exerpt
This is an exerpt from another site/list. Since it is different than we have
discussed, thought it would be interesting to post here.
Jan
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:12:48 EST
Subject: Re: [IP] Diabetic or Not?
In a message dated 11/10/99 10:23:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
<< A person can not be both type 1 and 2. A type 1’s body loses the
capacity to
make insulin because of the destruction of the beta cells. Type 2’s make
insulin, ie have beta cells to do so. Usally, a type 2 at first will
actually over produce insulin because the body detects that the sugar in not
being taken in to the cells to use. After awhile the pancreas slows down
and eventually only produces very small amounts of insulin, but the beta
cells do not die. A type 2 is insulin resistent, meaning they cannot use what
they got for various reasons. A person with type 1 can be more insulin
sensitive
during times of the day, sites used…., however a type 1 is a type 1 and a
2 is a two. There has been some discussion of a type 1.5, but I have heard
only sporatic stuff of this. A type 1 will die without insulin.
>>——-
I started out as a type 2. I am now considered to be a type 1.5. Type 1.5
is a type 1 that doesn’t present itself until adulthood. By adulthood, I
mean after 30 years of age. Usually type 1.5s are diagnosed as type 2s.
But
over the years, these people become insulin dependent. In most respects a
type 1.5 is just like a type 1.
Mark