Hi Guys,
I’m Cherie, your new Diabetes notes blogger.  I’ve had Type 1 Diabetes for about 20 years and am a strong advocate for great care and research.  I can’t wait to share news and updates with you, and hope to get your feedback on what you’d like going forward in this blog. 
To give you some of my background, I thought I’d tell you about my diagnosis.  When I was in my early 20s I felt lousy.  I went to the doctor and he rudely told me that I was a young girl and there was nothing wrong with me.  I insisted …read more

You do not carry any copies of the deCODE T2 risk marker. This means that you do not have this specific, genetic risk factor for diabetes.
I received my results from DNA Direct yesterday. I was a little surprised at first. My test showed that I did not test positive for the T2 risk marker for type 2 diabetes. But don’t I have type 2 diabetes?
Yes, indeed I do. Just ask my poor ol’ fingers and glucometer. But when you get down to the nitty gritty of this test…
About 1 in 5 diabetics (18%) carry …read more