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I have had type 1 diabetes for 68 years. For a long time I struggled with constipation. However, it is now widely accepted in the research literature that long term treatment for diabetes destroys cells called Golgi interstitial cells in the gut wall. The Golgi interstitial cells are...

Type 1 Diabetes is very much NOT a disaster! What a pessimist you are! Have you had any psychological counselling. If not I suggest that you do so as soon as you can. I was diagnosed with type 1 in 1950. I have passed through school and University, obtained an Upper second Class degree...

I think the advice to wear a bracelet with a medical warning is probably the best bit of advice that a diabetic can be given and act upon. My bracelet has probably saved my life about ten times over the last 68 years that I have treated my type 1 diabetes. I originally had a metal/chrome Medic...

Hello everybody, I am a type 1 diabetic who was diagnosed in 1950. So have had diabetes for 67 years and throughout that time seen major changes in the types of treatment and therapy exercised within the NHS. Most of these have basically to mine and other diabetics advantage. I still have my...

Hello Bargavi, I am a type 1 who has had the disease for 67 years. I was requested to visit the practice nurse for an annual diabetic checkup. Among other tests, she took a blood sample for HBA1c. I was asked to return in one week and was given the result at the second appointment. I know that...

Hello, I am type 1 diabetic of 68 years of duration. I have suffered from smelly flatulence and low bowel motility for at least 15 years. I was recently involved in a clinical trial to test whether Metformin improves carbohydrate metabolism and levels. The duration of the trial was 3 years. I...

Hi, I am a type 1 diabetic diagnosed in 1950. I was on Metformin for 3 years in a study conducted by clinicians at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. I lost 4 kilos weight, my blood pressure was 106/78 and the frequency of hypos dropped from about 5 to 2 a week. Overall my diabetologist stated that me...

Hi Honeydew, I have been a type 1 for 67 years. I was recently enrolled in a clinical trial where Metformin was given to long term Type 1s in order to test whether Metformin reduced deposition of atherosclerotic plaque on the wall of major blood vessels. While on the trial my HbA1c values were...

Hi Abby, Depression is often associated with diabetes in the long term. I was diagnosed at the age of 18 months in 1950. I married in 1983. I developed depression in 1989 after the death of our daughter at 17 days of age. Since then we have had two healthy sons who are real treasures...