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Impatence--“Lingerer, my brain is on fire with impatience; and you tarry so long!” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Diagnosed at age 8--have had type 1 for 54 years!!

Thank you...!!

.....Re lifting my husband--when he was in Stoke Mandeville we were put into a mobile home, at the hospital, for 2/3 weekends towards the end of his stay, this was to see how we managed with all the care aspects. One morning while I was getting him ready I began to feel hypo but I was in the...

I have had diabetes since the age of 8 which totals 57 years. I did the wee testing and glass and metal syringe bit and felt eternally grateful when blood testing and multiple injections became the norm because life became so much easier. I tend to always eat the same amount of cho for meals...

When I developed diabetes I was 8 years old (1962) and at every hospital visit (childrens' hospital) I saw the dietician with the consultant. At 14 years of age I started to attend the adult diabetes clinic and it took them 48 years to arrange an appointment with the dietician. It was a complete...

I've been type 1 for 54 years and for all that time have been on low carb diet. My HBA1c is always within the normal range and I have no complications.I have done more in my 54 years with diabetes than most do in a lifetime. I must be doing something right, surely, in spite of the rubbish...

I have had type 1 for 54 years (am coming up to 63 yrs old) & have always used low carb diet (with insulin). I have never had any signs of retinopathy, have very good kidney and liver function, normal cholesterol, blood pressure etc etc etc--no complications in any shape or form. I also exercise...

I am told that at every visit........................!!!!

I was diagnosed T1 in 1961 and my parents were told there would soon be a cure--I think that it is just said to give you hope--it is human nature after all.................... ...................

Silly things said by docs, nurses, dietician: GP: You became hypo after eating a slice of cake because your body produced extra insulin as a result (type 1 for 54 years & obviously on insulin for 54 years--maybe if I ate high cho, sugary foods etc all the time I would be cured because it would...

Last time I had retinopathy check was odd. Dr told me he could see retinopathy in my eyes but not to worry because it had healed. I have had these checks for very many years now (I took part in the research for the cameras now used, way back in the eighties too) and not once has retinopathy been...

I had similar at aged 8--mum took me backwards and forwards to GP. His diagnosis: that my mother should feed me!! I was only 2 stone and was hungry and ate all the time. No wee test was offered & my mum had no idea what was wrong--which is why we kept on visiting the GP. Eventually school got...

But so funny--this would make an ideal scenario for a comedy......!!!!

My husband thinks I must be hypo or something as I did laugh out loud when I read this----so, so funny!!!!!

You don't look diabetic you look too healthy to have diabetes you haven't got it as badly as xyz your children would have been heavy babies (7ilbs & 6lbs 6 ozs actually) (sister in maternity ward) if you think your children are diabetic just bring them here and we'll test them (a hospital doc at...

.............................when you are having fun..........................!!!

I was diagnosed at aged 8 which is 53 years ago..........(how time flies)!!!!

Blood testing is retrospective that is the result shown is not necessarily your blood glucose reading at that particular moment but (depending on how quickly your blood sugar is falling of course) what it was 15 minutes or more before you tested. Likewise after something sweet has been eaten...