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Thread: dka + high bs + alcohol = misdiagnosed?

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08-22-2008, 09:00 AM

DCaplinger DCaplinger is offline

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: Southwest Missouri, USA

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Originally Posted by Erin

Thirded? Is that a word?

If she can Thirded it, then I'm going to Fourth it. If you are smoking, you must stop. I quit smoking 6 days after I was diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic. By the time they correctly diagnosed me as Type 1, I had been smoke free for 1 month and 2 days. It's the best move I ever made. Sure, I'm dealing with the weight gains because of it, but I haven't woken up hacking a lung in almost 8 months now.

Regards,

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Darian A. Caplinger, EMT
Diagnosis: Misdx'd T2 on 12-20-07; Dx'd T1 (LADA) on 01-28-08
Treatment Plan: Pumping with the Animas Ping as of 07/2009
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