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It's been a long time since anyone posted.  I might have been the last one.
I wish we could get more activity on this list.  I know we are a small group
but I think we all need as much support as we can get.

I have a few thoughts and wonder if others could share their thoughts with
me.  I have been gluten free for about 15 years.  It became a way of life a
long time ago and the idea of eating something with gluten does not enter my
mind.  Some foods I miss but don't spend much time thinking about them.  I
also stayed lactose free for all those years because I felt milk bothered
me.

I find the diet for diabetes much harder for me to get control of.  I have
terrible sugar cravings.  I have gone back on milk out of necessity and now
can't get enough of it.  I'm wondering if sugar craving is a part of
diabetes.  Everyone knows someone who is diabetic and does not follow the
diet.  If I can handle the celiac diet why not the diet for diabetes?

I understand the relationship between celiac and diabetes.  I have numerous
other autoimmune illnesses.  Does this mean I definitely have Type 1
diabetes?  I have never really gotten an answer about what Type I have from
the doctors.  They have joked about me being a  1 1/2.  I have been on
insulin for over a year (diagnosed 2 years ago).

So, I would be interested in your thoughts.

Ginny

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