HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!! Best Wishes NOW....and for the rest of the year! (You haven't been on in a while...I hope everything is OK) Have a GREAT "ME" DAY :)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, why don't you come join us in the TuD chat room?
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This is the very first "social networking" website I've ever joined. I'm not yet comfortable putting personal information out in public even though I'm sure that everyone on a site like this is a great person and a potential friend.
I have a couple of questions in relation to one of your posts that I'd really like to ask you. Would you be willing to "friend" me? I promise not to be a pest!
Hey David- I am trying to get on here more. I've been really sick this past year dealing with gastroparesis- long story, no fun- and was not really very motivated. Now that I am dealing with the symptoms of it better, and getting that under control, I will probably be on here a lot more! I am psyched that there is a group on here for vegetarians! I am vegan/ raw-foodist-wanna-be. I don't know where on my profile it says I am Type 1.5-I used to call myself that, but since learning more about it, I don't think I qualify.
It is weird because I am classified as Type 1 for insurance purposes. For some reason, my doctors occasional refer to me as Type 1.5- perhaps because I was diagnosed as an adult? The weird thing is that when I was diagnosed, I was in DKA, and my c-peptides were 0.2. Now they are 0! From what I understand most people with 1.5 have usually years and years where they are on oral meds and managing with diet and exercise- I never had that. I went from totally normal to having almost no insulin production over a period of 4-5 months where I had "symptoms," but never made it to the docs.
Anyway, there's my little "Am I T1.5?" story for you..... it's interested you brought up your friend who's 1.5 and grew up in Brick, because I was reading about environmental toxins contributing to the rise in autoimmune diabetes- both Type 1 and Type 1.5 are autoimmune diseases- and Jersey in general is one of the most polluted states in the nation. The book I was reading was called Diabetes Rising by Dan Hurley. Really interesting stuff, because when most people talk about the "Diabetes Epidemic" they are talking about type 2 because there are so many of them- Type 1 and 1.5 only make up 5-15% of diabetics (depending on whose statistics you are looking at), but the crazy thing is that Type 1 and 1.5 are rising just as fast as Type 2!! I don't think it's a coincidence at all! Sorry for the long comment!
Hey David,
We have more in common than we thought! I am originally from New England, (Massachuesettts), and have spent plenty of time in VT as well! GO PATS! Especiaslly tonight!
I was diagnosed in 2004 too - after 10 years of symptoms which doctors failed to pick up on!!! Looking back I had all the symptoms of frequent keto attacks! They said it was Type 2 (because of my age) but in fact it was Type 1!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!
Best Wishes NOW....and for the rest of the year!
(You haven't been on in a while...I hope everything is OK)
Have a GREAT "ME" DAY :)
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Hey, why don't you come join us in the TuD chat room?
You'll see us at the bottom of the home page.
We have a great time getting to know each other, sharing info and lots of laughs :)
It's on right now!
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Happy,Happy Birthday, David. I wish for you a most wonderful day. ENJOY!!!
Happy Birthday, David!! Hope you have a wonderful day and get to have some fun. Enjoy your special day.
Best Wishes NOW....and for the rest of the year!
Have a GREAT "ME" DAY :)
Happy,Happy Birthday,David. I wish for you a most wonderful day. ENJOY!!!
Are you type 1 or type 2? I was reading your comments in the diabetic vegetarians.
This is the very first "social networking" website I've ever joined. I'm not yet comfortable putting personal information out in public even though I'm sure that everyone on a site like this is a great person and a potential friend.
I have a couple of questions in relation to one of your posts that I'd really like to ask you. Would you be willing to "friend" me? I promise not to be a pest!
Thank you in advance,
marty1492
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Hey David- I am trying to get on here more. I've been really sick this past year dealing with gastroparesis- long story, no fun- and was not really very motivated. Now that I am dealing with the symptoms of it better, and getting that under control, I will probably be on here a lot more! I am psyched that there is a group on here for vegetarians! I am vegan/ raw-foodist-wanna-be. I don't know where on my profile it says I am Type 1.5-I used to call myself that, but since learning more about it, I don't think I qualify.
It is weird because I am classified as Type 1 for insurance purposes. For some reason, my doctors occasional refer to me as Type 1.5- perhaps because I was diagnosed as an adult? The weird thing is that when I was diagnosed, I was in DKA, and my c-peptides were 0.2. Now they are 0! From what I understand most people with 1.5 have usually years and years where they are on oral meds and managing with diet and exercise- I never had that. I went from totally normal to having almost no insulin production over a period of 4-5 months where I had "symptoms," but never made it to the docs.
Anyway, there's my little "Am I T1.5?" story for you..... it's interested you brought up your friend who's 1.5 and grew up in Brick, because I was reading about environmental toxins contributing to the rise in autoimmune diabetes- both Type 1 and Type 1.5 are autoimmune diseases- and Jersey in general is one of the most polluted states in the nation. The book I was reading was called Diabetes Rising by Dan Hurley. Really interesting stuff, because when most people talk about the "Diabetes Epidemic" they are talking about type 2 because there are so many of them- Type 1 and 1.5 only make up 5-15% of diabetics (depending on whose statistics you are looking at), but the crazy thing is that Type 1 and 1.5 are rising just as fast as Type 2!! I don't think it's a coincidence at all! Sorry for the long comment!
We have more in common than we thought! I am originally from New England, (Massachuesettts), and have spent plenty of time in VT as well! GO PATS! Especiaslly tonight!
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