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  1. Joyous

    How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

    Wow it just shows it can be done! I was diagnosed in 1972 aged 13 and I was in hospital all of my six weeks school summer holiday I was told I had to eat at least 5 oranges a day for a week or so to get my potassium levels up mnnn still don't understand that but hey. I also had 1 stainless...
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    This November 26th is my anniversary of my diabetes

    My diagnosis was around July time during my school holidays in 1972 but the anniversary of it has never entered my mind ......... Like previous posts I agree you have to live life to the full and just get on with it Hope you feel a bit more positive now xx
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    How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

    I was diagnosed with type 1 when I was 13 that was 44 years ago this year. Nobody else in my immediate family have it but a few years ago my cousins daughter was diagnosed type 1 I too remember glass syringes n surgical spirit ect ect I have had catteracts in both eyes done and now have implants...
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    Insulin pump concerns

    Thank you for that, where can you access the NICE criteria apart from asking DSN or GP? Or do you know it? :rolleyes:
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    Insulin pump concerns

    Do you have to ask your GP if you would like to go on a pump as I have been thinking of it too. I have been type 1 for 43 years thanks Sorry for being so dim
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    Desperate to lose weight!

    Hi I have always struggled weight wise and I have been a type 1 diabetic for 43 years now and I have lost nearly 3 stone with slimmingworld In around a year and a half .... As I am on a sliding scale during the day I adjust it myself and my long acting insulin before I go to bed I have had to...