I have clocked up 62 years as type1. At first I thought my life was over. Diabetics died young and suffered amputations. I was scared of needles. I was on tablets for a bit with a starvation diet to avoid injections. This didn’t work and I lost even more weight and had no energy. I was caring at the time with disabled children and these wonderful kids taught me a lesson I shall never forget. Count your blessings. I looked at them and saw how they overcame many problems, they tried to get on and make the most of life with a smile.
Things have improved so much for us now. We never knew what our blood was doing. Had to boil up glass syringes and metal needles.insulin came in glass bottles and had to be mixed. Insulin had 20 40 or 80 strength so you had to make sure to work out the correct dose. When blood meters first came out they cost a months wages and plastic syringes were very expensive.
I have 3 children all have reached 50 and 7 grandchildren. I am so happy that none of them have got diabetes. In fact when I developed it no family relatives had. I was the only one.
I have always made sure Diabetes was not going to stop me from living. I have had Cancer, Spinal Surgery, Complete hip replacement, Pacemaker, Heart attack plus high blood pressure. I self funded the Libre testing for over 2 years and now get it on prescription. This has helped me so much and I am still going strong. Life is good we must all count our blessings.
