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I was diagnosed with T1 60 years ago last January. Feeling great with no side effects. I must be one of the luckiest people with diabetes. It has not always been easy, to put it mildly, in fact at times it’s an utter pain.

Well done! i'm rather small and have to lose 3kg, from 56,8 to 54kg. Difficult! Insulin does NOT help. Eat less will... But I love food.

As mentioned before, I have been taking my daily dose of Simvastatin for over 10 years (or thereabouts), with no unusual, noticeable side effects. At 63 I expect my memory not to be as it was 30 years ago, and the pain in my shoulders started before Statins. So I must be one of the lucky ones.

Th Thank you, Spiker! When I go back to the UK I will talk to my team about the pump you mention. I will be there for at least 6 months, so that should be enough time to get used to the pump, I hope, and to get the necessary support.

Diagnosed in 1960, feeling very fortunate to have coped well most of the time. On the whole I am fit and well despite my ripe old age, so diabetes does not necessarily mean a gloomy future for those recently diagnosed.

I have been taking Simvastatins for ages with no side effects, other than a shocking memory, but I always had that :-)

After 53 years of T1 I am finding it more and more difficult to control my glucose levels. I am told this is not unusual, and I just plod on...I wish I could make up my mind to go on the pump, but always find an excuse. I am not always living in the same place, several months of the year I live...

Travelling Enthusiast, congratulations on thinking about the huge amount of money we cost the NHS, and the tax payers (which many of us are, too). I share your experience, changing needles maybe 3 times a month with no bad effect, and I spent 5 months a year in Tropical Asia. Had a gold medal...