Hi,I was diagnose in 1959 when I was 11 years.I have got a few complications but I dont let it get me down.
I too am on Novo rapid and Lantus.Just enjoy life.
Hey. My mum keeps telling me that when you've been Type 1 for fifty years, you can get a medal ( from whatever the British Diabetic Association is called now). Did you get one?
In answer to OP's question:
And I've had it since 1967, probably triggered by a minor operation I had a few months before. I got hypothyroidism at 13 (1975). I've had frozen shoulder twice and very, very minor bleeding in one eye. No laser treatment yet and no detectable vision deficiencies. I am rather inflexible, which can be a side effect of high blood sugars, though I can improve that with exercise.
Lately, I have been putting on belly fat, my previously superb blood pressure was not good at the last appointment, and my cholesterol is relatively high ( trigs are very low, though).
I also believe that some people (like me) are just lucky. There's no justice in this illness. I know people who have always been "good diabetics", much better than me, and they have much worse complications after a very short time. I believe that it's not all about the blood sugar. I think that's very important, but I think some people have more of a syndrome, where the autoimmune system attacks other parts of the body too. Otherwise, I think the variation in outcomes is inexplicable.