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<blockquote data-quote="AtkinsMo" data-source="post: 1155293" data-attributes="member: 104933"><p>My father was born in 1922 and diagnosed T1 sometime pre 1939 (he couldn't serve in the forces) but he hid his condition and worked as a face worker in the coal mines till about 1965. He worked very hard on a 3 shift pattern.</p><p></p><p>I distinctly remember food, in our house, being referred to as 'Greens, Reds and Blacks' , he had the same sorts of quantities every day. He regarded it as a huge breakthrough that gave him back his life, when he was able to have only 1 injection a day. We never had desserts, when my brother was also diagnosed T1 at 14 I wasn't even allowed sweets as a treat. When bg machines came in he kept his blood sugar very tight, he went on long walks and had a static bicycle in inclement weather. Prior to that he kept his urine glucose at 'green precip' - don't know what that meant, but I remember it well, I was intrigued with it as a child, like a chemistry set.</p><p></p><p>He lived to the grand old age of 86, diabetes got him in the end. He was on a coach trip to Blackpool, in his 80s, when he fell asleep. He was a widow by then. Nobody thought it was a problem, an elderly gentleman having a nap, but when they tried to wake him he was in a hypo. The ambulance was sent for, glucagon dispensed, but, typically, he refused to go to A&E and set off running to catch his pals. He had a Cardiac Arrest outside Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the First Aiders got him back but the Anoxia robbed him of his memory and his independence. Managing his diabetes became a nightmare, he couldn't remember injecting and left alone would repeatedly inject himself. He lost all perspective of time, if he woke up at 3am he would start cooking bacon and eggs. With 3 teenage children, the first about to go to Uni and needing financial support, and a full time job, there was no alternative but him to go into care, where he was fed pizza and chips, pies, pasties, desserts. He developed 'diabetic side effects' remarkably quickly - he had none whatsoever before.</p><p></p><p>His health rapidly deteriorated, I think, in the end, his GP decided not to treat him / admit him for a hypo. I didn't challenge it at the time because his quality of life was simply dreadful and he would not have thanked me for dragging him back to life. But he had a good 80 years, 63 of them diabetic and with no short term memory the realities of his day to day life for the last couple of years distressed him less than me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtkinsMo, post: 1155293, member: 104933"] My father was born in 1922 and diagnosed T1 sometime pre 1939 (he couldn't serve in the forces) but he hid his condition and worked as a face worker in the coal mines till about 1965. He worked very hard on a 3 shift pattern. I distinctly remember food, in our house, being referred to as 'Greens, Reds and Blacks' , he had the same sorts of quantities every day. He regarded it as a huge breakthrough that gave him back his life, when he was able to have only 1 injection a day. We never had desserts, when my brother was also diagnosed T1 at 14 I wasn't even allowed sweets as a treat. When bg machines came in he kept his blood sugar very tight, he went on long walks and had a static bicycle in inclement weather. Prior to that he kept his urine glucose at 'green precip' - don't know what that meant, but I remember it well, I was intrigued with it as a child, like a chemistry set. He lived to the grand old age of 86, diabetes got him in the end. He was on a coach trip to Blackpool, in his 80s, when he fell asleep. He was a widow by then. Nobody thought it was a problem, an elderly gentleman having a nap, but when they tried to wake him he was in a hypo. The ambulance was sent for, glucagon dispensed, but, typically, he refused to go to A&E and set off running to catch his pals. He had a Cardiac Arrest outside Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the First Aiders got him back but the Anoxia robbed him of his memory and his independence. Managing his diabetes became a nightmare, he couldn't remember injecting and left alone would repeatedly inject himself. He lost all perspective of time, if he woke up at 3am he would start cooking bacon and eggs. With 3 teenage children, the first about to go to Uni and needing financial support, and a full time job, there was no alternative but him to go into care, where he was fed pizza and chips, pies, pasties, desserts. He developed 'diabetic side effects' remarkably quickly - he had none whatsoever before. His health rapidly deteriorated, I think, in the end, his GP decided not to treat him / admit him for a hypo. I didn't challenge it at the time because his quality of life was simply dreadful and he would not have thanked me for dragging him back to life. But he had a good 80 years, 63 of them diabetic and with no short term memory the realities of his day to day life for the last couple of years distressed him less than me. [/QUOTE]
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