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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
For those of you who had diabetes in the 1980s/1990s, how well could it be controlled?
My mum had type 1 diabetes, and sadly passed away 20 years ago, from what we've always described as a stroke caused by diabetic complications when travelling abroad and flight/time differences/jet lag/confusion over insulin injections contributing. She travelled alone, so no one knows how well she managed her insulin injections during the previous few days.
I see on this forum how much dedication type 1s have in maintaining their health, and am trying to imagine what it was like for my mum. I believe she was diagnosed as diabetic from her mid-30s/early 1970s on. All I really remember from growing up in the 1980s/90s was she had ginormous syringes of insulin. And she couldn't eat cake. But how did you know/not know how it was going?
My mum had type 1 diabetes, and sadly passed away 20 years ago, from what we've always described as a stroke caused by diabetic complications when travelling abroad and flight/time differences/jet lag/confusion over insulin injections contributing. She travelled alone, so no one knows how well she managed her insulin injections during the previous few days.
I see on this forum how much dedication type 1s have in maintaining their health, and am trying to imagine what it was like for my mum. I believe she was diagnosed as diabetic from her mid-30s/early 1970s on. All I really remember from growing up in the 1980s/90s was she had ginormous syringes of insulin. And she couldn't eat cake. But how did you know/not know how it was going?