Another Relative Crawls out of the D Closet

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My mom phoned my grandmother to wish her merry Christmas. We don’t have much to do with that side of the family, since the divorce. But, that is where the D-genes come from. My mom was telling her about how I’m not diabetic any more, and my gran mentioned that I have an aunt with D too.

So that would make it:
Grandfather
Aunt
Cousin
Me
with D in South Africa.

In Ireland, my grandfather’s brothers. In Canada, two aunts and a cousin (I think, I get vague here).

So, although my D has officially passed, I suspect it’s a matter of time before T2 hits. I guess I’d better live a preventative lifestyle now, while I can, and wait for the future. I’ve done D before though, and I can do it again, so I’m not too scared. But I am going to make the most of my time now, while I have it!

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Megan -
Diabetes has a firm grip on my family tree. 4 t1’s in my immediate family, plus a nephew, a oousin, two Aunts, and a Grandmother.

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Same here, on my dad’s side: he had T2, most of his brothers and sisters have T2. Both his parents had diabetes: I haven’t yet established whether it was type 1 or type 2.