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<blockquote data-quote="JMK1954" data-source="post: 2191104" data-attributes="member: 352098"><p>I'm at the 55 year point too. Ooh, no pun intended. I can remember the Hypoguard container to store syringes and the brand Rocket syringes. I kept one for years in case the government suddenly went back on allowing disposable syringes to be prescribed for diabetics. </p><p></p><p>I also remember bring told at a diabetic clinic in Liverpool in the 1980s that I no longer had to count carbohydrates. Yes, it really happened ! I argued rationally that that would mean either a risk of ending up hypo, or my BS levels rising unreasonably high, but the same nonsense was blithely repeated and my comments were ignored. By this point I was in my 20s with around 15 years' experience of type 1 behind me. I went home and ignored the nonsense. At succeeding clinic appointments, I was regularly asked if I still counted carbohydrates. I could tell from the way the question was put that they wanted the answer 'No', so I obliged to avoid a confrontation. Then they lost interest, just complimented me on excellent test results.</p><p></p><p> It was the 1990s before I was asked the question again. I told them I had never stopped counting carbohydrate from the day I was diagnosed. Evidently carb counting was now back in fashion ! The whole thing was crazy, but must have done a lot of damage.Anyone else had any similar experience ? I wonder if it was connected with stopping the supply of diet scales which must have occurred around the same time ? Was the assumption, we can't provide scales so they need to guess all carbs in future ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMK1954, post: 2191104, member: 352098"] I'm at the 55 year point too. Ooh, no pun intended. I can remember the Hypoguard container to store syringes and the brand Rocket syringes. I kept one for years in case the government suddenly went back on allowing disposable syringes to be prescribed for diabetics. I also remember bring told at a diabetic clinic in Liverpool in the 1980s that I no longer had to count carbohydrates. Yes, it really happened ! I argued rationally that that would mean either a risk of ending up hypo, or my BS levels rising unreasonably high, but the same nonsense was blithely repeated and my comments were ignored. By this point I was in my 20s with around 15 years' experience of type 1 behind me. I went home and ignored the nonsense. At succeeding clinic appointments, I was regularly asked if I still counted carbohydrates. I could tell from the way the question was put that they wanted the answer 'No', so I obliged to avoid a confrontation. Then they lost interest, just complimented me on excellent test results. It was the 1990s before I was asked the question again. I told them I had never stopped counting carbohydrate from the day I was diagnosed. Evidently carb counting was now back in fashion ! The whole thing was crazy, but must have done a lot of damage.Anyone else had any similar experience ? I wonder if it was connected with stopping the supply of diet scales which must have occurred around the same time ? Was the assumption, we can't provide scales so they need to guess all carbs in future ? [/QUOTE]
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