[chris_bdba]

Yes but this is for type 1 which has nothing to do with being overwieght and usually strikes children through those before the age of 35.

WOW is right! With all of the new advances I am very hopeful that within my lifetime we just might see a cure. I know I’d love not having to structuure my whole life around this like I have since I was 9 years old.

[muawiyah]

Type I is the title applied to the situation where the body no longer produces insulin. Plenty of older folks with Type II find that as they age they produce less and less insulin. Some, like a couple of cousins of mine, became full fledged Type I diabetics after working through Type II for many years.

Some researchers would like to classify this condition as an entirely different sort of "disease", like a Type I and a half maybe.