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    Has anyone here been a diabetic for more than 40 years?

    I was diagnosed in 1972 at the age of 14. It seems that most of us who are in our 50's say that our control when in our teens was not very good. I think that the main reason for this is, apart from thinking that we knew it all, we never had the pleasure of Quick Acting & Long Lasting Insulin's...
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    Has anyone here been a diabetic for more than 40 years?

    I was diagnosed at he age of 14 that's 42 yrs ago. I have no complications, luckily enough, cos when I was in my teens I did everything that you were not supposed to do. There was not such a variety of Insulin's available then, and you had to stick to a very strict diet. The progression in...
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    10K London Run

    Hi everyone, don't know if I'm allowed to do this but I'll give it a try. I have suffered with Type 1 Diabetes for 40+ yrs. My daughter is doing a 10K run round London, for Diabetes UK, on the 25th May. Wondering if any body would like to sponsor her for a couple of pounds, as this cause means...