Hello, this is my very first time in a message board . ) I am a Type 1 diabetic for 34 years. I started out on insulin but in the last year and a half have been on a pump. I LOVE IT. My A1c tests for the year and a half have been between 5.3 and 5.8.

I wonder about Type I and Type II diabetes--they say Type II is caused from being overweight but I know A LOT of people who are pencil thin but older and have type II and then on the other hand, I know a lot of people who are obese who do not have diabetes, so not sure exactly what happens. (I have always been very petite and short)

They are looking into germs and thinking maybe something in childhood causes diabetes but that is only a theory at this point. Like measles or chicken pox....and why do a lot of women get diabetes in the last 3 months of pregnancy?????

I also have 3 friends who were not diabetic and all three were in different car wrecks and all three now have diabetes (after the wreck)--what happens to the pancreas or body in shock or trama or is it just a coincidence.

Thank you very much...Suzie