T1 diabetes in the family?

[CarbsRok]

Newly diagnosed at age 26 with T1. Around 3 months now. Wanted to know if there is a history of diabetes running in your family? No one that i know has diabetes, doctors are surpised, and want to do more tests on me. Is it that uncommon getting diagnosed over 25 years? This is my first time posting here, have been reading for a while and wow this forum has answered alot of questions that no doctor can answer! Thank you

I'm a 4th generation type 1 my uncle who is 80 years old is still alive and was diagnosed when he was 30. Both he and I have medals for having diabetes for 50 years
It's surprising though how many over 25 are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

 

[DunePlodder]

I was diagnosed aged 39, my elder sister was also diagnosed at about 39 (the diagnosis took a while). No one else in the family with Type 1.

 

[Emmotha]

I was diagnosed last year age 29. Only diabetic in the family

 

[Tfqleeds]

I'm a 4th generation type 1 my uncle who is 80 years old is still alive and was diagnosed when he was 30. Both he and I have medals for having diabetes for 50 years
It's surprising though how many over 25 are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

Wonderful to hear this! Have either of you experienced any complications? (If you don't mind me asking!?) .... If not is this down to tight control?

 

[CarbsRok]

Wonderful to hear this! Have either of you experienced any complications? (If you don't mind me asking!?) .... If not is this down to tight control?

I have no complications, but do have other autoimmune conditions, Uncle has just recently had a slight eye haemorrhage but otherwise fit and healthy. Obviously I have no idea about his control, I run an A1c of between 6.2 and 6.4 but no idea what it would be back in the 1960's/70's as no home testing or A1c's back then. I had my injections and carbs were counted and just expected to get on with life with two brothers to compete with this was exactly what I did.

 

[Juicyj]

No other type 1's in my family (and hopefully no one else will get diagnosed with this either !)

 

[Engineer88]

Father was diabetic, and as far as I know I'm an only child.

 

[noblehead]

No members of my family (well none that we knew of) had diabetes before and only one has developed it since I was diagnosed, that was a Aunty who had type 2 diabetes.

 

[B33]

Hey. Diagnosed February this year. Aged 34. No history of diabetes in the family.

 

[Markpick]

Hey. Diagnosed February this year. Aged 34. No history of diabetes in the family.

Same here, tho a year older at 35 diagnosed February 2015?

 

[B33]

Yeh. Diagnosed type 1 February 2015. Was total shock.

 

[LauraC27]

I was diagnosed type one in July this year..
my dad was diagnosed type one when he was my age (26)
my dad's brother is also type one..
and one of my cousins (male) is type one on my dads side...

i'm the first female!

 

[Claire007]

No family history here either. I was diagnosed six months ago age 44.

 

[JANROU]

Diagnosed 1990 only family member as far as I know, son diagnosed 2 years ago as coeliac closely followed by me! Have one aunt with lupus. Just hoping the next generation are all ok

 

[LottyT]

Nope just me, diagnosed at 16, am now 29. My cousin has Crohns and i also have rheumatoid arthritis so might be some auto immune thing going on

 

[Arsenal_1987]

I was diagnosed type 1 august this year at the age of 28.. Was suffering all summer with bad dry throat, fast heart rate, struggled to breath and lost so much weight. Took jus over 2months to find out what was goin on after multiple visits to hospitals and my GP. A paramedic figured out what was wrong with me and rushed me into hospital.. Thats when i found out my dad had t2 and my aunt has t1.. Was really suprised when i was diagnosed, couldnt believe it was happenin to me but jus gotta learn to live with it.

 

[ickihun]

Only one and a different blood group too. Must be the milkmans? lol

 

[badgerlover]

Hello. I was diagnosed type 1 at.....43! My nephew type 1 at14, my cousin at 11, my brother type, 2 other cousins ,siblings type 2....grandfather on mother's side type 2. I remember as a small child my maternal grandfather's sisters were type 1. Must be in a maternal line. Good luck. Please take care. Big hugs.

 

[kimbelina]

IIRC, there is no history of diabetes in my family, and I don't think there were any other autoimmmune diseases either - although I'm not certain. My mum had thyroid cancer, but don't think that's particularly related to thyroid disease (could be wrong). Anyway, both I and one of my brothers has T1D. I'm 28, was diagnosed at 15, he's 23 and was diagnosed at 4 years old. So he was surprise in terms of likelihood, I was the surprise in terms of late diagnosis!

 

[Gemmablower]

Newly diagnosed at age 26 with T1. Around 3 months now. Wanted to know if there is a history of diabetes running in your family? No one that i know has diabetes, doctors are surpised, and want to do more tests on me. Is it that uncommon getting diagnosed over 25 years? This is my first time posting here, have been reading for a while and wow this forum has answered alot of questions that no doctor can answer! Thank you

My daughter was diagnosed December and no history of type 1 that we know of but my partner was adopted so have no history to look at there, however my mothers and fathers side both have big history of autoimmune diseases. X