When were you diagnosed?

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Permalink Reply by Claire Broadhurst on November 18, 2009 at 4:48pm

I was diagnosed at 7 ... Been tough throughout teenage years !! .. and coz i didnt understand diabetes ive got some complications ! ... Make sure u take the best control as u can ..

I no longer can eat sweets, choc or cakes .. bread, potatoes .. etc .. as my body is so sensitive to any carbs !

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Permalink Reply by Donna Fletcher on November 23, 2009 at 2:32pm

I spent my 3rd birthday in hospital being diagnosed in Aug 1980. I was lucky being diagnosed so young as I don't know any other way. Its a bitch - theres no denying it but when I'm having a bad day with it I remember my sister in law who is in a wheelchair with MS. I can still do everything for myself so I don't see that I've got any right to complain.

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Permalink Reply by JDavid on November 25, 2009 at 7:44am

Hi Daonna F..........

I had a temporary problem when I was 14, threatened w/shots but got better, another scare at 22 in the Navy, had to pass a urine test, then back to duty. After a sore throat in 1980, my fam doc refused to see me for F/U, my boss at work asked me to see a co doc. The co doc gave me a clean bill of health and back to work in time for lunch. That night after a few sips of coke it was a meatwagon ride to ER and admitted to the hospital. When the Co doc came in to see me, he gave me hell and ASKED ME WHY my BS was soo high. I guess that was my FORMAL Dx of diabetes.

A few months ago my pcp called me in for a MS talk, "it fits" he said. So now I am being evaluated regarding MS. I guess my having mobility issues (apart from diabetes). more dawson's finger on my brain than fingers on my hands, diplopia since I was 18 etc etc all factor into this. BTW I have been wearing AFOs (ankle/foot orthotics) for 2 years plus a cane, and sometimes need a walker might also be part of the equation.

No wonder my diabetes has been more problematic or wierd, I seem to fighting more than a couple issues at once.

GOMER

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Schmuck on November 24, 2009 at 5:57pm

04/26/1994 ~ 5 days after my youngest daughter was born. I was 29 years old.

My primary care physician was a great guy, but he did not understand diabetes very well or the whole concept of injecting insulin. However, he is the only medical doctor that has called me at home a few times to see how I was doing. I've also had one dentist, but that is another story. He, the med doctor, did decide after two weeks when he was sure I was Type 1 that I needed to see an endocrinologist. I remember the endo, too. He was a donkey (as my daughter says), but he was always able to get me straightened out when I would deviate from what I was supposed to be doing in the beginning.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Frankie on November 25, 2009 at 8:54am

I was diagnosed at age 23 in 2000 ( I am now 32). You get used to the shots. Now, they are really no big deal like they were at first. The biggest challenge for me is physical activity like playing hockey or basketball. I used to be very active and now I get fatigued a bit easier and have to also monitor my sugar while playing and after. However, it all becomes a part of your regular routine. Lots of people have all different types of medical conditions they have to deal with that I don't. Its just a part of life, but you will be fine.

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Permalink Reply by DC Reporter 18 hours ago

i was diagnosed at 8 months in 1959. after 50 years, i have zero complications; never been incapacitated by a high or a low; never had seizure. i'm either lucky or abnormal or both. still ... i've never regretted diabetes for a minute. i'm healthier because of it. i cover the white house for a major newspaper. i've covered wars and worked in some harsh places, including living out a car for a month covering katrina. in my spare time if referee college and elite soccer. i've never told anybody i have diabetes; only my wife, two kids and doctor know. it's worked well. life is good.

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