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<blockquote data-quote="SmileyB4" data-source="post: 910590" data-attributes="member: 42229"><p>It was on my tenth birthday (32 years ago) when my Mum took me to the doctor, I had had my party on the Friday and I had been seriously sick all weekend. The dr said I had eaten too many sweets at my party and I needed to stay off ALL sugar, including fruit and exercise twice a day to get my blood sugars down. My Mum spoke to my Aunt who was a medical nurse and my aunt said I was far too thin... she said if I did all the exercise the dr had told me too, it could kill me. So my Mum took me to the hospital, I was then diagnosed with type 1 and had to give myself my first injection. I was never hospitalized, my poor Mum had to juggle everything, bless her! I remember thinking it would only be for a week and then I'd be fine..... I also couldn't understand why I could never quench my thirst or eat enough to get rid of my hunger? I wondered if it was because I had never been given a massive jug of drink that I could drink until I could quench it?</p><p>Funny how a 10 year olds mind thinks? The fact that I had eaten too many sweets at my birthday party stuck with me for years! I was badly bullied about it too.... that's what happens in small villages!</p><p>Xxxxx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmileyB4, post: 910590, member: 42229"] It was on my tenth birthday (32 years ago) when my Mum took me to the doctor, I had had my party on the Friday and I had been seriously sick all weekend. The dr said I had eaten too many sweets at my party and I needed to stay off ALL sugar, including fruit and exercise twice a day to get my blood sugars down. My Mum spoke to my Aunt who was a medical nurse and my aunt said I was far too thin... she said if I did all the exercise the dr had told me too, it could kill me. So my Mum took me to the hospital, I was then diagnosed with type 1 and had to give myself my first injection. I was never hospitalized, my poor Mum had to juggle everything, bless her! I remember thinking it would only be for a week and then I'd be fine..... I also couldn't understand why I could never quench my thirst or eat enough to get rid of my hunger? I wondered if it was because I had never been given a massive jug of drink that I could drink until I could quench it? Funny how a 10 year olds mind thinks? The fact that I had eaten too many sweets at my birthday party stuck with me for years! I was badly bullied about it too.... that's what happens in small villages! Xxxxx [/QUOTE]
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