Slowly and carefullyOh my goodness!! How did you do it, my worst nightmare
We had BM sticks back then, same wait time but you compared the colours to the ones on the tub.About the only "old" thing I remember was my first glucometer that I got in 1984. It was in a zippered case, made of plastic, about 9"X 6". I had to put in the strip, drop blood on it, wait a minute, wipe it off with a cotton ball, and load it into the meter. It took another minute to get the blood sugar reading. Anyone remember those?
Aha! That thing was a constant fixture in our bathroom when I was growing up with my type 1 mum. I had no idea what it was. Just one of the things we had that other people didn’t...! I’m learning so much about my own past on these forumsIs this the kit you mean.
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I once wondered if the Clinitest tablets really boiled the urine and touched the bottom of the tube with my finger. They certainly did!
You bet I do! In the late 1970s they were not designed for handbags, or pockets.About the only "old" thing I remember was my first glucometer that I got in 1984. It was in a zippered case, made of plastic, about 9"X 6". I had to put in the strip, drop blood on it, wait a minute, wipe it off with a cotton ball, and load it into the meter. It took another minute to get the blood sugar reading. Anyone remember those?
Hi @Llinz04 The following describes similar nightmares in 1966, while I was a Type 1 inpatient:Oh my goodness!! How did you do it, my worst nightmare
Hi Bill, Just been rummaging in the loft. Found this from a December 1969 magazine! Considering a Kit-Kat would have been at the most 8d then - I actually think 6, 8/4d would equate to 12.5 Kit-Kats which is £8.75 in today's money. Would it have been worth opening the can?!Jaylee, do you remember the small cake for diabetics sealed inside a can and you needed a tin-opener to get to it? That was the Christmas treat I was given from the mid-60's. Never got it any other time as my folks, bless them, said it was too expensive.
Bill
Also found these in a 1969 BDA journal!All so called diabetic food was very expensive in those days. I remember the Energen rolls which were lower carbohydrate. It was obvious why they were so low as when you broke one open they were virtually just an empty shell.
Hi Bill, yet another 1969 advert:I've found a picture of the Hypoguard Automatic Injector which is exactly the same as the one I used. It's top right and is in amongst other diabetic 'museum pics' that folks here might find interesting. I'd love to know what the small piece of equipment bottom right is. Another hand-held injector?. The photographs are on a British site I've never heard of, I've spent some time this morning reading through it and it's now added to my browser favourites. I don't normally post links but it came up as a 'safe' site on both my virus and malware checkers. The link is:
https://type1bri.com/wp-content/gallery/jdrf-day/20161105_150759.jpg
Bill
What is staggering is the price - by 1969 had reached 50/- which is around £70 in today's money!View attachment 25398
Don't forget the Palmer Injector. Many a time the needle would shoot off the end of the syringe!
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Don't forget the Palmer Injector. Many a time the needle would shoot off the end of the syringe!
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