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How old were you when you were diagnosed?

How old were you when you were diagnosed?

  • 0-5

    Votes: 50 12.8%

  • 6-10

    Votes: 36 9.2%

  • 11-15

    Votes: 35 8.9%

  • 16-21

    Votes: 39 9.9%

  • 22-30

    Votes: 46 11.7%

  • 31-40

    Votes: 49 12.5%

  • 41-50

    Votes: 52 13.3%

  • 51-60

    Votes: 48 12.2%

  • 60+

    Votes: 37 9.4%
  • Total voters
    392
Type 2 at 43(last month)

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Type 1 on 3rd feb 2003 when i was 13 half way through my gcse's and i still got higher grades than my non diabetic twin sister

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Yeah well we were look completly different now tho she is alot bigger than me and shes still blonde hahaha

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Type 1 at 34 (3 years ago)...still struggling to deal with it/control it.....also diagnosed with neuropathy...not pleasant but am soldiering on. Still not treating myself as if I have Type 1 (still smoking too much and enjoy a drink) and don't always eat the right things.....some encouragement needed please!!!!!
 
69 pre-diabetic type 2
 
Just 3 years old, I am now 62 and with no complications. I have never complied with hospital care they use the formulaic process which has nearly killed me in the past. For instance, when I was in hospital having my third child, they didn't believe that I was an atypical diabetic. They assumed that my insulin requirements would drop despite the fact that I told them otherwise. Pregnancy always makes my insulin requirements drop substantially. They wouldn't let me monitor myself and do my own injections so I had to have my husband bring my kit in and I did everything myself. Their insulin I injected into the sheet as it was a type which didn't work properly for me. Now when I had my daughter in Epsom, their attitude was quite different. They said I knew more about my diabetes so that was my responsibility I just had to tell them what was going on. I have also fought for a decent diet, more recently they seem to want pump diabetics full of sugar. So I said unless I got plenty of meat and veggies I would order out from Montana's.
 
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