This is directed towards Type 1's and is in no mean meant to disrespect T2's. I am a newly diagnosed T1 at the age of 29 (dx'd nearly a month ago). I have always eaten healthy, severely limited my intake of red meat, sweats, etc. I have never smoked or drank excessively and have always maintained a healthy weight through exercise.
The irritant is that every time people learn or hear that I have diabetes, they automatically assume that I am a T2 and I get comments like "you could have prevented this..." or "If you just start to eat better and exercise you will be ok"...
And it doesn't help when I read stuff like "In fact, it's the development of diabetes - a direct consequence of poor diet and inactive lifestyle - that is the crucial factor in this deadly chain of events." This is a direct quote from a bbc.com article on diabetes.
The more research I do indicates that T1 and T2 are a completly different disorders and as such should be differentiated. How do other T1's inform people that their disease was not due to any of the above mentioned factors? Or do you just brush it off? Maybe I am being overly sensitive?
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