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I was diagnosed at 3 years old in 1954. As I recall, all I ever took was shots of NPH until I had retinopathy in 1979. Finally got serious about proper treatment and the doctor put me on a combination of NPH and Regular. Later, in the 1980s/1990s(?) the doctor put me on a mix of 2 other insulins, I forget which.

Then about 5 or 6 years ago, the doctor put me on Lantus and Humalog. I take the Lantus in the morning because it drops by blood glucose by about 100 pts and my wife got tired of insulin reactions in the middle of the night.

I try to keep my intake of the glucose rich carbs to a minimun and only take Humalog as its needed.

I thank my Lord every day that He has brought through 55 years of type 1 diabetes with only the loss of vision in 1 eye to show for the damages. I was pretty rebellious with life in general and diabetes in particular for about 15 or so years and that's what brought on the vision problems.

If you are a youngster with type 1 diabetes, take care of yourself and you should have a good full life with few complications, Lord willing.

Oh, 1 more thing. One of the best things I have found for keeping my BG levels from getting into the Roller Coaster mode is to take glucose tablets. How ever many points I am below 100, I'll take 1 tablet for every 15 points that I need to bring the level up. When its too high, then 1 unit of Humalog for every 50 points it needs to come down.