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I was diagnosed in October 1991 at the age of 9. Mom took me to the doctor because I'd been drinking so much and losing weight, and we were sent to the lab for blood tests and then got a phone call saying to go directly to the hospital. No idea what my blood sugar was at the time. I spent four days in the hosptial.

Spent my first 8 years of diabetes on two shots a day of Toronto (what we call R insulin here in Canada) and NPH, then replaced Toronto with Humalog when it became available and did that (still only two shots a day) for another 7 years. Then I finally switched to MDI with Humalog and Lantus when Lantus became available in Canada. Used that regimen for about a year and a half before moving onto the pump (mostly because of major dawn phenomenon problems), and have been pumping for the past three and a half years.