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Permalink Reply by Alissa on January 22, 2011 at 11:54am

I am! My paternal great grandmother had Type 2 in her last years, and then pancreatic cancer. But that's totally different from Type 1...

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Permalink Reply by TaylorT1 on January 22, 2011 at 6:45pm

I am, alas, the chosen one for my family as well. I have an uncle who is off his meds as a type 2 and an aunt who struggles mightily as a type 2. I, however, am a happily diagnosed type 1-- only happily because I know what has ben racking my body for so long.

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Permalink Reply by latvianchick on January 22, 2011 at 8:04pm

TaylorT1 - I agree with you when you say happily! I felt the same after ten years of suffering and doctors dismissing me as neurotic but having all the symptoms of diabetes, I was very relieved to find out that my dis-ease had a name and could be dealt with! It has frightened me a few times, but I would rather know the devil I am fighting than continue in ignorance as before!

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Permalink Reply by Singinchick18 on February 6, 2011 at 1:35pm

I thiink I am

I'm not sure if my Great Grandma is type 1 or type 2, I think type 2

so ME

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Permalink Reply by SuFu, Ph.D. on February 6, 2011 at 1:54pm

I'm the same way. 3 people with hashimoto's thyroiditis including my sister but not even a hint of T1.

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Permalink Reply by Anne on March 5, 2011 at 9:50am

I am, too!

It came as a surprise to everyone. There is absolutely no history of diabetes in my family, neither type 1 nor 2. Nada.
Well, years later my gandpa was diagnosed with type 2 but when he followed his diet and stuff he was cured. So, he doesn't fully count, does he?

Looks like I'm the poor victim that happens to be the freak of nature.

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Permalink Reply by AlliCat on March 6, 2011 at 4:52pm

My Gramma has had Type 2 ever since I could remember. But I'm the only one in my family with Type 1. Nobody in my family (not even me) knew the difference between the two until I was diagnosed over two months ago. Although my Dad thinks that someone on his side of the family may have had it, but they're not alive for us to ask them. So, for now I'll just assume I'm the black sheep with the sucky genes.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on March 17, 2011 at 10:51am

I was diagnosed at age 23 with Type I diabetes. NO ONE in my family has diabetes at all. I need a shirt, too. A "Freak of Nature Club" sounds perfect. :)

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on March 17, 2011 at 10:53am

Ha! Your picture is perfect! You open your syringes just like I do. :)

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Permalink Reply by Rye on March 17, 2011 at 11:12am

I am the only chosen type 1 in my entire family (on both sides grandparents had a lot of kids). There are about 3 type 2's and some thyroid malfunction action going on. However I am the only one who has to carry around medical supplies with a medical alert bracelet so I won the title for black sheep in the family...LOL

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Permalink Reply by Casey on March 17, 2011 at 11:34am

At the time I was diagnosed, I was the only diabetic in my family (or so they thought). My great grandmother was not diabetic but she told my family that her brothers and sisters had developed Type 2 diabetes. About 20 years later, my father also developed Type 2. I was the only (known) diabetic at the time I was diagnosed and I am still the only Type 1 diabetic my family has ever known.

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on March 17, 2011 at 12:49pm

I'm the only one with any autoimmune disease as far back as anyone can remember. My T1 was triggered by a combination of chemo followed by massive doses of steroids, so probably not much (if any) genetic contribution.

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