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<blockquote data-quote="YorkshireAli" data-source="post: 908777" data-attributes="member: 141421"><p>I'm third generation T1, diagnosed 19 years ago at 38. My mother was T1 at a similar age, after having steroid treatment for sarcoids, and her half-brother (same father) was also T1. Her father was one of seven children in the family, five of whom were T1 - he was the only one to survive, thanks to the discovery of insulin. My mother's sister was diagnosed a few years ago, in her seventies, but nobody else in the family has it. Yet.</p><p></p><p>I developed vitiligo a few years before the diabetes, and the dermatologist I was referred to said that it was a condition carried on the same gene as diabetes. Having a diabetic mother and grandfather, I asked whether that meant I'd go on to develop it too, and was told in a very lofty manner that it was extremely unlikely and that I shouldn't worry about that at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YorkshireAli, post: 908777, member: 141421"] I'm third generation T1, diagnosed 19 years ago at 38. My mother was T1 at a similar age, after having steroid treatment for sarcoids, and her half-brother (same father) was also T1. Her father was one of seven children in the family, five of whom were T1 - he was the only one to survive, thanks to the discovery of insulin. My mother's sister was diagnosed a few years ago, in her seventies, but nobody else in the family has it. Yet. I developed vitiligo a few years before the diabetes, and the dermatologist I was referred to said that it was a condition carried on the same gene as diabetes. Having a diabetic mother and grandfather, I asked whether that meant I'd go on to develop it too, and was told in a very lofty manner that it was extremely unlikely and that I shouldn't worry about that at all. [/QUOTE]
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