same. To my thinking the kind of ignorance displayed by the general public is where we should be showing solidarity and educating them. On occasion one can get the feeling that Type 1 is seen as a "real" disease while Type 2 is self-inflicted because we have let ourselves get fat and lazy... thankfully I don't get that feeling on this forum but it is prevalent especially in the media.
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed | 
