To: neverdem
Isn’t he a bit old for Type I?
Or is it that his pancreas failed and that’s what categorizes it as the type?
10 posted on
05/02/2008 1:13:47 PM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
It is less common for persons over twenty to get Type 1.
But it does happen.
His pancreas still works, just not for producing insulin. Lots of other things come from the pancreas.
11 posted on
05/02/2008 1:29:17 PM PDT by
JRochelle
(Keep sweet means shut up and take it.)
To: metmom; JRochelle
It is less common but certainly not unheard of. The oldest person I ever treated for new onset Type I diabetes was a 37 year old Air Force fighter pilot.
12 posted on
05/02/2008 1:33:22 PM PDT by
CholeraJoe
(Single woman in Baghdad needs socks. Email: allegra@freerepublic.com)
To: metmom
My wife became type 1 after a medication she took damaged her pancreas.
17 posted on
05/02/2008 2:27:19 PM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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