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<blockquote data-quote="glenmoray" data-source="post: 285721" data-attributes="member: 45378"><p>I was 17 when I was diagnosed with diabetes. At first I starting drinking more then going to the loo just after drinking. Then just walking a few steps use to exhaust me. I woke up on the afternoon on a day in February in 1977 after becoming unconcsious. My family had called a ambulance when they were unable to wake me in the morning. My family were told I only had hours to live when they found me.Another thing that happened to me was loosing loads of weight.I went from 13 stone to 61/2 stone. Being 17 and being told you were a diabetic was distressing. No more sweets, no sugar in tea, coffee or on your cereal.No heavy drinking with your friends. No doing the job I wanted to do which was drive a class 1 HGV. When coming out of hospital I was given 3 glass Syringes and 6 metal needles,which I had to boil after use and store in methylated spirits,a wee testing kit and a sugar recoreding book.It was horrible at first.putting everything you eat and drink converting it into a portioned diet. Even when your not hungry I had to eat.Now diabetes is part of my every day life.it never bothers me and restricts me very little.Without insulin I would have been dead now and not have had a lovely wife and 3 lovely children.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="glenmoray, post: 285721, member: 45378"] I was 17 when I was diagnosed with diabetes. At first I starting drinking more then going to the loo just after drinking. Then just walking a few steps use to exhaust me. I woke up on the afternoon on a day in February in 1977 after becoming unconcsious. My family had called a ambulance when they were unable to wake me in the morning. My family were told I only had hours to live when they found me.Another thing that happened to me was loosing loads of weight.I went from 13 stone to 61/2 stone. Being 17 and being told you were a diabetic was distressing. No more sweets, no sugar in tea, coffee or on your cereal.No heavy drinking with your friends. No doing the job I wanted to do which was drive a class 1 HGV. When coming out of hospital I was given 3 glass Syringes and 6 metal needles,which I had to boil after use and store in methylated spirits,a wee testing kit and a sugar recoreding book.It was horrible at first.putting everything you eat and drink converting it into a portioned diet. Even when your not hungry I had to eat.Now diabetes is part of my every day life.it never bothers me and restricts me very little.Without insulin I would have been dead now and not have had a lovely wife and 3 lovely children. [/QUOTE]
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