[dlaustin]

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.

[johnmitchellmd]

In 1964 (age almost 31) I was diagnosed with "insulin independent diabetes." After 8 mos on oral meds blood sugar going up, weight going down, and frequent urination so started insulin. Initially took NPH twice daily. At this time the only way to check blood glucose was in a hospital or a doctor's office. Attempted to estimate blood glucose with urine tests (awkward, nasty, and unreliable). Lived one yr in Korea '68-'69 as Peace Corps physician, another year in Washington, and traveled twice around the world. Fairly frequent hypoglycemia. Started pumping 1998. Since diagnosis I have practiced pediatrics for 38 years (not good for a regular schedule or meals), many laser photocoagulations both eyes until eyes stabilized following vitrectomy right eye. Vision is good enough to read and drive. I have had 5 bypasses, 8 stents, and a pacemaker. Probably could have postponed complications if I could have controlled blood glucose better in earlier years, as it should be possible to do now with testing, pumping, nutritional labeling. One daughter developed Type 1 age 2 1/2 yrs, 1 yr after my diagnosis. I am grateful for mobility and I am HAPPY! God is good! Thankful for excellent medical care especially since 1980.

[notafraid1021]

Well I was diagnosed when I was 4 years old. I am now 14, and all those years I have struggled and im still struggling til today. I learned that my imune system isnt at strong as other, and I get sick more often. Im scared to tell people what I have because I dont want to be treat diffrently. I know other kids my age feel the same and I know older people also go through this also, but my a1c has been in 9% for a while.I set a goal to be at least 7% by the time im 16 and I hope I for fill it
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~Pj

[aussielass]

I was diagnosed at the age of 6, after being in hospital for german measles. I was in isolation for 2 weeks because of that. Diabetes runs in our family, pity it got me though. I have had 32 years of it and yes i had my "ive had enough of diabetes" at age 13, stopped taking my meds, ate all the wrong things and ended up unconscious in hospital with 6 drips. To this day i still hate it BUT i dont have any serious problems considering i didnt (and on the odd occasion still dont) look after myself. I had heart failure in 2007 after contracting a virus that afected my heart due to being pregnant with my son and having 35kg of extra fluid in my body that ended up in my lungs and i nearly died, i also have slight foot drop on the left side (and 3 discs out in my back to contribute to that)

My mum took on diabetes but treated it and me like we werent any diff to the other kids. We never counted carbs and i still dont, we followed the 5 food group table and it worked for us and still does ..... i have my ups and downs as im not a "textbook" diabetic and dont follow the rules that says diabetics are supposed to follow this, that and the other ..... and i often follow the zamoigy effect with my BSL's

IF australias health system was better, i wud be on a pump but i cannot afford health insurance being a single mum with 2 children and NO support from my ex and no extra income coming in.

One can only hope & pray that they come up with a cure in my lifetime, although am not holding my breathe. TO the young ones on here, keep your chin up and if youre scared of doing it in public, dont be, theres a LOT of understanding people out there and take it from me, i councelled youngsters at diabetic camps when i was 16 about doing it in "public" ... it does get easier and people rarely notice u doing it anyway God, i even do mine in the car these days, while driving

[sftbll101]

I was diagnosed July 29, 2009, and I was 13 years old. My BG was like 364 or something, and luckily I caught it before I had to go to the hospital!! And within mounth my a1c was like 7%!!!

[jowright]

I was diagnosed 26 years ago this month at age 28!! My doctor stopped the glucose tolerance test halfway and sent me straight to the hospital for a week.

[danoak78]

I was 19 when I found out. I lost 30 lbs and when I went to the doctor my sugar reading was 480. After 4 days at the hospital I felt better and a lot smarter about diabetes. I'm now 32 and doing good but somedays are better than others.

Daniel

[cello101]

I was dignosed with Type 1 diabetes on my 3rd birthday. My mom was very upset, And I hadrosaur stay in the hospital for 3 days, overnight. I am now 14 years old and have gotten a pretty good hold of taking care of myself. My family is a huge support and I hope I'll be able to take care of myself all my life.

[caileighbug2015]

I was diagnosed on valentines day of 2008 10 mina before my valentines day party at age 10

[sammags]

I was 6 years old and lost 30 pounds! I was yelling at my mother because I thought she was taking me to school during the summer. But it was to the doctor's and soon to the hospital; where they didn't quite know how to put a iv in.. Many bruse and one week later I went home o figure my life out. Been raking care of myself since I was 14 and have had a lot of problems but now I have health insurance and the pump with no help but from my husband and his family.