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

[Lezzles]

I was 19 and originally mis-diagnosed as type 2 took 5 years for them to realise they were wrong.
Original diagnosis was 11 years ago.


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[Ann1]

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

I was 16 and that was 41 years. I am on an insulin pump.

 

[steven taylor]

I was age 17, am 34 now - so has now been half my life! - what a thought!

 

[Kieran.hughes]

18


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[kirstfinley]

I was 8 and now am 23 in Aug


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[Jenny1220]

5. 17 now.

 

[emmaclaire06]

I was diagnosed type 2 at 34 but some 12 mths later they changed it to type 1 as nothing they did worked suffer DKA a lot went on a pump in November 13

 

[mcwarrior]

I was Diagnosed 4 weeks ago, type 1, at 51, so not a nice present at my age. Like has been said before, everyone says you need to be young to get type 1, so i must be young in mind, body and soul.
Although a shock, coping well and getting on with things. just think it could have been something a lot worse, and there people worse off than me about.
Doc said he was surprised i was still standing lol.

 

[babyboscher]

Diagnosed 2005. Was only 8 years old. Now 17 so been 9 years and still having daily struggles!

 

[NDLC]

Diagnosed a week before my 12th birthday. I'll be 29 tomorrow! Time flys!

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[Chris077]

I was 24 now 37, had some really good support in the early years but not so much recently

 

[ck18]

I'm 52 and sad diagnosis as type 1 at end of March this year.

 

[diabetic12yrs]

type 1 diagnosed at 15 so that was 12 yrs ago

 

[mr55tsteven5on]

my husband was 14 when diagnosed - he is 38 now

 

[Dan Sumner]

Diagnosed last weds aged 30


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[Drummer mum]

Type 1 diagnosed 4 weeks ago at the age of 52. Major shock to the system!
Struggling but getting there

 

[smc4761]

Diagnosed on 17th April 1981, a date that will be with me forever, when I was 19. How I survived through the first 10 years or so I will never know. At that time there was no blood testing simply urine testing

 

[Mutley]

I was just 4 years old, I'd had scarlet fever and then chickenpox as getting over the fever. I'm now 59.

 

[Richw1982]

my son was diagnosed on the 11th aug 2014 10 days before his 5th birtday

 

[Mutley]

I was diagnosed on 15 September 1958, at just 4 years old. I've had it 56 years this September.