tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966761277003887614.post2037142231334796466..comments2023-04-26T04:13:19.562-04:00Comments on Pancreatically Challenged: There is a difference!juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301663958092036922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966761277003887614.post-46953111294489205472008-02-07T16:35:00.000-05:002008-02-07T16:35:00.000-05:00Thanks Whitney I'm glad you enjoy it, it makes me ...Thanks Whitney I'm glad you enjoy it, it makes me happy to hear that people can relate to me about these things :)juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301663958092036922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966761277003887614.post-13455214304887611782008-02-07T15:44:00.000-05:002008-02-07T15:44:00.000-05:00I just found your blog. I love this post and could...I just found your blog. I love this post and could not agree with you more! I once had someone with type 2 say to me "you can't be diabetic, you're so skinny!" I just walked away but I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs. I love your blog - I'll be reading regularly!CagedCardinalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649034112436411935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966761277003887614.post-53421731334706680462008-02-04T19:18:00.000-05:002008-02-04T19:18:00.000-05:00Hi...thanks for stopping by my blog. I have a good...Hi...thanks for stopping by my blog. <BR/><BR/>I have a good friend who has type 2 and he's quite slender and works out and eats relatively well, and did all this before his diagnosis. So it's not *just* because you're fat. I really think there is a genetic factor in there somewhere, otherwise every fat person out there would have type 2. There has to be something that triggers it besides weight. <BR/><BR/>But I am with you on the frustration of differentiating between the two. I preferred when type 1 was called Juvenile Diabetes. It made it that much more distinct. There really should be an entirely different name for type 1 because this anger we all feel over it is only going to get worse at the type 2 epidemic gets bigger.Major Bedheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669161302510096751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966761277003887614.post-82765575020092562762008-02-03T19:38:00.000-05:002008-02-03T19:38:00.000-05:00Thanks for reading! I'm glad you enjoy it :) It's ...Thanks for reading! I'm glad you enjoy it :) It's always good to hear comments and other people's stories and how they found their way here!!<BR/>-julesjuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301663958092036922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966761277003887614.post-89813672663151901452008-02-03T19:11:00.000-05:002008-02-03T19:11:00.000-05:00When I was first diagnosed, back in '64, the only ...When I was first diagnosed, back in '64, the only words that came with it were "diabetic" and then later "juvenile diabetic". Now every time that you turn around, even if it's kids that they are talking about (sadly), the words are "Type 2 diabetes".<BR/><BR/>Few seem to realize that if there is a Type 2, there must (by association) be a Type 1. Or if I tell you that I'm a diabetic, just ask "What type (please, please)?". <BR/><BR/>I'm not a Type 2 because I look like an adult who is slightly overweight; I'm a Type 1 who has reached that middle-aged "battle of the bulge". <BR/><BR/>I suppose, being in the minority of the "Types", we'll always have a lot of educating to do. <BR/><BR/>Hmmm, full-time (unpaid) ambassadors for the diagnosis.<BR/><BR/>You write very, very well. I am more than a little envious. BTW, I drifted here from "DiabetesMine".doug machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216700822180229253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966761277003887614.post-21899334213486202272008-01-16T14:08:00.000-05:002008-01-16T14:08:00.000-05:00Jules, I totally agree with you and have ranted ab...Jules, I totally agree with you and have ranted about this before. It seems like diabetes is in the media all the time, but they don't go to the trouble to tell people they are all talking about the obesity epidemic and type 2. It's very frustrating.Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11678716062433949143noreply@blogger.com