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    Has Anyone Got An Inspirational Quote Or Two That Relates To Their Journey With Diabetes?

    Don't let diabetes rule you,you rule the diabetes.
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    Type 1 Is it wrong or weird to want to celebrate the day you got diagnosed?

    I have just celebrated my 57 D-day,it was the day the doctors save my life.Its not long ago that the big D was a death sentence,so I believe in celebrating.
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    Type 1 diabetes

    February 1962.
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    Would a pump help me?Hi

    A pump is not a plug and play device,you have to work very hard to make it work.
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    Has anyone here been a diabetic for more than 40 years?

    57 years this February and still going strong.This bloody awful diabetes will not get me.Ive fought it nearly all of my life and it will not rule me I will rule it.
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    I am not a liar or an idiot.

    Hi becca59,I agree totally and I've been T1 for 57 years,and my has given me 4 wonderful children,I've lived my life to the full and I only have couple minor complications.So continue living your life to the full and enjoy it.Good luck
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    Injecting through clothing???

    I've been T1 for 57yrs and injected through cloths without any problems whatsoever.
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    Do you feel that diabetes has ruined your life ?

    Absolutely not and I have been T1 for 57 years today.
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    T1 parent with a healthy son

    Hi,I've been T1 for 57 years and have 4 children and they are in there 30s and 40s with no sign of the dredged big D.I hope this eases your mind a little.
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    Type 1 and Married Life

    I've been type1 for nearly 57 years and my wife is brilliant and I have very little "hypo" awareness,
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    Are you disabled?

    I am type1 and I am absolutely not disabled
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    Does being diabetic affect your relationship?

    Absolutely not,I've been married for 48years and type1 for 56years and have 4 children.I imagine it could if let it!
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    T1D medals

    My super DSN applied for mine 5years ago roll on 60 years this bloody disease ain't going to get me but I'm still fighting it,onward and upwards.
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    Poll - side effects from statins?

    Absolutely no problems with Simvastatin been using for many years.
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    Type 1 Anyone Losing Hypo Awareness?

    Hi Tinyface,I've been T1 for 55 years,and 4 years ago I totally lost my hypo awareness after 40 years of good control,I did,as advised I run BS at10 for9 months but to no avail and I was offered a pump,which I accepted and after about 6 months my hypo awareness started to return and I am back to...
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    THINGS DIABETES HAS TAUGHT ME!?

    To look forward and not back.
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    Worrying about the wrong things for last 25 years

    Hi I've been type1 for 55 year and nobody was worse than me abusing my diabetes in my teens and early 20's,but from 23 onwards I got to grips with this bloody disease and fortunately I have only a couple of very minor complications.What done you can't change.
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    Diabirthday

    Well it's 55 years since I was diagnosed Type1,and still going strong with only a couple of minor complications,I won't be celebrating,just another day of fighting this bloody awful disease.One thing for sure it isn't going to beat me.
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    Hypo's?

    As catapillar I was able to regain my 'hypo' awareness by about90% thanks to my pump and CGM.I struggled with hypo unawareness for 4 years,and what a bloody nightmare it was.I wish you all the luck getting it sorted.
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    My 7 year old little girl been diagnosed with diabetes 1 three weeks ago

    Hi Sara,I hope reduce some of your fears.I have been T1 for nearly 55 years and have traveled all over the world,working,I have played many sports,some,to semi-professional level and I only have a couple very minor complications.Providing your daughter looks after her diabetes she can look...
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