Information and opinions on health from Sue at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8629/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8629/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8629/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/8629/42137/loosing Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:38:16 -0400 Sue My husband was recently diagonsed (6 wks ago) with type 1 diabetes.  He's being treated with an oral medication, which is contradictory to everything I've read.  How do I determine which type he has? or isn't it that important?  Also he refuses to test himself.  He's told his doctor, nurse, and dietician that he will NOT test himself.  I've tried to explain how the testing will help, that if testing is high we can... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/8629/42137/loosing