Kattladie, I think all of us Type 1's understand what it means to be a Type 1. The challenge comes in the rest of the world understanding it. Juvenile Diabetes used to be a medical term, but it caused confusion for the Type 1's who got the disease as an adult (like me) and people, including those in the medical profession, didn't believe that I could have Type 1 because I first got it as an adult. And now that so many children are getting Type 2, becomes even more important that terms are used that don't confuse the issue. Oh, it still confuses lots of people. I went to a primary care doctor about two years ago because my endo thought I should have someone oversee my general health. She gave me a referral slip to a cardiologist that said,"AODM". Well, when I saw that after I got home, I hit the roof! I had carefully told her I was a type 1 and she carelessly writes AODM on my referral slip! I called her office and told them I wanted my record and billing carefully checked to show that I was a Type 1. I changed the referral slip myself to read IDDM. So there are 2 more terms - IDDM is used as a synonym for Type 1 and AODM is used as a synonym for Type 2. Julie |
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