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hiya..im a newbie been type 1 diabetic now for 19 years now. In the past i have never taken control of it at all..never really use to inject. On the odd occasion i would. I never went to see my specialists either, so i never new if my amounts of insulin i was taking were right or not..i just had to guess( didnt even know about this 1unit per 10g carbs). In the past i remember being ill quite alot from bad control..having really bad hyperglycaemia( or is it hypo??) i can remember once when i was really ill an ambulance lady telling me that if my mum had left me 30mins longer then i would of been dead, and to be honest that shock never worked!! I now live with my boyfriend of 3years...he was the one that finally kicked my ass and got me to go and see somebody. So after about 8yrs i went to see a specialist a couple of months ago and they put me on a pump straight away. i must say it has been amazing so far. i love it..my sugars were not perfect at the start but now there nearly always below 10(i was used to them being in their 20s before the pump). I have already had problems with my eyes..but last time i went back everything was fine :thumbup: i just want any other parents with teenage kids that are not looking after themselves to really kick them up the ass