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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Your 70 year old doctor was seriously misinformed.

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 11, 2021, 01:24 PM

Jul 2021

Diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, have been around and somewhat common for a very long time. Type 2, what used to be called adult-onset, has gotten a whole lot more common, but still. I'm 73 and as far back as I can remember I've known people with diabetes.

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from the medical mysteries column of wapo- [View all] mopinko Jul 2021 OP

yes - some medical mysteries KT2000 Jul 2021 #1

Your 70 year old doctor was seriously misinformed. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #2

Hello, fellow person of mystery. Warpy Jul 2021 #3

i even had the top rheumie in chicago tell me- mopinko Jul 2021 #4

It was actively killing me, they just couldn't figger it out Warpy Jul 2021 #5

the lack of curiosity among docs stuns me sometimes. mopinko Jul 2021 #6

Oh, they werre very, very curious. Warpy Jul 2021 #7