| I've read that some docs think type 1 is caused by carrying a gene which is activated at some point by an illness (virus?). Maybe that's way off, but i think i read that in some of the literature that was given to me by a diabetes educator.
as for me, the doc was pretty surprised i had it. he told me he figured they either screwed the bloodwork up or switched a sample or something, as I had no symptoms (just went in for a checkup for my son's 1st birthday present) I was overweight, but not a ton and i have no family history of it. even at my biggest, i was still smaller (weight-wise) than both of my grandfathers.
i just refer to it as winning the wrong lottery. now if i could just win the right one.... | 
