Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Maureen
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-1/ Education, good eating habits, and blood sugar monitoring. Just lost a good friend to Type 1. Sad. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Just found out my 20 yo nephew got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  I'm > ignorant o

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Andrew Grosset
> Just found out my 20 yo nephew got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. > I'm ignorant of what diabetes does and how it affects your life... > what's my nephew in for? My Dad (79) has had type 1 from the age of 22 and so has my brother - both are healthy. It affects everyone in different ways and

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Jacob wrote: > Be prepared to being turned down for life insurance or paying through the > roof. This (as a side note for parents on the list) is a decent reason to buy a policy for your child when they are young and healthy. It's less expensive and you are way m

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I've had type 1 diabetes since I was 33. I'm on an insulin pump, that helps a lot. I'm not going to duplicate the advice given by others, just to add to it. Diabetes Education - get him started ASAP. he needs to learn how to count carbohydrates in his food - that's critical. He needs to get a

RE: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Jacob
Be prepared to being turned down for life insurance or paying through the roof. Same with medical if she is going to be self-insured. -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:h...@ilsweb.com] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:38 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Distressing news

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Jerry Johnson
Ian, Type I is also probably caused by immune system issues, or other issues that affect the health of the pancreas (such as trauma or disease) as well. My Type I they think was caused by my losing my spleen in a football accident in high school, and my struggling immune system wrongly attacking

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/4/2010 9:47 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > The trick is to get a GOOD diabetic doctor who specializes in diabetes. > Good advice, as it just occured to me that he may want to get a good second opinion that it is actually Type I and not Type II. Some doctors that do not specialize in diabe

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread G Money
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > It is the best chronic disease you can get. > Better than a Chronic Sex Addiction? This sign cracks me up: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/29/1s29tigerside -- They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation g

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Jerry Johnson
The trick is to get a GOOD diabetic doctor who specializes in diabetes. Using a regular family doctor, or even an endocrinologist specialist, just won't cut it. Eyes are also very important. get them imaged often. Also, health insurance for the rest of his life is a must, so job planning needs

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/4/2010 9:37 AM, Ian Skinner wrote: > organ rejection so is something to take lightly. > so is something *NOT* to take lightly. P.S. My wife was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 7. She turns 40 this month and so far nothing major. The most immediate risk to Type 1 diabetics is a

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/4/2010 9:01 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > Just found out my 20 yo nephew got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I'm > ignorant of what diabetes does and how it affects your life...what's my > nephew in for? > Type 1, aka Juvenile Diabetes, is the inherited form of the disease. He's in

Re: Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Dana
I have only known one person with this and only slightly, but he said the significance of Type 1 was that less was known about it and it generally appears in children not adults. Apart from that, I will suggest that you could perhaps help your nephew by doing some research for him at scholar.googl

Distressing news

2010-02-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Just found out my 20 yo nephew got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I'm ignorant of what diabetes does and how it affects your life...what's my nephew in for? ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want