Hi
My names Dean, im from Belfast, im 30yrs old and ive been type 1 from 10yrs old. Cant beleive ive only found this site now!! Such a releif!!! The last contact I had with so many diabetics was when I was 15 years old at a camp and I was drawing actrapid and monotard into a syringe.....while trying to face atleast 3 lows/ hypos a day!!
Today I take Humalog and Lantus and I feel way more controlled over the whole situation.....bar the evils we all suffer.
My diabetes runs in the family and was contracted from my Dad. My Dad had Type 1 from the age of 18 which was contracted from his aunt "so I was told". My Dad died at the age of 43 from diabetic complications / a massive hypo in his sleep while being weened of animal insulin to synthetic insulin. He was as healthy as an athlete and had a great brain for his sympoms. I think he was let down by people who knew better.....He lived seperate from me and my mum for three weeks!!...24 December 1992 was not a great christmas for me!! Fortunatly its good to know that treatment has moved on so well in so little time. I remember when taking a BM result was done by eye and not machine......now it takes 5 seconds by a digital devive.
I really hope I havnt anoyed anyone with my rant....its just something thats tied to my condition and like to get of my chest when diabetes chat comes into question.
My names Dean, im from Belfast, im 30yrs old and ive been type 1 from 10yrs old. Cant beleive ive only found this site now!! Such a releif!!! The last contact I had with so many diabetics was when I was 15 years old at a camp and I was drawing actrapid and monotard into a syringe.....while trying to face atleast 3 lows/ hypos a day!!
Today I take Humalog and Lantus and I feel way more controlled over the whole situation.....bar the evils we all suffer.
My diabetes runs in the family and was contracted from my Dad. My Dad had Type 1 from the age of 18 which was contracted from his aunt "so I was told". My Dad died at the age of 43 from diabetic complications / a massive hypo in his sleep while being weened of animal insulin to synthetic insulin. He was as healthy as an athlete and had a great brain for his sympoms. I think he was let down by people who knew better.....He lived seperate from me and my mum for three weeks!!...24 December 1992 was not a great christmas for me!! Fortunatly its good to know that treatment has moved on so well in so little time. I remember when taking a BM result was done by eye and not machine......now it takes 5 seconds by a digital devive.
I really hope I havnt anoyed anyone with my rant....its just something thats tied to my condition and like to get of my chest when diabetes chat comes into question.
