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<blockquote data-quote="cassie091" data-source="post: 196382" data-attributes="member: 35025"><p>I was diagnosed in 1959 at the age of 16 with type 1 diabetes so I have been on insulin for 52 years. That doesn't make me the oldest but 52 years is a long time to be injecting daily and now 4 times a day. My maternal grandmother died of it in 1924.</p><p>I am convinced it was sparked off by Asian flu. My mother was also of that opinion but the consultant said that was rubbish.</p><p>I am fortunate in that I do not have many complications. I have always tried to "follow the rules" and my consultant told me that was why I kept so well. Having moved house I am no longer with a hospital and see my GP. He says my good health is down to "good genes". By my reckoning if I had 'good genes' I wouldn't be dabetic. I was the only one out of 3 children who got it but it is rife on my grandmother's side of the family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cassie091, post: 196382, member: 35025"] I was diagnosed in 1959 at the age of 16 with type 1 diabetes so I have been on insulin for 52 years. That doesn't make me the oldest but 52 years is a long time to be injecting daily and now 4 times a day. My maternal grandmother died of it in 1924. I am convinced it was sparked off by Asian flu. My mother was also of that opinion but the consultant said that was rubbish. I am fortunate in that I do not have many complications. I have always tried to "follow the rules" and my consultant told me that was why I kept so well. Having moved house I am no longer with a hospital and see my GP. He says my good health is down to "good genes". By my reckoning if I had 'good genes' I wouldn't be dabetic. I was the only one out of 3 children who got it but it is rife on my grandmother's side of the family. [/QUOTE]
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