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How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??
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<blockquote data-quote="juanita" data-source="post: 583132" data-attributes="member: 87823"><p>I think I maintained a fairly reasonable control throughout by being scared by my mum - told I would go blind or lose my legs if I did eat anything sweet unless hype!!!! also we worked to the red line and black line diet sheets then - so many lines red (i.e. portions of carb foods) and so many lines black (i.e. protein). The emphasis then was to eat protein if hungry - there were no sugarfree foods then or drinnks. even when I had my first child my husband used to bring me lumps of lovely hard cheese (not so good for me now) and nicely washed lettuce into the hospital while I waited for my cesearian op. got really told off by nurse once as hadnt spotted lettuce container had leaked and bedding was sooooooooo wet. those were the days!!! while I was kept in bed to keep blood pressure down, my carb intake was very limited indeed but once I had had baby and allowed up first day home I went hypo busy with baby things!!! got carted to hospital but once I woke up in A&E I was told that my carb intake should have been increased and my insulin dose reduced when I was released - no one had thought to tell the diabetic consultant I was going home and so the shock to hubby!!! no probs once I knew - looking after the children meant a lot of running round and housework so maintained what the consultant termed a paedeatric insulin dose for many years. Returned to work when youngest went to primary school and worked right up to retirement. Have also driven for many years now - but have always been eceptionally frightened of losing my licence so probably do more blood tests than I need just in case. in my 70s now but it has worked - you need to work on type 1 diabetes to let it know you are in charge and not it. I am still on the old fashioned animal insulins as I proved allergic to the new so called human insulin. i lost hypo awareness when tried on it - and was so glad to be allowed back after two separate clinics, 10 years apart, had tried to get me off the animal insulin. I am so grateful to Wockhardt - I retain hypo awareness and just dont know how people could cope without the symptoms. it must be a nightmare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="juanita, post: 583132, member: 87823"] I think I maintained a fairly reasonable control throughout by being scared by my mum - told I would go blind or lose my legs if I did eat anything sweet unless hype!!!! also we worked to the red line and black line diet sheets then - so many lines red (i.e. portions of carb foods) and so many lines black (i.e. protein). The emphasis then was to eat protein if hungry - there were no sugarfree foods then or drinnks. even when I had my first child my husband used to bring me lumps of lovely hard cheese (not so good for me now) and nicely washed lettuce into the hospital while I waited for my cesearian op. got really told off by nurse once as hadnt spotted lettuce container had leaked and bedding was sooooooooo wet. those were the days!!! while I was kept in bed to keep blood pressure down, my carb intake was very limited indeed but once I had had baby and allowed up first day home I went hypo busy with baby things!!! got carted to hospital but once I woke up in A&E I was told that my carb intake should have been increased and my insulin dose reduced when I was released - no one had thought to tell the diabetic consultant I was going home and so the shock to hubby!!! no probs once I knew - looking after the children meant a lot of running round and housework so maintained what the consultant termed a paedeatric insulin dose for many years. Returned to work when youngest went to primary school and worked right up to retirement. Have also driven for many years now - but have always been eceptionally frightened of losing my licence so probably do more blood tests than I need just in case. in my 70s now but it has worked - you need to work on type 1 diabetes to let it know you are in charge and not it. I am still on the old fashioned animal insulins as I proved allergic to the new so called human insulin. i lost hypo awareness when tried on it - and was so glad to be allowed back after two separate clinics, 10 years apart, had tried to get me off the animal insulin. I am so grateful to Wockhardt - I retain hypo awareness and just dont know how people could cope without the symptoms. it must be a nightmare. [/QUOTE]
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