[bryan42]

Welcome Jessica!!

[princesslinda]

I think I would choose to stay T2....after all, I did have 42 years of doing pretty much whatever I wanted before diabetes found me....and I don't have to take insulin..YET. Basically, if I can just eat right, lose weight, exercise regularly and swallow my metformin, I have no problems .....sounds easy enough I know, but it's amazing what a challenge it is for me.

Guess what I would have really liked would have been to have gotten diabetes at age 85.

[cheryl]

Well I like being type 1 better because I can eat things without so much guilt at times, and take appropriate insulin. But then again I read so many stories on people finding out they are type 2 and control it well with diet and exercise, since I stick to such a strict diet most of the time. i get jealous that you basically have a choice at the beginning for some without using insulin. I don't know diabetes just sucks in general....

Cheryl

[Funnygrl]

To the type 1s that say they like type 1 cause they can eat what they want and bolus- do you seriously not know type 2s that do this? What's stopping type 2s from doing it? They can go on MDI if they so choose. And if you say it's all about type 2s requiring a healthy diet, I'm not in the realm of belief that a high carb diet can't be healthy, and everyone should be eating a healthy diet. If a type 1 eats too many calories they will gain weight as quickly as a type 2 would.

[cheryl]

Well my grandmother was on mdi, and couldn't eat the way she wanted.....I was thinking about her mostly.....and my strict diet is staying away from partially hydrogenated oils, msg, bleached flour, things like that.....which I had heard a lot of doc's tell type 2's to do, and I do the same and ever since I did my insulin requirements has gone down, the minute I touch the bad oils and msg, I get stubborn bg's so I dunno, I never ever metioned low carbs, I eat low carb cause I am having issue's with bolusing too much insulin without dropping or I did, and I am slowly going back to higher carbs....cause I like atleast the choice of 60-80 carbs per meal, I am up to 45 give or take, just baby steps for me......

Cheryl

[tanyatype1]

Originally Posted by nneighbour

When I was diagnosed, my nurse educator asked me how I felt about it. I said that I was ashamed and felt guilty. She told me there's no reason to feel that way, it's all about genetics. I know what she said is somewhat true, but I am still ashamed. Every time I look/listen to the media, they are always talking about what a burden fat people are because of the diabetes and all. I just feel like a burden.

(((hug))) I hate hearing this - it really makes me sad! Don't ever think that you're a burden!

[HelenM]

Well I'm one of those that the poll doesn't classify. I'm type 1.5 and I wouldn't want to swap it for type 2 or an earlier onset of type 1.
If I had got type 1 at the more usual age I would by now have had it for 50 years. I had a childhood unfettered by dietary restrictions and what always looked like huge needles. In my teens and early twenties I could forget to eat, drink too much and be a typical student without worrying about DKA or hypos .Later I didn't have to worry about BG in pregnancies nor fear leaving my children motherless. There are longstanding type 1s with no complications on this board but the risks of early mortality or severe complications for people developing type 1 in the 1950s were high.

As for type 2, before diagnosis thats what I thougt I had and I really didn't want it. The impression gained from the media and elsewhere was that it was purely a lifestyle illness brought on by poor diet and lack of exercise. As I thought I lived a reasonably healthy life I didn't want 'some doctor' telling me otherwise. In fact thats what put me off going to a doctors for at least 3 years. I'm still glad that I don't have much insulin resistance and really haven't had to change things very much.
I probably still have some pancreatic function and so have been on a long honeymoon. It seems that the older you are at onset the longer this can last.(heres hoping.)
So I think I've been very, very lucky, if I had to get any form of diabetes it was type 1.5.

[KickStart101]

I'm used to being a Type 1 so I'd stay as such.

(Although it would be nice also to not have to
take shots or more pills....)

Nope, I feel secure as is.

[Geoff]

if I could choose I would stay being type 1. Much easier to control than type 2. All I need to know is how much carbs there are in every thing I eat, and adjust my insulin to it. two hrs later 95% of the time I am back to normal bs control.

[statdeac]

Someone, please remind me what the point is again?

[VinceF]

I'd stay type 1. I don't remember not being diabetic. I would feel worst to have grown accustomed to living one way then change.