This is a personal glimpse into how things have changed for type 1's and the life you can lead.
I was diagnosed at 3 years old as type 1. I ran in front of a lorry but didn't get hurt but the shock must have caused some sort of trauma to the system.
Back then you had to test your glucose level via urine sample in a test tube. ooh happy days but had a near normal child hood diabetes was a thing you had to put up with but it didn't impinge on your life at all. My local GP told my father that I may live until my early 40's. How things have changed. Mainly in the last 5 years for me.
I now have the Freestle libre2 and Omnopod pump 2 I wish I could have had that 30 years ago. I had a rough patch for about 10 years in my thirties with lots of Hypo's trying to do too much when your body is getting older was my downfall as a self employed electrician. An office job would have saved a lot of problems.
I have not been able to find ANY info about getting old with type one what you may expect or what can happen its as though its been kept under wrap's. I would say work to your own limitations as you see fit keep things as much as poss under control would be my advise. To all those new diabetics with type 1 its a change of life style but after 60 years I have all my fingers and toes nothing has fallen off and got a bit a neuropathy in fingers which happened over night and I have to wear glasses - which I put down to getting older aged.
So you lot look after yourself cos no body is going to do it for you are wods I was told when I started my apprenticeship, and they are so very true.
So take care, keep fit (if poss) and use your best judgement and research all subjects don't take any body's word for it even if they are so called professionals I know I would be dead by now if I had
I was diagnosed at 3 years old as type 1. I ran in front of a lorry but didn't get hurt but the shock must have caused some sort of trauma to the system.
Back then you had to test your glucose level via urine sample in a test tube. ooh happy days but had a near normal child hood diabetes was a thing you had to put up with but it didn't impinge on your life at all. My local GP told my father that I may live until my early 40's. How things have changed. Mainly in the last 5 years for me.
I now have the Freestle libre2 and Omnopod pump 2 I wish I could have had that 30 years ago. I had a rough patch for about 10 years in my thirties with lots of Hypo's trying to do too much when your body is getting older was my downfall as a self employed electrician. An office job would have saved a lot of problems.
I have not been able to find ANY info about getting old with type one what you may expect or what can happen its as though its been kept under wrap's. I would say work to your own limitations as you see fit keep things as much as poss under control would be my advise. To all those new diabetics with type 1 its a change of life style but after 60 years I have all my fingers and toes nothing has fallen off and got a bit a neuropathy in fingers which happened over night and I have to wear glasses - which I put down to getting older aged.
So you lot look after yourself cos no body is going to do it for you are wods I was told when I started my apprenticeship, and they are so very true.
So take care, keep fit (if poss) and use your best judgement and research all subjects don't take any body's word for it even if they are so called professionals I know I would be dead by now if I had