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View Poll Results: What type are you? | |
Type 1
|    | 109 | 48.23% | |
Type 2
|    | 91 | 40.27% | |
Type 1.5
|    | 20 | 8.85% | |
Pre-diabetes
|    | 6 | 2.65% |
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04-25-2008, 05:51 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,375
| | | Type 1, dx'd April 18, 2003 |
04-25-2008, 05:54 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,258
| | | Assuming the small number of respondents (79 so far) is representative of all DF members... it's interesting to see how far away we are from the 80%+ type 2's prevalent in society as a whole
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-25-2008, 08:49 AM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England
Posts: 412
| | | MODY, so type 1.5 diagnosed in 2000
__________________
type: MODY 3
diagnosed: feb 2000
using: lantus and novorapid
last Hba1c: 5.7% July 2007
previous HbA1c:5.6% April 2007
previous HbA1c: 6.2% Febuary 2007
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04-25-2008, 09:00 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 5,794
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Originally Posted by fgummett  Assuming the small number of respondents (79 so far) is representative of all DF members... it's interesting to see how far away we are from the 80%+ type 2's prevalent in society as a whole |
From my experience with other T2s (both in my family and at work...I know probably 25 of them), the majority of those I know personally don't find the idea of having "diabetes" a big deal, it doesn't affect their lives much at all...so they would NEVER think of posting to a forum such as this....most don't even test their blood sugars monthly and feel free to eat all they want, whenever they want. I'm known to them as the "obsessive" one.  I've learned to keep quite and take care of myself....I only share information with forum members who request advice.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Low carb dieter, taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
04-25-2008, 09:12 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,258
| | In that case Linda, keep on being obsessive... maybe we all need a bit more OCD when it comes to taking care of ourselves 
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-25-2008, 10:12 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 1,646
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by princesslinda From my experience with other T2s (both in my family and at work...I know probably 25 of them), the majority of those I know personally don't find the idea of having "diabetes" a big deal, it doesn't affect their lives much at all...so they would NEVER think of posting to a forum such as this....most don't even test their blood sugars monthly and feel free to eat all they want, whenever they want. I'm known to them as the "obsessive" one. I've learned to keep quite and take care of myself....I only share information with forum members who request advice. | I thank God you are on here Linda, and I, like Frank want you to continue being obsessive!!
__________________  Type 1 since 1979
Pumping with MM 522 since Feb '08
HbA1c 6.1 - April '08 |
04-25-2008, 10:33 AM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 183
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by princesslinda From my experience with other T2s (both in my family and at work...I know probably 25 of them), the majority of those I know personally don't find the idea of having "diabetes" a big deal, it doesn't affect their lives much at all...so they would NEVER think of posting to a forum such as this....most don't even test their blood sugars monthly and feel free to eat all they want, whenever they want. I'm known to them as the "obsessive" one. I've learned to keep quite and take care of myself....I only share information with forum members who request advice. | Yeah.. that's really weird.. I actually work with a Type 2 and I asked him how his BS had been lately and he said he didn't even know, and he didn't even know where his meter was.. it was like he didn't even care.. I was totally perplexed by how he's not taking it seriously... oh well, to each his own |
04-25-2008, 10:38 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,258
| | Sad to see there is so much head-in-the-sand or "floating down that river in Egypt" going on around us 
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
04-25-2008, 10:49 AM
| | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 5,794
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by fgummett Sad to see there is so much head-in-the-sand or "floating down that river in Egypt" going on around us | Folks like this give all us T2's a bad name!  I think if these folks ever saw first-hand the complications that can occur from longterm non-compliance, they'd find that meter and use it!
I have seen a gangrenous foot, seen how an amputee does in the post op period, watched someone become legally blind and then die of renal failure in their mid-50's due to diabetes neglect...how could you see something like that and not take care of your own diabetes?...
Maybe there should be a class or video showing various complications would help drive home the fact that T2 is a serious disease, requiring proper management. Instead, we are handed a meter, told to test once a day, take a pill and recheck in 3-6 months. Is it any wonder some don't take it seriously?
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Low carb dieter, taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis) |
04-25-2008, 11:00 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 2
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Hi All,
I am new to this .....
Type 2 since March 2006 - Was devastated: |
04-25-2008, 12:18 PM
| | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 183
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by princesslinda Instead, we are handed a meter, told to test once a day, take a pill and recheck in 3-6 months. Is it any wonder some don't take it seriously? | Yeah, but even so, and everyone here has done this obviously, if you're diagnosed with a DISEASE, no matter how the dr. may have played it down, wouldn't one try to do as much research as they can about it?... I don't get it..
Obviously I'm preaching to the choir here since it was all our drive to learn as much as possible about diabetes that eventually led us to this forum in the first place. |
04-27-2008, 06:09 AM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada, Prince Edward Island
Posts: 407
| | Why is there no option for Type 3? Or None/Support.
Not everyone on this forum has the D - some are on here for support for friends or family with it.
The Type 3s in my life are my support system and could not do it with out some of them sometimes 
__________________ Mark K~
Type 1
Dx June 21st 2007
HbA1c
June 22, 2007 - 12.8
September 27, 2007 - 6.6
January 3, 2008 - 6.0
April 16, 2008 - 6.1
NovaRapid With Meals
Levemir at Bedtime
Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) 81 mg Daily
Multivitamin
"Diabetes is for the intelligent and disciplined." |
04-27-2008, 06:39 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 541
| | | Type 2
Dx'd Dec 07
Not counting those from my D education program,I only know 9 with this disease & all are T2. 3 take it seriously with diet & exercise, 3 take pills & have A1c's taken ea 3 months, 3 eat high carb meals & no exercise, just rely on meds to keep them going.
I guess we make the decisions that we are comfortable with
__________________
It's just an opinion of mine
& maybe not one to adopt.
Lee
Dx Dec 07
Jan 08 A1c 7
April 08 A1C 6.5
Control :
nutrition & exercise
Vitamin B ...July 08
Fish Oil Capsules... June 08
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04-27-2008, 07:22 AM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in the irish sea!
Posts: 363
| | | type 1.5 ~ diagnosed may 2006 at age 38 years old.
honeymoon ended feb '07.
__________________ Sharon |
04-27-2008, 07:57 AM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UK
Posts: 83
| | Hiya,
Type 2 newly dxd
Age 47
Female
Overweight
On low carb diet
Metformin is Fab!!!! Made loads of difference to my numbers very quickly.
Simvastatin for Triglycerides
Non-smoker
Gymphobic
Enjoy wine (limit myself to Fridays and Saturdays only re cals)
Lost 11 lb so far (million to go )
Generally feeling better now I'm sorting it out and I am on a mission and in the Diabetes-busting zone and have decided to reward myself with a holiday when my weight is within normal range about 8st 7lb as I am only 4ft 11 and my control is good  |
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