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<blockquote data-quote="sugarybibs" data-source="post: 149690" data-attributes="member: 11003"><p><strong>Re: Just out of interest - do you have diabetes in the famil</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi all ive been type 1 for 40 years this year got it when i was 16.i was a skinny teenager very active only ate good food hardly any sweets etc well in the 60s we never had all the rubbish kids eat today.no one in my family had type 1 or 2 not grandparents greatgrandparents no aunties uncles or cousins and we are a very large family.ive got 4 kids well all in their 20s now and none of them have it or any symptons of it.they ony got tested when they were born and have never been tested since.They are all fit and healthy and slim.I do sometimes check their bloods if they say they feel a bit thirsty or tired.I think i am very lucky not to have developed any complications yet after getting it so young and having it for this long.I always thought type 2 was what overweight people get and it still really annoys me when people look at you when you mention diabetes and think you were overweight and always eating junk food.nearly all the type 1s i meet in my clinic are slim and type 2 overweight.Even the tele and press still dont mention the difference between these types of diabetes when the adverts are on showing people eating junk and telling us to watch our weight or we could develop diabetes.us type 1s dont develop it it just happens through no fault of our own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sugarybibs, post: 149690, member: 11003"] [b]Re: Just out of interest - do you have diabetes in the famil[/b] Hi all ive been type 1 for 40 years this year got it when i was 16.i was a skinny teenager very active only ate good food hardly any sweets etc well in the 60s we never had all the rubbish kids eat today.no one in my family had type 1 or 2 not grandparents greatgrandparents no aunties uncles or cousins and we are a very large family.ive got 4 kids well all in their 20s now and none of them have it or any symptons of it.they ony got tested when they were born and have never been tested since.They are all fit and healthy and slim.I do sometimes check their bloods if they say they feel a bit thirsty or tired.I think i am very lucky not to have developed any complications yet after getting it so young and having it for this long.I always thought type 2 was what overweight people get and it still really annoys me when people look at you when you mention diabetes and think you were overweight and always eating junk food.nearly all the type 1s i meet in my clinic are slim and type 2 overweight.Even the tele and press still dont mention the difference between these types of diabetes when the adverts are on showing people eating junk and telling us to watch our weight or we could develop diabetes.us type 1s dont develop it it just happens through no fault of our own. [/QUOTE]
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