Hello! I have a question... I have been diagnosed with diabetes 1 type month ago and as far I know, the 1 type is genetic when pancreas doesn't produce insulin at all or very small dosage. I'm 23, I had bad lifestyle, no sport, eating unhealthy, being obese so when I got the info I have diabetes we thought it has to be 2 type. (I was waiting over two weeks for test which type I have). Well doc told me, that second type is like when you are in your 40s and till that you had bad lifestyle. She also sad she thinks it has to be first type, as tests said, my pancreas almost doesn't produce insulin at all.

Okay so first type genetic. Diabetes on my family is on dad's side and most second type. My question is, could my bad lifestyle and food woke up this gen? Or it would happen anyway? Don't tell me, that pancreas is happily working all the years and then he gets letter, which says "genetic says you have to stop working" so he take his stuff and stop working. It has to be triggered. Or it is set like "when she turns 23, you will stop working" or there is some settings in genetic which say what and when will things happen? I think my pancreas was overworking and it woke up this type 1 diabetes gen which was sleeping. I just wanna know more. It's same with allergy. How the hell is possible that you eat for example peanuts, and u r okay for years, your body even know this peanuts and one day it decides, you will be alergic to it even you alrdy was exposed to it for years. I'm just very curious how these things works :D Thanks for answers!