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<blockquote data-quote="kewgirl" data-source="post: 507727" data-attributes="member: 20951"><p>I have no recollection of diagnosis but I know I scared my family to death! </p><p></p><p>Had mumps after my 4th birthday and then on June 6th 1970 I started drinking copious amounts of fluids – mum told me she even found me with my head under the tap – I was duly “told off”! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>That night I wet my bed and my mum put this down to my “naughtiness” for drinking so much! During the following day mum found me in the pantry (do houses still have pantry’s?!) as near as possible to the sugar bowl shuffling sugar into my mouth – I was duly reprimanded and in my mums own words “I though you were just attention seeking”. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p>Following morning June 8th 1970 found unconscious in me bed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite69" alt=":wideyed:" title="Wide Eyed :wideyed:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":wideyed:" /></p><p></p><p>My only recollection of that time was being kept in hospital an inordinately long time and there are photographs in the family album of my being “allowed” away from the hospital to spend time with my family – clearly sporting my huge hospital ID bracelet!!</p><p></p><p>My mum mentions she occasionally still feels enormous guilt that she told me off when in fact I was very sick but I’m still here and I love my mum.</p><p></p><p>Just hope I can get to 50 years on insulin - only another 6 years to go - so I can claim my medal!!</p><p></p><p>Txx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kewgirl, post: 507727, member: 20951"] I have no recollection of diagnosis but I know I scared my family to death! Had mumps after my 4th birthday and then on June 6th 1970 I started drinking copious amounts of fluids – mum told me she even found me with my head under the tap – I was duly “told off”! :eek: That night I wet my bed and my mum put this down to my “naughtiness” for drinking so much! During the following day mum found me in the pantry (do houses still have pantry’s?!) as near as possible to the sugar bowl shuffling sugar into my mouth – I was duly reprimanded and in my mums own words “I though you were just attention seeking”. :eek::eek: Following morning June 8th 1970 found unconscious in me bed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). :wideyed: My only recollection of that time was being kept in hospital an inordinately long time and there are photographs in the family album of my being “allowed” away from the hospital to spend time with my family – clearly sporting my huge hospital ID bracelet!! My mum mentions she occasionally still feels enormous guilt that she told me off when in fact I was very sick but I’m still here and I love my mum. Just hope I can get to 50 years on insulin - only another 6 years to go - so I can claim my medal!! Txx [/QUOTE]
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