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Comment by Christalyn on December 11, 2012 at 9:53am

Gerri, who is getting upset. I merely asked a question as to why there aren't any Type 2 adminstrative roles. This seems to be the norm to have lots of things for Type 1 and Type 2 is a second thought.

Comment by Gerri on December 9, 2012 at 9:10pm

Christalyn,

The parenethic designation is the type of diabetes that person has. Why it's in parentheses. Manny (LADA), Emily (T1), etc. Theirs are administrative roles with DHF. Nothing to get upset about.

Comment by Christalyn on December 9, 2012 at 5:03pm

Why are there any Head of communities, Type 2 or Head of Experience Type 2 but only a "development manager type2"????

Comment by Linda G on December 9, 2012 at 12:00pm

If you look up as Natalie has directed...the papers are explained. Google Type 2 diabetes autoimmune!!

Comment by Christalyn on December 9, 2012 at 11:51am

Perhaps we should all take the time and write the researchers about this paper/abstract and have them explain their thesis. Where is the paper located on the web. I would like to read it.

Comment by Christalyn on December 9, 2012 at 11:48am

Question for everybody!!!

I recently discovered that tudiabetes has a developmental manager for Type 2. This person is Corinna Cornejo.

Does anybody know this person. Does anybody what she has done in her position for Type 2 folks on this site?

Has discussed a platform or initiative for her role?

Just curious...I find it funny people are named to positions and they are figure heads than people of action.

Is there anything that us as TYPE 2 diabetics want to see from her?

Comment by Linda G on December 9, 2012 at 11:19am

I concur with you comment Natalie...in particular the need for focus on the "less popular" type 2!
I would love that there be a research focus in that area....but not holding my breath.

Comment by Natalie ._c- on December 9, 2012 at 10:29am

I really don't know what the paper is trying to say, since the presence of islet cell antibodies makes the diabetes, by definition Type 1. A person can also have inflammation, metabolic syndrome, be obese, and older and it's still T1.

The more interesting case is the development of antibodies in the adipose tissue of obese people. Here is a link that talks about it in good depth.

http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2011/april/engleman.html

If you google Type+2+diabetes+autoimmunity, there are other articles you might find interesting. since T2 is defined as obese and insulin resistant, these articles focus on those people.

Of course, the focus on islet cell antibodies in T1 and obesity and insulin resistance in T2, it leaves out adults who present in DKA or develop insulin dependence more slowly, but are NOT antibody positive, as well as thin T2's. So there are at least some people with diabetes who fly under the radar, and don't fit into the boxes, and academically speaking, don't exist. I would really be interested in seeing more information about them!

Comment by David (dns) on December 9, 2012 at 10:19am

I've long believed that the etiology of T2 is nowhere near as well understood as it is for T1. It may well be that there are different variants of T2 that stem from different causes, and any one individual may be suffering from any one of them or a combination.

As Linda and others have pointed out, many T2s exhibit, in greater or lesser degree, behaviors that are classically associated with T1.

The simple fact, it seems to me, is that an awful lot of what we think we "know" about T2 is still just theory. More investigation is definitely needed; we're nowhere near the real and complete truth, yet.

Of course I want this mystery solved, as do we all. But whatever label is placed on my condition, and whatever the explanation for it, the bottom line for me is that I must do whatever it takes to normalize my BG. At the end of my day, that's all I have control over and all that counts.

Comment by Linda G on December 9, 2012 at 7:39am

Many of us as type 2 diabetics, have components of the condition similar to that of those with type 1. ie, the swings in bg....the extreme lows, that are atypical to the "classic" definition of type 2.

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