Guest guest Posted August 8, 2001 Report Share Posted August 8, 2001 <snip> I am a type one diabetic. When I was diagnosed (at age 24), they told me it was not genetic. I thought this was strange- because my mom is a type one- dxed at age 18. <snip> Of course, this is purely anecdotal- but purely from my own research, I would say type one definitely has a strong genetic component. Dara That was a point I brought up, Dara. I have a type I grandfather, a type 2 mother, and a daughter who has hypoglycemia as a symptom of another problem. So it seemed *logical* to be that there was a genetic tie there. I have lived with the knowledge given by my grandfather's dr that my mother's generation and mine would be more suseptible to diabetes. Now this class says we aren't as it is type I, but that my daughters will be because their father is type II. I am not saying that the information given in this class is right or wrong, just sharing what they are telling us. WIth that in mind, am I going to stop having regular tests on my blood? NOPE!! Better to be safe than sorry I figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2001 Report Share Posted August 8, 2001 Re: genetic or not? plus you add in the way we all grew up on gravy potatos, homade breads cakes cookies and hummmmm those yummie things my mom and the generations before her learned how to cook. and you have system desaster, but as a child on the eating side of things it was fun getting here. Glenna, This class and the clinic here is teaching that eating this way is not the cause of diabetes. I personally don't know if they are right or wrong. But my thought process, for all it's fallibility, says that if someone doesn't eat right, then they are bound to have problems. We grew up on all the heavy foods like fried chicken, mashed potatoes, homemade breads, cinnamon rolls, and gravies galore. As a kid there were only two ways to get meat~~a live animal or fried. Potatoes came raw, mashed or fried with onions. As for my hubby, his family was very poor so they would eat like navy beans etc. They were very high starch diets with fruit and vegetables being a treat not often had. His family has produced 2 known diabetics so far as has mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2001 Report Share Posted August 8, 2001 i am a 5th generation diabetic, i have one known blood sibling he is also diabetic, i have two daughters, they show signs of becoming diabetic, i have a neice and a nephew my brothers childeren, and one thing sadly that i do know is they also will be diabetic in their lifetime because this kind that we have is gentic no buts about it. plus you add in the way we all grew up on gravy potatos, homade breads cakes cookies and hummmmm those yummie things my mom and the generations before her learned how to cook. and you have system desaster, but as a child on the eating side of things it was fun getting here. but shere pain giving that good stuff up. its life and you learn how to live with it. jmho glenna 30yr diabetic, 30yr hypothyroidism 15mg actos, 35units nph, 360mg armor thyroid, 10mg lipitor lo-carb,lo-fat,lo-cal, woe genetic or not? wrote: <<When my <<grandfather was diagnosed some 30 plus years ago, he <<was diagnosed with <<Juvenile Diabetes. Since he was in his 40's or so <<they called it Familial <<diabetes, now known at Type I. He was insulin <<dependent. Okay, I guess <<those terms are vastly out dated now. Additionally, <<they said there was a <<good chance that the next two generations would <<develop diabetes from this <<type of diabetes which this class says is not true. <<This is not a genetic <<form of diabetes so my chances of becoming diabetic <<are no more and no less <<than someone who has no diabetes in her family. I am a type one diabetic. When I was diagnosed (at age 24), they told me it was not genetic. I thought this was strange- because my mom is a type one- dxed at age 18. Since then I have been interviewing lots of diabetics. (I am a journalist). I'd say at least half of the people I interviewed- all type ones - had either a child or a parent or a grandparent/child with type one. I interviewed one woman who had come from a long line of type ones going back 13 generations. (How she knew that, I do not know!). I also interviewed a type one whose brother and daughter both had it. I interviewed one type one (who has had it for 75 years-no complications other than a little neuropathy - low carbing the whole time, FYI) whose daughter and grandaughter both have it. Of course, this is purely anecdotal- but purely from my own research, I would say type one definitely has a strong genetic component. Dara Website for Diabetes International: http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int Post message: diabetes_int Subscribe: diabetes_int-subscribe Unsubscribe: diabetes_int-unsubscribe List owner: diabetes_int-owner / http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes_int or try: http://www.yahoo.com > Join A Group > diabetes_int > Join This Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2001 Report Share Posted August 8, 2001 <<< This class and the clinic here is teaching that eating this way is not the cause of diabetes. >>> --------- I think I would be hard pressed to trust any group claiming that diet doesn't cause diabetes. Or at least play a major role in it. There are going to be exceptions to every rule such as the heavy smoker who lives to to 99 and is maintained good health. in Seattle...T2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2001 Report Share Posted August 13, 2001 Well, in the 3 generations I can identify, there aren't any diabetics that I know of. My best link could be a grandmother who died at age 64 of a heart attack. Prostate cancer seems to be a major factor in my family and various forms of circulatory disease. My brother still doesn't believe me when I tell him that DM is in his family. DM......it could never happen to me :-( Carol T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2001 Report Share Posted August 13, 2001 Re: genetic or not? i am a 5th generation diabetic, Glenna, I'm third generation type 2, as far as I know. It could be 4 or 5 or who knows, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2001 Report Share Posted August 13, 2001 >> i am a 5th generation diabetic, > > Glenna, I'm third generation type 2, as far as I know. It could be 4 or 5 or who knows, ***This is one factor - a couple of generations ago, no one much thought to look for type 2, I don't think. When he died of a heart attack at 75, my paternal grandfather weighed around 400 pounds at 5'8 " . He wore ankle boots for support...to hold him up. He was definitely a compulsive overeater (5 course breakfasts), and probably IMHO, diabetic. A case for inherited addiction tendencies, as well. My mother was diagnosed hypoglycemic 20 or so years before she died, and she had many many weird allergies, but never became diabetic, and I think that's because she was told to eat low carb upon hypoglycemic diagnosis. She was always convinced that her mother was hypoglycemic as well. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2001 Report Share Posted August 13, 2001 --- This was all through my family as well. Mother's maternal aunt,my mother,Mother's sister, my Father's father, Father's sister, myself and now my oldest son. Who knows who else had it in previous generations. On my husbands side his Mother, and his Father's sister and my husband. Madge In diabetes_int@y..., " Rainbow Farm " <RainbowFarm@m...> wrote: > >> i am a 5th generation diabetic, > > > > Glenna, I'm third generation type 2, as far as I know. It could be 4 or > 5 or who knows, > > ***This is one factor - a couple of generations ago, no one much thought to > look for type 2, I don't think. When he died of a heart attack at 75, my > paternal grandfather weighed around 400 pounds at 5'8 " . He wore ankle boots > for support...to hold him up. He was definitely a compulsive overeater (5 > course breakfasts), and probably IMHO, diabetic. A case for inherited > addiction tendencies, as well. > > My mother was diagnosed hypoglycemic 20 or so years before she died, and she > had many many weird allergies, but never became diabetic, and I think that's > because she was told to eat low carb upon hypoglycemic diagnosis. She was > always convinced that her mother was hypoglycemic as well. > > Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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