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<blockquote data-quote="rochari" data-source="post: 1674074" data-attributes="member: 68255"><p>Hey Grant</p><p></p><p>Your picture brought the most memories back than anything else I can remember. It was great to see all our stuff from days gone by.</p><p></p><p>Hypoguard was a terrific company and my first ever blood meter was made by them. Before that, I used to buy disposable needles from them prior to the NHS picking up the cost. Did they close down as there doesn't seem to be a website? I bet folks don’t realise how closely they were involved in the making of the first insulin pens.</p><p></p><p>My first insulin, I think, was in a greyish little box and I remember purple on it too. I must say though my memory doesn’t serve me well as to all the others I was on over the years. They must have worked OK though as I’m still here, got my gold medal a good few years ago which, for me, was a great moment.</p><p></p><p>I bet you will remember the BDA newspaper long before it became a glossy magazine. Also, diabetic foodstuffs like the custard creams and the Cadbury’s dark diabetic chocolate in the cream wrapper (think they stopped making it in the 70’s). My favourite of them all though was the small round fruitcake sealed inside a metal canister that you had to open using a tin opener! It was so expensive that it was a once a year treat, usually at Christmas.</p><p></p><p>The Diabetic's ABC was given to my father around one possibly two years after I was diagnosed when he’d taken me to the children’s clinic. Other parents were getting them too. Another bible for me was the BDA’s Diabetic Handbook. They used to sit together on the bookcase and were well used.</p><p></p><p>Kindest regards,</p><p></p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rochari, post: 1674074, member: 68255"] Hey Grant Your picture brought the most memories back than anything else I can remember. It was great to see all our stuff from days gone by. Hypoguard was a terrific company and my first ever blood meter was made by them. Before that, I used to buy disposable needles from them prior to the NHS picking up the cost. Did they close down as there doesn't seem to be a website? I bet folks don’t realise how closely they were involved in the making of the first insulin pens. My first insulin, I think, was in a greyish little box and I remember purple on it too. I must say though my memory doesn’t serve me well as to all the others I was on over the years. They must have worked OK though as I’m still here, got my gold medal a good few years ago which, for me, was a great moment. I bet you will remember the BDA newspaper long before it became a glossy magazine. Also, diabetic foodstuffs like the custard creams and the Cadbury’s dark diabetic chocolate in the cream wrapper (think they stopped making it in the 70’s). My favourite of them all though was the small round fruitcake sealed inside a metal canister that you had to open using a tin opener! It was so expensive that it was a once a year treat, usually at Christmas. The Diabetic's ABC was given to my father around one possibly two years after I was diagnosed when he’d taken me to the children’s clinic. Other parents were getting them too. Another bible for me was the BDA’s Diabetic Handbook. They used to sit together on the bookcase and were well used. Kindest regards, Bill [/QUOTE]
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