| To a certain extent I'd go with the sentiment "It pretty much means the speaker doesn't have a clue what they're talking about."
I have recently come across the concept that because I'm type 2 that it's not the bad one. I was at the funeral of a friends Father, there were some people there that I haven't seen in over a year. The commented on my weight loss and I said I was pleased with it, one asked what had spurred me into losing the weight and when I said I had been DX last November there were gasps, then I was asked if I had to take injections everyday, I explained that I am a Type 2 non-insulin dependant diabetic, using diet and tablets, which was greeted with "oh, so it's not the serious type then". I said oh G*d no, the worst that could happen is that I'd lose my sight, have legs amputated and have heart complications, so it's not serious at all. Geez!!
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" This above all,--to thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
William Shakespeare
Diagnosed Type II on 26th November 2007
Metformin 500mg twice daily
Enap 5mg
Initial A1c (14th Dec07): 11.6%
15th Jan'08: 9% 
3rd March'08 6.8% 
6th June'08 6.1% | 
