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    50 Years as Type 1 Diabetic

    Congratulations on reaching 50 years as a T1. I passed 72 years as a T1 a few months ago and as for medals, I think they should go to those who have made such an event possible: in my case my family members, the health professionals at the Royal Free Hospital who have looked after me since March...
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    Is routine key?

    You touch on an old problem Maco that in my experience is making the necessary mental adjustment to a long-term condition such as diabetes. After 71 years as a Type 1 that aspect is the one I meet most often when lecturing to health professionals or others with the same condition. The problem it...
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    Is routine key?

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    explaining what it's really like to live with Type 1

    Have just moved into 70 years as a Type 1, diagnosed at the old Royal Free in Grays Inn Road in March 1950. Things were very different then and I am extremely grateful for all the help, advice, comfort and understanding I have received from the staff and others at the Royal Free over all those...
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    Gloomy email from JDRF

    I was diagnosed Type 1 in March 1950, over 65 years ago, and soon after my parents and I joined the British Diabetic Association then chaired by H G Wells, and never looked back. We were educated about what we could have expected at that time by the association's experts and were supported by...