wow you beat me by 9 years, respectI have been type 1 since 1959 and I too remember glass syringes, metal needles, urine testing by test tubes and clinitest tablets, I also remember an autoinjector which was just like a gun onto which you mounted your syringe. I think insulin pens are great but no one has ever mentioned I have a pump. I have had heart surgery but I still play tennis twice a week and go to the gym. I still stick to the carb counting I was taught originally in 1959. My Hba1c readings have been variable over the years but the last one was 51 in new terms.
I don't remember being told to adjust carbs pre-1982, I do remember consultants doing their nut if I didn't stick to a written diet prescribed by their dietician. When I "discovered" a new consultant in 1982, he said that what I was doing (no diet, just winging it) was fine, it was like a breath of fresh air. I also know about the DAFNE stuff, like you nothing new, except sickness and exercise, oh and the variability of insulin ratio during the day.
Initially I was in two injections a day and had to stick to a ridged carb counted diet, if I missed my mid morning/afternoon snack when the act-rapid peaked, I would have a hypo. I very quickly got fat following a a high starchy carb diet prescribed by the dietician. However this was very short lived as I was soon put onto multiple injections and that's when I really got into adjusting actrapid to match bgs and carb intake. I remember it was a very new way of controlling diabetes c1980 and I was asked if I'd be interested in trying it out ( my parents had quickly learned all about diabetes when I was diagnosed which probably gave the consultant the confidence I could cope with a new regime). When I first got a novo pen, we had to buy it as it was such a new way of administering insulin. My parents were extremely supportive and I took over my care very quickly. Mum used to bake cakes and sit with a pencil working out the carbs, and I'd test and work out how much actrapid to have for a small slice!! I never felt I missed out in my childhood. Wow, just typing this brings back all the memories of my childhood. Christine
I was given my original Novopen by the hospital circa. 1989 (recently donated to ConradJ for his diabetic museum).
Just had a rummage in my drawer full of old meters and found this, my first meter which had human or machine readable strips
Oh yes Noblehead!!! The cutting of strips! You know, I was sad when they stopped making strips that could be visually checked. Yes I know it was not accurate to visually check but at times to get a general idea ( if in doubt ) you could easily see if you were high ( deep blue/green) or nearing a hypo if you didn't have the huge meter with you!! I feel it wasn't that long ago since the visually colour coded strips went out if circulation, it was nice to be able to check bgs with or without a meter!!
yes that's right, I think that I cut away the clip for the vials to make space for other things. I remeber throwing the plastic part, the tube and the glass syringe into the bin because I was so amazed at the leap forward it felt to have disposable syringes, but I wish I'd kept them as well nowI had one of those blue boxes with the syringe tube. Certainly had in in 1975, if not before. It had a plastic part that held the syringe tube and was also a clip for 2 insulin vials
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