"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

I made a couple of calls to Washington today to see what in the hell
you're
talking about. Type 1 diabetes (or any insulin-dependent diabetes) is
an
absolute disqualification for military induction now, as it was then,
whether you were drafted or volunteered.

You did not know "GIs" who had Type 1 and who were then inducted into
the
service. You're full of crap, once again.

--
Ed Huntress


Sigh. Doctors and nurses are commissioned officers, not inducted.

What happened to those "GIs with Type 1 diabetes" that you knew? When did
they transmogrify into doctors with commissions?


They didn't. They were always GIs. Even draftees were referred to
as GIs. its military slang. But then, you weren't worthy of serving,
with you having been rejected as a useless defective.

Hey, I wasn't the one with the five 4Fs. You were apparently a useful
defective. d8-)


You made up some great stories, Michael. If we didn't know you better,
they'd almost be believable.


Stories? Prove it, fool.


It's not that you start out lying; it's just
that, once you find out you've made a mistake, you will go to any lengths
to
avoid admitting it. We've followed your odyssey from "knowing GIs with
Type
1 diabetes" to "knowing commissioned doctors with Type 1 diabetes,"
realizing along the way that you'd have to have known the medical
condition
of many thousands of military doctors to have even a statistical chance
of
being right.


I find it unlikely that thousands of military doctors opened up their
personal medical histories to you.


So, the Military hospitals kept a good supply of insulin, for
nothing?

Probably for a variety of reasons -- not the least of which is to keep
anyone who *becomes* diabetic, while serving, from dying on the spot. Euell
Gibbons' brother was one of those. In the diabetes magazines there are
occassional stories about soldiers who became diabetic while on active duty
and who had their careers cut short.


And it's also unlikely that you would
know a Type 1 from a Type 2 unless you knew them personally. And,
and...it's
unlikely that you knew how many joined the military with those
conditions,
versus the number who became Type 2s while serving. The Type 1s were gone
by
then. And Type 2s under age 60 or so who aren't in serious medical
distress
but who take insulin are, themselves, very rare.


Tell me Ed. How could they develop Type 1, after they are in the
military?

The same way I did, at age 23. One month you're cruising along, and the next
month your blood glucose is 700 and you find out that you're a juvenile
diabetic.

I thought you said you knew what Type 1 is about. More b.s. from you, eh?


Rare? Of course its rare. If they are in good health and can control
their Diabetes with medications like Metformin or Gliptzide, it would be
foolish to take Insulin.

Not necessarily. Some Type 2s are better off with insulin therapy. They're
mostly older ones, but not all of them are. Glipizide is kind of "hot" for
some diabetics to handle -- it can drive you to hypoglycemia in a big and
unhappy surprise. Metformin gives some people uncontrollable diarrhea.
Insulin is better. g

You think that stating the obvious makes you
matter? Anyone who has Diabetes already knows the facts.

I doubt if you know many facts, except for those that relate to old Type 2s
like yourself.

More smoke
from the usual flaming asshole

Running out of fresh insults, Michael?

snip


Call Washington and demand to see proof that I never served with
multiple 4F ratings.

As I said, I don't question that you're a physical basket case, Michael.

--
Ed Huntress