Type 1 or Type 2

I was diagnosed with diabetes around 17 years ago when I was about 20.  I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes ..We tried the oral meds for a bit and eventually had to move on to Insulin shots twice a day...Well I started an insulin pump when my son was born in 2003.  I have been on it ever since.  I know I am insulin dependent because I cannot take my pump off except for the rare few minutes or so without my sugar sky rocketing.  Now would u still call this Type 2 Diabetes or Type 1?  Hearing the words Juvenile Diabetes associated with Type 1 throws me off obviously because I was not diagnosed as a juvenile.  But also the words Insulin Dependent are associated with the Type 1.  So I DO fit into that category.  Awhile back a doctor I was seeing mentioned sopmething about there being a third kind of diabetes but not formerly recognized.
Anyone have any clue what I should say to people or doctors when they ask me if I have type one or type two diabetes?  i look like a complete idiot when i dont know how to answer that question!

[Forum-vol-wak]

I am not a physician, but a mom of a type one and the daughter of a type 2.   In a type one diabetic commonly called Juvenile  diabetes( because it usually is diagnoses in children , but I know people that were in they  30's and 40's  and were diagnosed)  is when the body stop s producing insulin.

Type 2 diabetics your body still produces insulin, but cannot use it properly use the insulin without help of medication.
I would suggest you ask your endocrinologist what type he would classify you as.  There are blood tests that he/she can do to give you the answer you are looking for. I hope this helps.

[eddiemc]

Type 1 diabetics pancreases produce no insulin so they need real injected
insulin.Type 2 diabetics pancreases either don't produce enough insulin or
too much insulin resistance is present for the insulin to be efficiently utilized-a variety of meds are available for type 2's.Specific testing is
required to determine type of diabetes.Hopefully this was done correctly 17 years ago but you might want to discuss this with doctor.
Eddie