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<blockquote data-quote="conniecar" data-source="post: 1055696" data-attributes="member: 188016"><p>This has brought back funny memories ! I was 'done over' in 1976 after weighing in at a huge 3 stone aged 8 on New Year's Day. I remember my Mum boiling syringes, having 2 digestives and 7 fluid ounces of milk before bed to build me back up, doing a wee in a test tube and dropping a tablet in to see what colour it was......( my mum would shout 'is it blue?' because that meant it was low. I remember not being allowed to sit with the other kids at dinner because they had school dinners and I had sandwiches, and my Mum coming into school and shouting when she found out #excitingday. I was given a metal gun that fired your syringe randomly at you and caused huge bruises #whoinventedthat? My Nan used to make me a diabetic selection box every year - Skells - funny sweets that gave you the runs if you o/d'd. Oh and my Mum made 'unusual' cakes using vanilla pods, Sorbitol, some poison like drops of concentrated sweetener etc that my friends thought were also a bit weird. But.....all this makes us boring 40 year veterans realise how things have come on. No syringes and wipes that toughen your skin, not so many rules, more understanding ( despite some misquotes - thanks Daily Mail ) and places like this. Where else but here can I rant and feel safe? I'm currently off with neuropathy pain/vitamin deficiency pain? Who knows....and I'm also like everyone on here a bit fed up at times ( random crying ) but this site is ace !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="conniecar, post: 1055696, member: 188016"] This has brought back funny memories ! I was 'done over' in 1976 after weighing in at a huge 3 stone aged 8 on New Year's Day. I remember my Mum boiling syringes, having 2 digestives and 7 fluid ounces of milk before bed to build me back up, doing a wee in a test tube and dropping a tablet in to see what colour it was......( my mum would shout 'is it blue?' because that meant it was low. I remember not being allowed to sit with the other kids at dinner because they had school dinners and I had sandwiches, and my Mum coming into school and shouting when she found out #excitingday. I was given a metal gun that fired your syringe randomly at you and caused huge bruises #whoinventedthat? My Nan used to make me a diabetic selection box every year - Skells - funny sweets that gave you the runs if you o/d'd. Oh and my Mum made 'unusual' cakes using vanilla pods, Sorbitol, some poison like drops of concentrated sweetener etc that my friends thought were also a bit weird. But.....all this makes us boring 40 year veterans realise how things have come on. No syringes and wipes that toughen your skin, not so many rules, more understanding ( despite some misquotes - thanks Daily Mail ) and places like this. Where else but here can I rant and feel safe? I'm currently off with neuropathy pain/vitamin deficiency pain? Who knows....and I'm also like everyone on here a bit fed up at times ( random crying ) but this site is ace ! [/QUOTE]
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