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<blockquote data-quote="Herbie72" data-source="post: 220540" data-attributes="member: 37782"><p>I was diagnosed with Type 1 in 1983, aged 10. I weighed three stone and the doctor said I only had two days to live because I was so poorly. Mum and dad had to carry me into the GP's surgery because I didn't have enough energy to walk. Spent three weeks in hospital recovering. </p><p></p><p>Quite why my folks didn't get me checked out sooner is a mystery, because I had all the usual symptoms and spent have the day on the loo having a wee / drinking gallons of fluids. </p><p></p><p>But what was interesting was that I had a recurring nightmare every night for about three weeks prior to diagnosis – I was on a bus as the walls, floor and ceiling started coming in. I couldn't escape and as I was about to be crushed I'd wake up. Once diagnosed, I never had that dream again. The doctor said it was probably my body telling me that I was dying! Amazing, really!</p><p></p><p>I'd had a serious flu-type of virus months before, as had my mum, and I've always wondered whether it was that that triggered the diabetes. My mum got Rheumatoid Arthritis at the same time (also an auto-immune disease) and she's been wheelchair-bound for 15 years, so I got it easy, really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herbie72, post: 220540, member: 37782"] I was diagnosed with Type 1 in 1983, aged 10. I weighed three stone and the doctor said I only had two days to live because I was so poorly. Mum and dad had to carry me into the GP's surgery because I didn't have enough energy to walk. Spent three weeks in hospital recovering. Quite why my folks didn't get me checked out sooner is a mystery, because I had all the usual symptoms and spent have the day on the loo having a wee / drinking gallons of fluids. But what was interesting was that I had a recurring nightmare every night for about three weeks prior to diagnosis – I was on a bus as the walls, floor and ceiling started coming in. I couldn't escape and as I was about to be crushed I'd wake up. Once diagnosed, I never had that dream again. The doctor said it was probably my body telling me that I was dying! Amazing, really! I'd had a serious flu-type of virus months before, as had my mum, and I've always wondered whether it was that that triggered the diabetes. My mum got Rheumatoid Arthritis at the same time (also an auto-immune disease) and she's been wheelchair-bound for 15 years, so I got it easy, really. [/QUOTE]
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