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<blockquote data-quote="Lazelle" data-source="post: 2757857" data-attributes="member: 597563"><p>Just reading a post with Emshore's 14 year old son recently diagnosed as diabetic.</p><p>It brought back memories of "the state of the art" 1982 when I also was a newly diabetic 14 year old lad.</p><p></p><p>10ml bottles of Initard double acting insulin </p><p>(made from pig pancreas's harvested from the bacon factory somewhere)</p><p>one shot sorted two meals. (A recipe for hypo disasters)</p><p></p><p>Glass & stainless steel syringe, kept in a carry case of methylated spirit.</p><p>Disposable plastic syringes were not on the NHS.</p><p></p><p>Blood testing strips?</p><p>Not NHS.</p><p></p><p>Urine tests? </p><p>The NHS way</p><p>This was my favorite, pee in this test tube, </p><p>add a white tablet (with dry fingers!),</p><p>stand back whilst the exothermic tablet creates a tube of boiling p1ss,</p><p>wait a minute whilst it changes colour.</p><p>Can you see the issues doing this in a restaurant?</p><p></p><p>For the sake of dignity my parents got test strips privately.</p><p></p><p>Other things, when you tried to get car insurance, your premium automatically doubled.</p><p>The disability discrimination act stopped that scam when the insurers could not show proof of a raised risk.</p><p></p><p>Just to say, it stops me getting too frustrated at my Libre2.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazelle, post: 2757857, member: 597563"] Just reading a post with Emshore's 14 year old son recently diagnosed as diabetic. It brought back memories of "the state of the art" 1982 when I also was a newly diabetic 14 year old lad. 10ml bottles of Initard double acting insulin (made from pig pancreas's harvested from the bacon factory somewhere) one shot sorted two meals. (A recipe for hypo disasters) Glass & stainless steel syringe, kept in a carry case of methylated spirit. Disposable plastic syringes were not on the NHS. Blood testing strips? Not NHS. Urine tests? The NHS way This was my favorite, pee in this test tube, add a white tablet (with dry fingers!), stand back whilst the exothermic tablet creates a tube of boiling p1ss, wait a minute whilst it changes colour. Can you see the issues doing this in a restaurant? For the sake of dignity my parents got test strips privately. Other things, when you tried to get car insurance, your premium automatically doubled. The disability discrimination act stopped that scam when the insurers could not show proof of a raised risk. Just to say, it stops me getting too frustrated at my Libre2. Best of luck. [/QUOTE]
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