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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 2092995" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>I’ve had the Diabeast for nearly 50 years now [USER=508810]@Delticmatt100[/USER] and [USER=508444]@Gaffer type 1[/USER] and have no complications. My feet are fine, though if I go barefoot on gravel or encounter a rose cutting on the grass I could wish they weren’t. Everything else seems to work well enough for an oldie, and the only things that have carped out are bits that non T1s have trouble with too. I’ve a new titanium super-knee and had early cataract ops so that the retinal photographs wouldn’t be blurred - but no retinopathy, just better sight now than I had as a young’un.</p><p>Complications tend to follow on from years of poor blood sugar control and these days we have better tech like meters and the Freestyle Libre or Dexcom to help us.</p><p>If you want to read up about T1 there are a few books that help. You can get ‘Think Like a Pancreas’ by Gary Schneider on kindle and I’m sure the others have some favourites too.</p><p>Another thing that helps stop the worry is the lighthearted banter on this thread [emoji4]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 2092995, member: 68789"] I’ve had the Diabeast for nearly 50 years now [USER=508810]@Delticmatt100[/USER] and [USER=508444]@Gaffer type 1[/USER] and have no complications. My feet are fine, though if I go barefoot on gravel or encounter a rose cutting on the grass I could wish they weren’t. Everything else seems to work well enough for an oldie, and the only things that have carped out are bits that non T1s have trouble with too. I’ve a new titanium super-knee and had early cataract ops so that the retinal photographs wouldn’t be blurred - but no retinopathy, just better sight now than I had as a young’un. Complications tend to follow on from years of poor blood sugar control and these days we have better tech like meters and the Freestyle Libre or Dexcom to help us. If you want to read up about T1 there are a few books that help. You can get ‘Think Like a Pancreas’ by Gary Schneider on kindle and I’m sure the others have some favourites too. Another thing that helps stop the worry is the lighthearted banter on this thread [emoji4] [/QUOTE]
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