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Our family has a MODY3 mutation (mutation of HNF-1alpha regulatory protein). I was first diagnosed "borderline" diabetic at age 13 (1976), but for years before that I had seen sugars in my urine and asked my mother if I should go to the doctor. For many years I did not know what the heck kind of diabetic I was, and I used all kind of diets, herbs, supplements, exercise and acupuncture to control…