My roommate does the same. He has had type 2 for almost 10yrs. No one deserves it. Life just sucks

I am so over people acting like I deserve it. Seriously... **** you.

No one deserves either type of diabetes. I do think changing the names would clear up a lot of confusion and resentment. Then the "blame" issues could be dealt with better rather than t1s saying its not t2, and t2s having to explain why they didn't "cause" their diabetes.

Exactly. Its about dealing with what life throws at you and helping others deal with it too. Not blaming people for the hand they were played. It's what they do with it that counts.

You can get type 1 throughout your life as well. I have 3 friends who developed it after birth. I also remember Nick Jonas was also diagnosed with diabetes type 1 quite a few years ago.

Type 1 can appear anytime throughout adolescence.

Type 1 can occur anytime, usually during the younger years. It's like cancer, the body attacks itself for reasons unknown, leaving the person without beta cells which produce insulin within the pancreas. Therefore, said person has to check their blood sugar and distribute insulin themselves.

Type 1 is considered an auto-immune condition in which the body is attacking the cells of the pancreas that make insulin, which is required to decrease blood glucose. It can appear at any time from birth and even into early 20's. Type 2 is a problem where the body either can't produce enough insulin from too much usage (usually from poor diet) or insulin insensitivity. Although it is completely possible for someone who is not overweight to develop type 2, as genetics play a part as well.

They think a virus can trigger it I think. I am an identical twin and my sister got it age 11 and I don't have it.. i think it might be something about genes having the potential to get it and being turned on and turned off?

Actually, there aren't really reasons to one getting diabetes. Sure, there are some speculations and assumptions like it being genetic or caused by your own body, who attacks specific cells, but none of that is 100% truth that you can rely on. The type of the diabetes does not really limited by age..... usually the t1 comes in a younger age and t2 in an older, but not necessarily.

Thanks for the explanation!

It's usually in people under 25. They have antibodies from birth then something triggers them and the body attacks itself and happens to focus on the insulin producing cells. It is an auto immune disease like MS but it kills off a different part of the body. Basically organ failure xD

That's type two. Type 1 is autoimmune and has nothing to do with weight.

#56 actually, exercise is known to be important also to t1 diabetes. A healthy lifestyle that includes exercise helps alot, for ex., to maintain the blood sugar and to increase the body's sensitivity to the injected insulin.

Exercise can really screw you up though too. Especially in type 1s It's hard enough keeping your sugar levels vaguely stable without throwing that grenade in there If a type 1 were to just "eat right" and exercise they would be dead within 24 hours.

Type 1 is only treatable by insulin. Avoiding carbohydrates can make it a little easier becauserit reduces the error margin for meal time injections but you are essentially trying to replace a whole organ that can respond to every change in your body. Exercise complicates thay balance a whole lot.