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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 124732" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>I was diagnosed type 1 on 14th Feb 65 but after about 10 years I stopped thinking about it and just got on with my life like you do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> My first Christmas was not too good as I couldnt drink any lemonade etc and could only have low calorie orange squash <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> Second Christmas was much better though as my Mum saw an advert in Balance for a company in Forfar, Scotland doing sugar free bottled lemonade at about £1 per bottle. My Dad did his nut at the cost. I was thrilled with it and always remember it turning up in a crate on the back of a Corona lorry. My Mum bought 10 bottles 8) :lol: Over the years, diet lemonades etc have got cheaper and cheaper. Does anyone remember Tab from Cocacola??</p><p></p><p>I remember only too well the Clinitest tablets, then Clinistix which I thought was fab. I didnt start testing my blood until the mid 70's and always remember being given that dreadful Autolet finger pricker with a depth setting equivalent to a number 10 and some BM teststrips which dsn told me to cut lengthways because of the cost. Needless to say, I didnt use the BM strips or Autolet very much (it was too painful) so just carried on with the Clinistix. </p><p></p><p> I eventually bought a Medisense Cardsense meter advertised in Balance for about £40 and got the strips for it on prescription. A few meters that came out before the Medisense required you to buy the strips for them so only the really well off I think had them. :roll:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 124732, member: 8799"] I was diagnosed type 1 on 14th Feb 65 but after about 10 years I stopped thinking about it and just got on with my life like you do :) My first Christmas was not too good as I couldnt drink any lemonade etc and could only have low calorie orange squash :( Second Christmas was much better though as my Mum saw an advert in Balance for a company in Forfar, Scotland doing sugar free bottled lemonade at about £1 per bottle. My Dad did his nut at the cost. I was thrilled with it and always remember it turning up in a crate on the back of a Corona lorry. My Mum bought 10 bottles 8) :lol: Over the years, diet lemonades etc have got cheaper and cheaper. Does anyone remember Tab from Cocacola?? I remember only too well the Clinitest tablets, then Clinistix which I thought was fab. I didnt start testing my blood until the mid 70's and always remember being given that dreadful Autolet finger pricker with a depth setting equivalent to a number 10 and some BM teststrips which dsn told me to cut lengthways because of the cost. Needless to say, I didnt use the BM strips or Autolet very much (it was too painful) so just carried on with the Clinistix. I eventually bought a Medisense Cardsense meter advertised in Balance for about £40 and got the strips for it on prescription. A few meters that came out before the Medisense required you to buy the strips for them so only the really well off I think had them. :roll: [/QUOTE]
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