How old were you when you first diagnosed with type 1?? And how long do you have it??

[Melissa.coleman]

I was 16... Diagnosed 10th January 2000 so 14 years ago


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[RoDnEyBoY]

I was 3 so that'll be 33 years ago

RoDnEyBoY

 

[Kelsie]

20 years old, July 2013. My brother was 18, six years diagnosed now xx


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[dbginge]

I was 5 almost my 6th birthday


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[shedlover111]

I thought that should be a great idea to share our experiences

I got diagnosed by 21 and have it now for 6 weeks, but my doc told me he never had a patient that handled it so well

58 had it for just over a year now, It was surreal when the Dr told me I had "juvenile diabetes" guess I am a late developer!!

 

[Dzialo]

Wow!! Didn't know you can get it by such an age

 

[phoenix]

Wow!! Didn't know you can get it by such an age

You can get it at any age. Dr Irl Hirsch a well known diabetes specialist and researcher says
" The incidence of type 1 diabetes is doubling roughly every 2 decades in developed nations. The rising population of U.S. adults with type 1 diabetes has two sources: a steady increase in patients with new-onset type 1 disease arising in their 30s, 40s, and beyond, and improved longevity of patients with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes."

58 is just a stripling. Dr Hirsch says the oldest that has been diagnosed in his clinic was 92.
http://www.jfponline.com/fileadmin/content_pdf/fpn/archive_pdf/vol40iss14/70889_main.pdf

 

[noblehead]

I was 18, just 5 years ago....

 

[Stefano]

I was 10. It was 34 years ago. March 1980


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[DiaBethic95]

I'm 19, I was diagnosed 5 months ago when I was 18.


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[chubbz1991]

I was 3, diagnosed 19 years ago in April


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[Lenya21]

My first anniversary with type1 is coming up on April 16. I was 52 years old at the time.


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[picklebean]

I was 11 and that's 21 years ago this June.

 

[RosieDred]

I was and am 24. Diagnosed November 2013 and some days it still doesn't seem real.


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[Picci]

I had just turned 10. that was 1979, 35 years ago.


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[rochari]

I was diagnosed at 11yo, 49 years ago.

Bill

 

[Ian Stonelake]

I was 24 when I was diagnosed in November 1992. 21 years later my control still isn't brilliant with regular hypos coupled with hypo unawareness.

Ian

 

[Robert 2170]

15 month I was 47 and taken in to hospital New Year's Eve
Had the doctors well puzzled for a few days to what type I was going to be



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[hello123]

32 yrs ago when I was 12

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[lewisf94]

I was 17 diagnosed 22/12/2011

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