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<blockquote data-quote="Rokaab" data-source="post: 2068432" data-attributes="member: 450212"><p>There probably is no useful average lifespan for someone diagnosed at your age because so much has changed in technology, so any averages would be based on older tech and treatment, there is just not enough relevant data to answer your question.</p><p>For example when I was diagnosed my parents were told that I probably wouldn't make it to 35 (I only found this out recently when my Mum had had slightly too many glasses of wine), yet here I am in my 40's still going strong (though I am a pessimistic cynic who whinges a lot).</p><p></p><p>To be honest the average amount of insulin someone takes is generally going to be of no use whatsoever apart from to make you feel bad if you're taking more of it than the 'average'.</p><p>I have no clue how it'd even be worked out - my doctor knows very roughly what I have - but it changes on a daily basis depending on what I've eaten, what I've done, if I'm stressed, if I'm ill or whether the insulin just appears to be working better than normal just because it feels like it.</p><p></p><p>I realise that those answers of mine don't answer your question and are repeating what's already been said, but I was just adding some extra comments</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rokaab, post: 2068432, member: 450212"] There probably is no useful average lifespan for someone diagnosed at your age because so much has changed in technology, so any averages would be based on older tech and treatment, there is just not enough relevant data to answer your question. For example when I was diagnosed my parents were told that I probably wouldn't make it to 35 (I only found this out recently when my Mum had had slightly too many glasses of wine), yet here I am in my 40's still going strong (though I am a pessimistic cynic who whinges a lot). To be honest the average amount of insulin someone takes is generally going to be of no use whatsoever apart from to make you feel bad if you're taking more of it than the 'average'. I have no clue how it'd even be worked out - my doctor knows very roughly what I have - but it changes on a daily basis depending on what I've eaten, what I've done, if I'm stressed, if I'm ill or whether the insulin just appears to be working better than normal just because it feels like it. I realise that those answers of mine don't answer your question and are repeating what's already been said, but I was just adding some extra comments [/QUOTE]
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