I went for 'forms' rather than 'groups' because I thought it easier to understand and the distinction seems increasingly important to researchers, pharmacists, and patients. I'd classified MODY as Type 2, although looking back I probably shouldn't have. I'd probably also take back the use of 'cured', as the patients would have a normal range A1c but would still be considered diabetic by most Endocrinologists.

I was an undiagnosed Type 2 for a very long time, and since diagnoses it's become clear to me that brain function and mood are very closely tied to my blood sugar levels.

Undiagnosed I would experience bouts of temper or melancholy that came from nowhere in particular, and these have been mostly eliminated since I started to medicate.

When sugars a low it's very hard to think at all, you can't concentrate, and it's hard to coordinate movement. Those that think lows can be cured by simply eating chocolate haven't drunk 10 pints of beer and then tried to find a source of sugar in a three bedroom house!

When sugars are high you can be hyper for a time, before you begin to lose control of your body temperature and the slightest thing can send you into a rage.

Uncontrollable rage is very common indeed in teenage diabetics.

There are already five forms of diabetes. Type 1 (early onset, no pancreatic function, incurable); Type 1.5 (Late onset, no pancreatic function, incurable); Pre Type 2 Diabetes (insulin resistance building, possibly curable); Type 2 (late onset, insulin resistance, some pancreatic function, incurable); and Gestational Diabetes (hormonal imbalance create insulin resistance, temporary). So this might be a sixth.

I have some phone insurance through a fee 'premium' based bank account ( I also get AA membership, household emergency insurance and the like) - which has turned out to be a handy investment, especially when the heating broke down. On top of which I stick 25 quid a month into a medium interest savings account for the next/replacement phone - thus far this has more than covered my needs.

It really depends on your budget but the biggest single price issue is screen size - the best deals are for 15.6 screens but if she wants something larger or smaller then the prices for decent machines go up wildly. Look for a powerful processor with a good GPU that has dedicated RAM, as much non-graphics RAM as you can afford and x64 Windows 7 with good build quality and you should have a machine which will perform well and last a long time. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/ is really handy for checking on what's good/not for processor and GPU deals Both Lenovo and Samsung make excellent machines which both look good (which could be important, quite a few of my female friends use Samsung) and have great build quality

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