[Cyborg]

I was misdiagnosed myself. Lived as a type 2 for a long time while in my honeymoon period. To be honest, it's much easier to control my diabetes now that I am no longer producing insulin. There is no longer any variability in insulin output and I no longer have to take all those nasty pills.

[ant hill]

I guess that DF is my place to visit as I log on just about every day. I also get my kicks of other peoples ideas and experiences and I learn allot too.

[owlyn]

Originally Posted by DCaplinger

Truth be known, I don't understand the reason for the labels to begin with. Type 1, insulin needed. Type 2, insulin optional. That's about all we really need to know, isn't it?
Regards,

There's more to it than that. IMO, they should really be considered different diseases completely.

To oversimplify...

In a T1, the body makes no insulin. In a T2, the body makes insulin but for some reason isn't using it, or only using some of it. Sometimes, a person can be a little of both- they're not making the proper amount of insulin, and their body isn't using all of what it's making anyway.

So, the only common things between T1 and T2 is that the body has some kind of insulin problem, and that complications can be the same. Sometimes, a T2 needs some of the same treatment as a T1, but usually the treatment is vastly different.

But, I am a T1- the T2s will be able to explain it better. I have a hard enough time working with T1 stuff. I'd go crazy (okay, crazier) if I were a T2.