T1 29 years amI just lucky?

47 years old, diabetic 25 and no complications at all from diabetes. Grabbing hold of a large chunk of wood whilst saying this!!!

I think of myself as just being lucky, as I know of 2 people the same age and length of time with T1 and have horrendous complications.

I think you and I are just lucky.

After 4 years I got everything. You name it, I got it. All by the age of 23. I've just turned 25, have probably had 40 hospital admissions in the last few years, 3 comas, a jejunostomy at the age of 22. Laser surgery about 9 times...... it's been hell. I look after myself, really look after myself and the only answer any doctor has for me is 'you were just unlucky, there's no explanation'...

wishing you many more complication free years.

linpat said:

Thank yo for sharing your own experiences and as I thought there is no rhyme or reason why some of us get the complications and others are very lucky.
Maybe as a 50 year old time will tell but I am going to carry on being positive, enjoying life and stop taking statins... reading reports on these drugs I agree they made my muscles ache and pain was quite bad. I am convinced these are the culprit!

Cheers

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i have been type 1 for 43 years (since i was 7 ) had a few bad hypos when growing up and about 5 years ago when i needed a change of insulin, had some laser treatment about 10 years ago after a bleed (eyes are fine now) other than that everything is fine last hb1ac 5, after the problems with my eyes i tend to keep a tight grip on my diabetes i think its the key for most diabetics and some have problems no matter what they do. Phil

Be very wary about coming off statins, I thought all my pains were down to Statins, as 'Cugila' can also quantify and other forum users. However, I have just had confirmation that my problems have been down to fibromyalgia. I have blamed statins and B12 but after many, many years of absolute chronic pain, I have just found it that it is neither. If you have chronic pains especially in muscles etc you should tell your GP, GP's can offer differing statins, either water based ones or fat based ones, and it would always be best to try water based ones prior to just coming off them.

I came off statins at Christmas just gone, and yes some of the pain did slightly diminsh for a while, but I supsect now, that due to the way fibromyalgia works on your brain and pain, that it was more likely that I felt less pain due to being more relaxed.

Don't self diagnose everything being statins before telling your GP and asking for water based ones....