Not so. Type 1 diabetes is simply classified as a chronic lifelong condition in which your body does not produce enough insulin for normal bodily function. This condition comes about when a persons immune system attacks the pancreas' insulin producing beta cells. Type 1 diabetes is different than type 2 diabetes which is where a person's body produces enough insulin but the rest of the cells in the body become resistant to the insulin.

In my case I think are/were aspects of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes at play. Type 1 because while I had an auto immune response that destroyed permanently most of my beta cells, I was left with partial insulin production. Type 2 because I have been slightly insulin resistant for the past 10 years and therefore not getting the mileage out of the insulin I was to produce naturally.