[The Phantom FReeper]

Whoever wrote this is a clueless idiot. T1 is linked to body weight? Huh?

I have to say that I don't understand your post. The sentence you quoted stated that IDDM was not linked to body weight. Perhaps you wrote a typo?

[Marie]

The sentence you quoted stated that IDDM was not linked to body weight. Perhaps you wrote a typo?

Yup. Shouldn't post when tired. I missed the "not". (And I read the darn thing three times. Crap.)

I'm going a bit off topic here, but I don't think T2 is always linked to body weight. I know of one T2 (in particular) who was a skinny vegetarian before diagnosis.

I also wonder about the whole "T2 is linked to being fat" theory. About 6 years ago I suddenly gained 30 pounds (in less than a month) and started craving carbs like a fiend. I tried diet and exercise as soon as the scale started shooting up and ended up on a 800-900 cal a day diet with exercise. I gained another 10 pounds in just two weeks. (And, no. I didn't cheat. I wrote down *everything*.) I went to the dr and found out that I had insulin resistance, but was not yet a T2. I was put on Metformin and a low carb diet and, after a year, I was back to normal.

I'm thinking that the carb cravings and the weight gain are not a self-induced situation that results in T2 diabetes, but symptoms of the beginning of the disease.

I digress. Back to the article. My son is a T1 and we will NOT be using the inhaled insulin for a very long time. Shots are really not that big of a deal for this diabetic and I am seriously concerned about the side-effects for the lungs.

[Marie]

And I am a bit suspicious. How are *you* still lucid and intelligent at this hour?

Either you're drinking Jolt or you don't have kids or you're a vampire.

Or you're hyped up from SciFi Friday...

Confess! Which one is it?