Interesting news about the link between inflammation and type II diabetes is at Science News (online) this week. The paper edition is my favorite bathroom reading. This article fascinates me, since I suddenly developed type II diabetes when my C Reaction Protein (inflammation) levels went up two years ago when the Sjogren's Syndrome was more active. And no one then could make a link between them; it was a complete mystery as to why I had developed diabetes. The worst were the recriminations accusing me of overeating and eating "too much sugar," especially when I don't eat much refined sugar as a matter of course. I must have been lying, right? Feh. Doctors refuse to listen to patients, preferring to treat us in an adult-to-child relationship rather than as adults who are responsible and educated. Don't get me started....