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I had my usual 10 month visit to my diabetic nurse at my GPs this week and I was very pleased with all my results.My Hba1c was58, the lowest it has been for many years,I had also lost 4kg and she said all the other results were perfect.I was more surprised by the weight loss as 4 days previous...

Congratulations It's nice to know that many people have no serious complications.I'm 64 years with type 1 next month ,diagnosed February 1954.It seems a lifetime ago,but I coped very well.At that time I would see the diabetic consultant every two weeks.Blood tests took weeks to come through but...

Like you I was diagnosed at 10 3/4 eight months after sweets came off ration for the Queens Coronation!Things were very different in those days,all we had to do was keep our urine results reasonably low and follow a pretty strict diet.I enjoyed myself as a teenager but we didn't drink alcohol as...

Diagnosed 7 months after sweets came off ration for the coronation I was 10 and am now 73.Writing this as I relax on a cruise to the Baltic .Ordered a Sharps box and sugarfree desserts ,no problems!

Thanks Loliz and Lucy SW,No ,to be honest I am not that well controlled my BS can range from 2.5 upto 19 in any one day.But I then either eat jelly babies or have an additional shot of Novorapid.Nothing seems to have any effect on my body.I never get any other health problems and feel well the...

Its fine being an old diabetic,am now 72 and will have been diabetic for 62 years next week.The only health problems I have are high blood pressure and high cholesterol both of which are under control with medication and seem to apply to many pensioners.About 10 years ago I saw my consultant...

Hello everyone,I was diagnosed 61 years ago at the age of 10, just 6 months after sweets came off ration! I accepted it as I thought it was better than Polio or TB which were both prevalent at the time.You don't know how lucky you are to be able to use a new needle for each injection and get...

My last post was not complete,I touched the wrong button!!Sometimes the results weren't back by the next visit.I now use the accucheck nano and as long as the control readings are within range I am happy.My biggestproblem is weight gain since I was changed from2 injections to 5 a day.However...

Hi everyone I find these various threads interesting. 60 years ago when I was first diagnosed with Type 1,the only testing we had available was urine testing. Blood tests were taken at the clinic (attended every 2 weeks

Hi ,have been a Diabetic since February 1954,nine months after sweets came off ration!I shall be 71 in few weeks and received my 60 year medal from DiabetesUK in February.In 1954 I was in hospital for 6 weeks and urine tests were done by Bunsen Burners. I have no complications apart from high...