I became a Type 1 Diabetic 56 years ago, at which time having 1 injection of suspended insulin each day, eating 3 meals a day at precise times and only being able to test my sugar using a Clinitest tablet in the urine.
Now, with the real advances in glucose monitoring and insulin I can control my diabetes better than ever before and live close to a normal life.
But through all the changes in diabetes management in my lifetime, it was impressed upon me how important it was to control my diabetes and I always tried my very best to do this. I ate well and exercised regularly.
So now, I live an exciting life, in France, I run with the dogs daily, take long walks in the countryside, love kayaking, swimming, playing Badminton and all this luckily because I have no diabetic complications.
So, look after yourself, share your condition with others, count on your friends and collegues, be confident to do your blood tests or injections in public whenever you need to and with a bit of luck you'll enjoy all the things you want to do right into your 70s and more.
Now, with the real advances in glucose monitoring and insulin I can control my diabetes better than ever before and live close to a normal life.
But through all the changes in diabetes management in my lifetime, it was impressed upon me how important it was to control my diabetes and I always tried my very best to do this. I ate well and exercised regularly.
So now, I live an exciting life, in France, I run with the dogs daily, take long walks in the countryside, love kayaking, swimming, playing Badminton and all this luckily because I have no diabetic complications.
So, look after yourself, share your condition with others, count on your friends and collegues, be confident to do your blood tests or injections in public whenever you need to and with a bit of luck you'll enjoy all the things you want to do right into your 70s and more.